Who owns it?
Built by ES Spain, 1950
1986
Owned by DE Germany, Wolfsburg

SEAT is Spanish by birth and German by ownership.

Volkswagen bought the rest of SEAT, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Where it sits

Three levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

Porsche SE
DE Stuttgart Porsche Automobil Holding SE PAH3.DE the chain ends here
Volkswagen AG
DE Wolfsburg Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft VOW3.DE
53.3%of the votes
SEAT
ES Martorell SEAT, S.A.U.
100%

Porsche SE controls Volkswagen AG with 53.3% of the votes, since 2009. The headline names Volkswagen AG because that is the company a reader is looking for.

76 years, three owners

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1950 SEAT was founded in Spain by the state holding company Instituto Nacional de Industria on 9 May 1950 to build cars for the domestic market.
  2. 1986 Volkswagen bought a 51 percent stake in SEAT from the Spanish state.
  3. 1990 Volkswagen bought the rest of SEAT, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
Volkswagen AG 8 marques

One German group holding Skoda, SEAT, Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. The group itself is controlled by the Porsche and Piech families through a holding company, on votes rather than shares.

Germany 3
Audi Ingolstadt Porsche Stuttgart Volkswagen a marque
Spain 2
CUPRA a marque
SEAT Martorell
Czechia 1
Skoda Auto Mlada Boleslav
the United Kingdom 1
Bentley Crewe
Italy 1
Lamborghini Sant'Agata Bolognese