Who owns JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)? The ownership chain, Tata Motors's stake and the 2008 deal
Facts checked
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) appears here because the ownership graph records a holding in it by a Chinese entity. The chain below is the whole of what this site claims.
Tata Motors of India bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008. JLR's half of the Chery joint venture sits under Tata.
The short answer
| Controlled by | Tata Motors |
|---|---|
| Stake | 100% |
| Since | June 2008 |
| Kind | company |
| Origin | GB |
| Top of the chain | Tata Motors |
The chain, step by step
Tata Motors owns JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) at 100% since June 2008.
Tata Motors of India bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008. JLR's half of the Chery joint venture sits under Tata.
| Holder | Holds | Kind | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Motors | JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) | owns | 100% | June 2008 |
Other recorded holdings in JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)
Holdings that are not control, kept out of the chain above so that nothing on this page reads as ownership when it is not. A joint venture is a company two parents built together: its percentage is a share of the venture, not a holding in the partner. The same pair can appear twice with different kinds, and both rows are real.
| Holder | What it is | Share | Since | What the source says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. | runs a joint venture with | not published | November 2012 | Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Co., Ltd. is owned 50/50 by Chery and JLR; the stake field is left null because neither partner owns any part of the other. The plant is at Changshu, Jiangsu, and opened in October 2014. JLR said in May 2025 that the venture would stop building Jaguar and Land Rover badged cars - the XEL, XFL and E-Pace ended in September 2025, the Evoque and Discovery Sport by the end of 2026 - and under a June 2024 agreement it instead builds electric cars under the revived Freelander marque. |
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Sources for JLR (Jaguar Land Rover)
- JLR Media Newsroom, Jaguar Land Rover And Chery Automobile Set Cornerstone For New Chinese Manufacturing Partnership. Read .
- Automotive News Europe, Jaguar Land Rover will end own-brand China production in reset of Chinese business. Read .
- Wikipedia, Chery Jaguar Land Rover. Read . Finding aid for JLR being a Tata Motors subsidiary. The 2008 acquisition date was not re-verified against a Tata filing in this pass.