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| Company type | Public | ||
| SEHK: 1070 | |||
| Founded | 26 November 1999 (1999-11-26) | ||
| Headquarters | Hong Kong, China Cayman Islands (registered office) | ||
Area served | Worldwide | ||
Key people | Li Dongsheng (Chairman) Wang Cheng (CEO) | ||
| Revenue | 46,990,000,000 Hong Kong dollar (2019)  | ||
| Parent | TCL Industries Holdings | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | TCL 电子控股有限公司 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | TCL 電子控股有限公司 | ||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||
| Simplified Chinese | TCL 电子 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | TCL 電子 | ||
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TCL Electronics Holdings Limited, formerly known asTCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited, is a Chinesemultinational corporation headquartered and listed inHong Kong, but incorporated in theGrand Cayman, theCayman Islands. It specializes in theresearch and development (R&D), manufacturing and distribution of products includingtelevisions,mobile phones,air conditioners,washing machines,refrigerators andsmart home internet services. It is a subsidiary of TCL Industries Holdings, a company which itself is a subsidiary ofTCL Technology.[1][2]: 44
TCL began its international expansion in 1999 with entry intoVietnam[3] and a listing on theHong Kong Stock Exchange. In the early 2000s, it grew through acquisitions and partnerships, includingSchneider Electric (Germany) in 2002[3] and a joint venture with France’sThomson in 2003.[4] By 2005, TCL had become the world’s top-selling color TV brand.[5]
Through the late 2000s and early 2010s, TCL won global recognition with partnerships withIKEA (2012)[6] andIMAX Corporation (2013),[7] and consistent top-three global TV market share. Its partnership withRoku[8] and the acquisition ofSanyo’s Mexico factory[9] helped strengthen its North American presence.
From 2015 to 2018, TCL expanded further with joint ventures inBrazil andArgentina,[10] new product lines like Thunderbird TV, and high-profile branding moves includingNeymar as global ambassador.[11] By 2018, it was the #2 TV maker worldwide.
In recent years, TCL launched its first branded smartphone (2020)[12] and deepened global sports sponsorships withFIBA,Conmebol, and theCopa América. In 2025, it signed a landmark deal with theInternational Olympic Committee to become a TOP global sponsor until 2032.[13]
In 2025, TCL Electronics launched its TCL SunPower Global unit.[14]
TCL has set up production and marketing systems in dozens of countries and regions worldwide. It manages seven global R&D centers, 17 manufacturing bases, and 40,000 sales outlets.[15] The company has four supply chains: product design and manufacturing, logistics and supply, quality assurance, and product creation and support.[16] in 2025 China based electronics brand TCL eyes to double TV market share this year at 10 per cent.[17]
In December 2025,Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton filed a lawsuit against TCL and four other smart TV manufacturers, alleging that the companies were illegally "spying on Texans by secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes" usingautomated content recognition (ACR) technology.[18]