Editing SEAT (section)

{{Short description|Spanish automobile manufacturer}}
{{about|the Spanish automotive company|objects people sit on|Seat|other uses|Seat (disambiguation)}}
{{Redirect-distinguish-text|S.E.A.T.|[[Rebour|Sociedad Española de Automóviles y Transportes]]}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SEAT S.A.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Report – 2019 & Past Reports {{!}} SEAT|url=https://www.seat.com/company/annual-report/overview.html|access-date=2020-10-08|website=www.seat.com|language=en}}</ref>
| logo = SEAT S.A. logo.svg
| image = Seat headquarters Martorell Barcelona.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Martorell]], Spain
| native_name = Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (S.E.A.T.)
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[automotive industry|Automotive]]
| founder = [[Instituto Nacional de Industria]]
| area_served = Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America (except Brazil and Argentina) and Singapore
| key_people = {{unbulleted list
  |Markus Haupt ([[President (corporate title)|president]])
}}
| products = [[Automobiles]], [[electric vehicle]]s, [[List of auto parts|automotive parts]]
| services = Design, manufacture and distribution of SEAT cars and components
| production = {{increase}} 533,608 vehicles (2023)<ref name="AR2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2023 Downloads |url=https://annualreport2023.volkswagen-group.com/services/downloads.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=VW Annual Report 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
| revenue = {{increase}} €14.3 billion (2023)<ref name="AR2023"/>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = {{increase}} €625 million (2023)<ref name="AR2023"/>
| assets = 
| equity = 
| num_employees = 14,751 (2020)
| parent = [[Volkswagen Group]]
| divisions = SEAT<br>[[Cupra (marque)|SEAT Cupra]]<br>[[Cupra Racing]]
| subsid = 
| footnotes = 
| caption = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1950|05|09|df=yes}}
| location = [[Martorell]], [[Catalonia]], Spain
| locations = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.seat.com/|seat.com}}
}}  <!--, and is legally inscribed in the official [[Mercantile Register of Barcelona]], book 23662, folio 1, sheet B-56-855-->

'''SEAT S.A.''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|s|eɪ|ɑː|t}}; {{IPA|es|ˈseat|lang}}; from Spanish {{lang|es|Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo}}, {{lit|Spanish Passenger Car Company}}) is a Spanish car manufacturer that sells its vehicles under the '''SEAT''' and '''[[Cupra (marque)|Cupra]]''' brands.<ref>"[http://www.seat.com/content/com/com/en/tools/navigation/meta/legal-note/legal-note.html Legal Note] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206165622/http://www.seat.com/content/com/com/en/tools/navigation/meta/legal-note/legal-note.html|date=6 February 2015}}." SEAT. Retrieved on 20 November 2012. "Autovía A-2, Km 585 – 08760 Martorell"</ref> Founded on May 9, 1950, it was created as a joint venture between Spain's government-owned [[Instituto Nacional de Industria]] (INI), which held a majority stake, Spanish private banks, and [[Fiat]]. After being listed as an independent automaker for 36 years, the Spanish government sold SEAT to the [[Volkswagen Group]] in 1986, and it remains a fully owned [[subsidiary]] of the Group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19860714-47.html|title=En 1985 hemos vendido más de 100.000 automóviles en el mercado exterior | trans-title = We sold over 100,000 cars in export markets in 1985 | language = es | journal = [[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] | location = Madrid | date = 1986-07-14 | page = 47 | via = Archivo ABC | access-date=2022-09-22 }}</ref>

The headquarters of SEAT S.A. is located in [[Martorell]], near [[Barcelona]], at the company’s industrial complex. Over 468,000 units were produced in 2020 with more than 427,000 cars exported to over 75 countries worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Report – 2020 & Past Reports {{!}} SEAT|url=https://www.seat.com/company/annual-report/overview.html|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.seat.com|language=en}}</ref>