Mazda Motor Corporation: what it holds, with stakes and dates
Facts checked Chinese holding 0%
Mazda is Japanese: Mazda Motor Corporation of Hiroshima is held mainly by Japanese trust banks, with Toyota at 5.1% and no Chinese shareholder. Its electric saloon, the 6e, is a different matter -- it is developed with Changan, built by Changan Mazda at Nanjing and sold in Europe from mid-2025, Australia from February 2026, Thailand from March 2026 and Indonesia from July 2026. In China the same car is the Mazda EZ-6.
The short answer
| Controlled by | nothing recorded above it — the top of the chain |
|---|---|
| Kind | company |
| Recorded holdings | 1 |
| Origin | JP |
| Name in Chinese | 马自达 “mah-dzuh-DAH” |
| Is it Chinese? | Not Chinese-owned, but built in China |
What Mazda Motor Corporation holds
Every current holding recorded from Mazda Motor Corporation downward: outright ownership, minority stakes, joint ventures and licences, each with the stake as the source states it and the date it began. A joint venture's percentage is a share of that venture, not of the partner.
| Holding | What it is | Share | Since | What the source says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. | runs a joint venture with | 47.5% of the joint venture | December 2012 | Mazda's share, reduced from 50% by the 2021 capital increase announced jointly by Mazda, Changan and FAW on 24 August 2021. |
Former holdings
Holdings that ended, kept out of the tables above so nothing current reads as past or the reverse.
| Holding | What it is | Share | Since | What the source says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haima Automobile | formerly held | not published | 1992 | Mazda was the Hainan provincial government's partner in the 1992 venture that became Haima, assembling Mazda models on the island. Its share went to FAW in 2006; Haima kept the right to build older Mazda designs but not to use the Mazda badge. The size of Mazda's stake was not verified. |
Related
Sources for Mazda Motor Corporation
- Wikipedia, Haima Automobile. Read . 1992 joint venture and the 2006 exit
- Mazda Motor Corporation, Joint Statement Regarding Capital Increase Project of Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd.. Read . Dated 24 August 2021; sets out the Mazda 47.5 / Changan 47.5 / FAW 5 structure.
- Wikipedia, Mazda. Read . Shareholders and the Changan partnership.
- Wikipedia, Mazda 6e. Read . Changan Mazda production at Nanjing and export launches.