Car culture has long been a Black aesthetic and status language, yet dealership ownership and aftermarket supply — where the margin sits — remain thinly held.
| Company | Operations | Ticker | Amount · fiscal YTD | Black ownership | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Files its own numbers Black-owned and Black-founded companies standing on their own figures. Private ones file nothing public. | |||||
Founded by Vinnie Johnson; one of the largest Black-owned manufacturers in the US | Vehicle module assembly Detroit Thermal Systems Irvin Automotive Piston Group company site | private not listed | $3.1B 2024 · reported, not filed Forbes | 100% Wholly owned by founder Vinnie Johnson Piston Group / Crain's Detroit reporting | Black-owned |
Seating and interior systems supplier led by Ronald E. Hall; a joint venture whose majority partner, Epsilon, is Black-owned | Seating systems Sequencing Assembly plants Bridgewater Interiors company site | private not listed | $2.0B 2018 · reported, not filed Black Enterprise, BE 100s | 51% Epsilon LLC, the Black-owned partner, holds 51% of the joint venture Black Enterprise, Industrial/Service Company of the Year profile | Black-owned |
Sub-assembly and sequencing supplier to vehicle manufacturers | Sub-assembly Sequencing Logistics Black Enterprise BE 100s profile | private not listed | $1.0B 2018 · reported, not filed Black Enterprise, BE 100s | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-owned |
Supplier group founded by William F. Pickard, serving vehicle manufacturers across several plants | Components Logistics Packaging Global Automotive Alliance company site | private not listed | $275M 2018 · reported, not filed Black Enterprise, BE 100s | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-owned |
Dealer group co-founded by Robert L. Johnson | Franchise dealerships Service and parts RLJ McLarty Landers company site | private not listed | private — not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-founded |
Reports through a parent Brands inside a listed group. The amount is the parent's filing — parents do not break these brands out. | |||||
GM route into Black dealer ownership, running since 1972 | Candidate programme MDD 20 Groups Scholarships Dealer community GM minority dealer site | GM — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Ford minority dealer programme dating to the 1980s PUSH pact | Candidate-to-owner pipeline Ford sustainability reporting | F — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Toyota and Lexus minority dealer association since 2001 | Membership programme Scholarship funds Annual dealership pledge Toyota Effect | TM — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Co-owned by Michael Jordan; Toyota technical alliance, not Toyota-owned | NASCAR Cup entries Technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota pressroom, NASCAR.com | TM — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-owned |
Black dealer principal development Mercedes-Benz Group · consolidated into Cars | — | MBG.DE — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Minority dealer network growth Stellantis · consolidated into North America | — | STLA — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Black dealer candidate pipeline Nissan Motor Co. · consolidated into North America | — | NSANY — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Minority dealer ownership support Honda Motor Co. · consolidated into Automobile | — | HMC — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Black dealer recruitment Hyundai Motor Company · consolidated into North America | — | HYMTF — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Minority retail ownership programme BMW AG · consolidated into Automotive | — | BMW.DE — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Black dealer network expansion Volkswagen AG · consolidated into Passenger Cars | — | VOW3.DE — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Michael Jordan's NASCAR team, Nike brand NIKE, Inc. · consolidated into Jordan Brand | — | NKE — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-owned |
Primary sponsorship of the No. 23 car McDonald's Corporation · consolidated into US | — | MCD — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Drive for Diversity supplier support Goodyear Tire & Rubber · consolidated into Americas | — | GT — | not filed | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Partnership |
Independent Gregory Jackson; among the largest Black-owned dealer groups Independent · no listed parent | — | private no listed parent | no public filing | not disclosed No ownership percentage published Not disclosed | Black-owned |
Figures are limited to public filings, live market data and revenue published by a named source. A Black ownership percentage is shown only where a company, a filing or a certifying body has published one; everything else reads "not disclosed" rather than being estimated. Private companies file nothing public, so they carry no amount. Prices and filings are read live from a public market feed. Listed companies link out to their market reference page; every other name opens a details window. Every figure here is in US dollars; a company trading or filing in another currency is converted at the live exchange rate and marked with an asterisk.
The Urban Magnate™ · figures are read from public filings and named public sources.