Toyota Group Explained

Toyota Group
Type:Private
Industry:Conglomerate
Founder:Sakichi Toyoda
Hq Location:Toyota, Japan
Subsid:See Major group companies section

The is a group of companies that have supplier, vendor and investment relationships with Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor vehicle manufacturing facilities. It is similar to a keiretsu in that no particular entity has outright control over the entire group, although unlike most keiretsu it does not contain a major bank.

Major group companies

There are 18 major companies that make up the Toyota Group:[1]

Group company Established class=unsortableProducts
1926 manufactures textile machinery (looms), forklifts, automotive components, and other equipment
1937 manufactures vehicles
1940 manufactures automotive steel; 30% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor
2006 manufactures machine tools, auto parts; formed by the merger of Koyo Seiko (1921) and Toyoda Machine Works (1941)
1945 manufactures vehicles, parts and auto bodies; 100% owned by Toyota Motor
1946 trading company (sogo shosha) supporting global operations of Toyota Group companies; 33% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor
1949 manufactures automotive components; 30% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor
1949 manufactures automotive components; Toyota Motor owns 24.55%, Toyota Industries owns 8.74%
1918 original Toyota company; manufactures auto parts and textiles
Towa Real Estate 1953 commercial real estate developer in Nagoya area
1960 performs research and development for other Toyota Group companies
2012 manufactures vehicles and parts
Toyoda Gosei 1949 manufactures automotive components; 43% owned by Toyota Motor
1942 manufacturer of trucks and buses; 100% owned by Toyota Motor since 2001
1907 manufactures compact automobiles; 100% owned by Toyota Motor since 2016
Toyota Housing Corporation 2003 residential construction
1991 Lexus cars, engines, and hybrid systems
2021 vehicle software, automated driving, Woven City

Affiliates or partially owned subsidiaries

Former group companies

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toyota Group Company Profiles . 2022-08-07 . Toyota.