Kia

For other uses, see Kia (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the kea bird.

Kia Corporation
Native name
기아 주식회사
Formerly
  • Kyungsung Precision Industry
  • Kia Motors Corporation
Company typePublic
KRX: 000270
Industry
FoundedJune 9, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-06-09)[1]
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide (except Japan, North Korea, Cuba, Afghanistan)
Key people
Products
Production output
Increase 2.6 million (2021)
RevenueIncrease ₩86.559 trillion[2] (2022)
Increase ₩7.2331 trillion[2] (2022)
Increase ₩5.409 trillion[2] (2022)
Total assetsIncrease ₩73.711 trillion[2] (2022)
Total equityIncrease ₩39.3431 trillion[2] (2022)
Owners
Number of employees
Increase 51,975 (2021)
ParentHyundai Motor Company (2015-present)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.kia.com
Footnotes / references
[4][5]
Kia
Hangul
기아
Hanja
起亞
Revised RomanizationGia
McCune–ReischauerKia

Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아, IPA: [ki.a], formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry (京城精密工業) and Kia Motors Corporation) is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer, after its parent company, Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 2.8 million vehicles in 2019. As of 2015, Kia is owned by Hyundai, which holds a 33.88% stake valued at just over US$6 billion. Kia in turn is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries ranging from 4.9% up to 45.37%, totaling more than US$8.3 billion.

  1. ^ "Kia History". kia.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "KIA CORP. 000270". FnGuide. 2022. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Kia Sustainability Report 2023" (PDF). Kia.
  4. ^ "Kia | Board of Directors". Kia. September 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Kia | Employees". Kia. Retrieved September 7, 2022.