Company record

BMW Group

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Legal nameBMW Group
Recorded countryGermanyGermany
Founded1916Brand records7Recorded websitebmwgroup.com/

Not recorded: headquarters.

Cited research

About BMW Group

From the research on the BMW brand record · Automobile and motorcycle manufacturer

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is a German manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich. BMW treats 7 March 1916, the founding date of the aircraft maker Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, as its own founding date. [1] [2]

  • 1916-03-07 Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (formerly Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik) was established; BMW’s corporate history treats this as the company’s founding date. [2]
Sources (2)
  1. BMW ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
  2. History of BMW ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24

Compiled 2026-09-24 by AI-assisted source review. An editor has not yet independently confirmed these sources. Logo milestones are listed on the brand page.

Brand records

Filed under BMW Group

7 in the archive

BMW Group has 7 brand records in this archive, including the BMW record itself. All offer downloadable files (AI 7 · PNG 7); each brand page names the source and usage conditions of every file. Recorded industry: Automotive & Mobility (7). The BMW record keeps 8 logo versions, listed below with their archive labels.

Recorded domains

Websites

BMW logobmw.comBrand record · BMW

Archive records

BMW logo records

BMW logo2020Archive labelListed currentBMW logo1997Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1970Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1963Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1936Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1923Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1917Archive labelEarlier recordBMW logo1913Archive labelEarlier record

Records for the BMW brand. Years are archive labels; the brand page carries any cited history.

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Sources

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