Top 5 Companies Owned by Ford

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is one of the biggest automotive companies in the world. In addition to its Ford-branded vehicles, it also markets luxury vehicles under the Lincoln brand and auto parts under the Motorcraft name. In 2017, it reported annual revenue of $156.8 billion, and net income of $7.6 billion. For Q1 of 2018, Ford reported $42 billion in revenue and $1.7 billion in income. The company has a market capitalization of $42.5 billion as of July 18, 2018.

Ford's wholly owned automotive subsidiaries operate in numerous countries around the world, including Canada, Brazil, Australia and India. The company's European automotive operations include wholly owned subsidiaries headquartered in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. In addition to these core automotive subsidiaries, Ford owns various other companies around the world. Here are some of the most important of those businesses.

Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC is a financial services company offering financing products to Ford consumers and Ford dealers. The company provides automobile loans and leases to retail, commercial and government buyers of new and used Ford vehicles. It also offers business loans and lines of credit to its dealers for inventory and facility investments and other approved business uses.

Ford Motor Credit Company handled 55% of all retail installment and lease shares for new Ford vehicles sold in the United States in 2017, down from 56% in 2016. Ford Motor Credit Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. It operates in Europe under its own subsidiary, FCE Bank plc, which is headquartered in the U.K.

Changan Ford Automobile Corporation, Ltd. is a 50-50 Chinese joint venture between Ford Motor Company and China's state-owned Chongqing Changan Automobile Company, Ltd., one of China's four biggest auto manufacturers. The company produces and distributes Ford-branded vehicles in China. According to Ford's 2017 annual report, Changan Ford operates an engine plant, a transmission plan, and five assembly plants. 

Rayong, Thailand-based AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is also a 50-50 joint venture between Ford and Mazda Motor Corporation. AutoAlliance operates an integrated automotive manufacturing facility for compact trucks and passenger cars. The company produces Ford- and Mazda-branded vehicles for Thailand and markets in other developing countries in Southeast Asia and beyond. 

Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH is a joint venture held equally between Ford and the German-based company Getrag International GmbH. Getrag Ford Transmissions produces manual transmissions for Ford automobiles in Europe at its manufacturing plants in Germany, England, Slovakia, and France. Ford valued its investment in Getrag Ford Transmissions at $222 million in 2017. In July 2015, the Canadian automotive supplier Magna International, Inc. acquired Getrag International, which continues operations under the Getrag brand.

Ford Motor Land Development Corporation (known more commonly known as "Ford Land") is a full-service real estate company originally established in 1970 to develop acreage surrounding Ford Motor Company's corporate headquarters in Michigan. It now owns and manages five million square feet of commercial office space in Dearborn and Allen Park, Michigan. The company also provides planning and engineering services, facility management services, and dealership design services in support of Ford's international operations. Ford Land is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. The company is in the process of a 10-year campus transformation in order to collocate over 30,000 employees from 70 buildings to two buildings.