Kia

Kia Corporation
Native name
기아 주식회사
Formerly
  • Kyungsung Precision Industry
  • Kia Motors Corporation
Company typePublic
KRX: 000270
Industry
FoundedJune 9, 1944 (1944-06-09)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Production output
2.6 million (2021)
Revenue 86.559 trillion (2022)
₩7.2331 trillion (2022)
₩5.409 trillion (2022)
Total assets ₩73.711 trillion (2022)
Total equity ₩39.3431 trillion (2022)
Owners
Number of employees
51,975 (2021)
ParentHyundai Motor Company
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.kia.com
Footnotes / references
Kia
Hangul
기아
Hanja
起亞
RRGia
MRKia

Kia Corporation (Korean: 기아; pronounced [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. 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.