The is a group of companies that have supplier, vendor and investment relationships with
Toyota Industries and
Toyota Motor
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the Automotive industry#By ...
vehicle manufacturing facilities. It is similar to a ''
keiretsu
A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The '' ...
'' 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 16 major companies that make up the Toyota Group:
Affiliates or partially owned subsidiaries
* Kyoho kai group – Auto parts company – 211 companies.
* Kyouei kai group – Logistic/facility company – 123 companies.
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KDDI
() is a Japanese telecommunications operator formed on October 1, 2000 through the merger of DDI Corp. (Daini-Denden Inc.), KDD (Kokusai Denshin Denwa) Corp. (itself a former listed state-owned enterprise privatized in 1998), and IDO Corp. It ...
(Toyota owns 11.09% of the company)
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Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Toyota owns 34.6% and is the largest single shareholder in the company; 36.9% of the stock are directly and indirectly (through
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Comp ...
Holdings Corporation) owned by the
Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition a ...
Company, making it the largest corporate group shareholder)
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Subaru Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate primarily involved in both terrestrial and aerospace transportation manufacturing. It is best known for its line of Subaru automobiles. Founded in 1953, the company was formerly named ( ...
, manufacturer of
Subaru
( or ; ) is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Subaru Corporation (formerly known as Fuji Heavy Industries), the twenty-first largest automaker by production worldwide in 2017.
Subaru cars are ...
automobiles. (Toyota owns 20% and is the largest single shareholder in the company)
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Mazda Motor Corporation
, commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan.
In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly one mi ...
(Toyota owns 5.05% of the company)
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Suzuki Motor Corporation (Toyota owns 4.9% of the company)
* Misawa Homes Holdings, Inc. (Toyota owns 13.4% of the company)
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Primearth EV Energy Co (PEVE) – a joint venture between Toyota and
Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb ...
(1996 to present)
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Toyota Canada Inc.
Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the distributor of Toyota and Lexus sedans, coupes, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and trucks in Canada. TCI's head office is located in Toronto, Ontario. It has regional offices located in Vancouver, Calgary, Montr ...
(TCI) – a joint venture between Toyota (51%) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (49%) (1964 to present)
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Yamaha Motor Company
is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was established in 1955 upon separation from Yamaha Corporation (however, Yamaha Corporatio ...
(Toyota owns 2.8% of the company.)
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Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb ...
(Toyota owns 2.8% of the company.)
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ranked 55th in ''Fortune'' Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, as well as the third la ...
(Toyota owns 2.09% of the company.)
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MS&AD Insurance Group
() is a Japanese insurance company. Its businesses include Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance. It is listed on the Nikkei 225
The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a stoc ...
(Toyota owns 8.88% and is the largest single shareholder in the company.)
* Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd.
Former group companies
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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) – a joint venture between Toyota and
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
(1984 to 2010)
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United Australian Automobile Industries
United Australian Automobile Industries (UAAI) was an automobile model sharing firm that operated in Australia between 1987 and 1996 as the result of an agreement between Holden (the Australian subsidiary of General Motors) and Toyota Australia ...
(UAAI) – a joint venture between Toyota Australia and
GM-Holden (1989 to 1996)
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Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Toyota owned 5.9% of the company at one time.) (2006 to 2018)
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Tesla, Inc. (Toyota owned 1.43% of the Tesla, Inc.) (2010 to 2016)
Further reading
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References
External links
Toyota Group
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