Company record
Toyota Motor Corporation
Not recorded: headquarters.
Cited research
About Toyota Motor Corporation
From the research on the Toyota brand record · Automobile manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on 28 August 1937.
Toyota began as a spin-off of Toyota Industries, the machine maker started by Kiichiro’s father, Sakichi Toyoda. While still a department of that company it developed the Type A engine in 1934 and its first passenger car, the Model AA, in 1936.
Early vehicles were sold with a Toyoda emblem. After a public logo competition in 1936 the brand became Toyota; the company says the name was preferred partly because its voiceless consonant is considered clearer in Japanese and partly because トヨタ is written with eight strokes, a number associated with wealth and good fortune.
The current mark of three ovals debuted in October 1989; Toyota says it marked the company’s 50th anniversary and that its development took about five years. [1] [2]
- 1937-08-28 The company began trading as Toyota Motor Company Ltd., founded by Kiichiro Toyoda. [1]
Sources (2)
- Toyota ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Emblem | Toyota Brand ↗ · Toyota Motor Corporation · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 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 Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation has 1 brand record in this archive. It offers AI and PNG files; the brand page names the source and usage conditions of each. Recorded industry: Automotive & Mobility (1). The Toyota record keeps 10 logo versions, listed below with their archive labels.
Recorded domains
Websites
toyota.comBrand record · ToyotaArchive records
Toyota logo records
Toyota 20019Undated recordEarlier record
Toyota EvUndated recordEarlier record2020–2024Archive labelListed current
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1935Archive labelEarlier recordRecords for the Toyota brand. Years are archive labels; the brand page carries any cited history.
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