Toyota Group Pavilion ofExpo 2005 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 18 November 1926; 99 years ago (1926-11-18) |
| Founder | Sakichi Toyoda |
| Headquarters | Toyota, Japan |
| Brands | |
| Subsidiaries | SeeMajor group companies |
TheToyota Group (トヨタグループ,Toyota Gurūpu) is a group of companies that have supplier, vendor and investment relationships withToyota Industries andToyota Motor vehicle manufacturing facilities. It is similar to akeiretsu in that no particular entity has outright control over the entire group, although unlike mostkeiretsu it does not contain a major bank.[1]
There are 18 major companies that make up the Toyota Group:[2]
| Group company | Established | Products |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota Industries | 1926 | manufacturestextile machinery (looms),forklifts, automotive components, and other equipment |
| Toyota Motor | 1937 | manufactures vehicles |
| Aichi Steel | 1940 | manufactures automotive steel; 30% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor |
| JTEKT | 2006 | manufactures machine tools, auto parts; formed by the merger ofKoyo Seiko (1921) and Toyoda Machine Works (1941) |
| Toyota Auto Body | 1945 | manufactures vehicles, parts and auto bodies; 100% owned by Toyota Motor |
| Toyota Tsusho | 1946 | trading company (sogo shosha) supporting global operations of Toyota Group companies; 33% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor |
| Aisin | 1949 | manufactures automotive components; 30% owned by Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor |
| Denso | 1949 | manufactures automotive components; Toyota Motor owns 24.55%, Toyota Industries owns 8.74% |
| Toyota Boshoku | 1918 | original Toyota company; manufactures auto parts and textiles |
| Towa Real Estate | 1953 | commercial real estate developer inNagoya area |
| Toyota Central R&D Labs | 1960 | performs research and development for other Toyota Group companies |
| Toyota Motor East Japan | 2012 | manufactures vehicles and parts |
| Toyoda Gosei | 1949 | manufactures automotive components; 43% owned by Toyota Motor |
| Hino | 1942 | manufacturer oftrucks andbuses; 100% owned by Toyota Motor since 2001 |
| Daihatsu | 1907 | manufactures compact automobiles; 100% owned by Toyota Motor since 2016 |
| Toyota Housing Corporation | 2003 | residential construction |
| Toyota Motor Kyushu | 1991 | Lexus cars, engines, and hybrid systems |
| Woven by Toyota | 2021 | vehicle software, automated driving, Woven City |