List of largest Japanese companies
This article lists the largest companies in Japan in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
2019 Fortune list
This list displays the all 52 Japanese companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2018.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Toyota | Automotive | 272,612 | 16,982 | 370,870 | Toyota |
2 | 33 | Mitsubishi | Conglomerate | 145,243 | 5,328 | 79,994 | Tokyo |
3 | 34 | Honda | Automotive | 143,303 | 5,505 | 219,722 | Tokyo |
4 | 52 | Japan Post Holdings | Conglomerate | 115,220 | 4,324 | 245,922 | Tokyo |
5 | 64 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Telecommunications | 107,147 | 7,708 | 303,351 | Tokyo |
6 | 65 | Itochu | Trading | 104,627 | 4,514 | 139,157 | Osaka |
7 | 66 | Nissan | Automotive | 104,391 | 2,878 | 148,513 | Yokohama |
8 | 85 | SoftBank Group | Conglomerate | 86,604 | 12,728 | 76,866 | Tokyo |
9 | 79 | Hitachi | Conglomerate | 85,507 | 2,007 | 295,941 | Tokyo |
10 | 105 | JXTG Holdings | Oil and Gas | 82,733 | 2,907 | 40,695 | Tokyo |
11 | 116 | Sony | Conglomerate | 78,158 | 8,264 | 114,400 | Tokyo |
12 | 118 | AEON | Retail | 77,122 | 214 | 288,326 | Chiba |
13 | 125 | Nippon Life | Insurance | 74,202 | 2,515 | 89,198 | Osaka |
14 | 131 | Panasonic | Electronics | 72,178 | 2,563 | 271,869 | Osaka |
15 | 147 | Marubeni | Trading | 66,754 | 2,083 | 46,711 | Tokyo |
16 | 153 | Dai-ichi Life | Insurance | 64,794 | 2,030 | 62,938 | Tokyo |
17 | 157 | Mitsui | Conglomerate | 62,751 | 3,736 | 43,993 | Tokyo |
18 | 159 | Seven & I Holdings Co. | Retail | 61,487 | 1,838 | 58,165 | Tokyo |
19 | 162 | Toyota Tsusho | Trading | 60,994 | 1,196 | 58,565 | Nagoya |
20 | 166 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Financials | 60,405 | 7,871 | 119,390 | Tokyo |
21 | 178 | Tokyo Electric Power Company | Electric utility | 57,167 | 2,096 | 41,086 | Tokyo |
22 | 186 | Nippon Steel | Steel | 55,720 | 2,265 | 115,878 | Tokyo |
23 | 209 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Banking | 51,728 | 6,554 | 86,659 | Tokyo |
24 | 222 | MS&AD Insurance Group | Insurance | 49,610 | 1,738 | 41,467 | Tokyo |
25 | 224 | Tokio Marine | Insurance | 49,395 | 2,477 | 40,848 | Tokyo |
27 | 230 | Denso | Automotive | 48,368 | 2,296 | 171,992 | Kariya |
26 | 231 | Sumitomo Group | Trading | 48,155 | 2,891 | 65,662 | Tokyo |
28 | 245 | KDDI | Telecommunications | 45,821 | 5,571 | 41,996 | Tokyo |
29 | 300 | Mitsubishi Electric | Electronics | 40,766 | 2,044 | 145,817 | Tokyo |
30 | 309 | Meiji Yasuda Life | Insurance | 37,722 | 2,071 | 42,950 | Tokyo |
31 | 327 | Daiwa House | Construction | 37,371 | 2,142 | 44,947 | Osaka |
32 | 334 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Industrials | 36,784 | 914 | 80,744 | Tokyo |
33 | 339 | Aisin Seiki | Automotive | 36,466 | 993 | 119,732 | Kariya |
34 | 345 | Canon Inc. | Electronics | 35,797 | 2,290 | 195,056 | Tokyo |
35 | 349 | Fujitsu | Telecommunications | 35,648 | 943 | 132,138 | Tokyo |
36 | 350 | Mizuho Financial Group | Banking | 35,406 | 871 | 59,132 | Tokyo |
37 | 351 | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings | Chemicals | 35,386 | 1,529 | 72,020 | Tokyo |
38 | 354 | Idemitsu Kosan | Oil and Gas | 35,091 | 735 | 9,476 | Tokyo |
39 | 356 | JFE Holdings | Steel | 34,937 | 1,475 | 62,083 | Tokyo |
40 | 357 | Suzuki Motor | Automotive | 34,917 | 1,612 | 67,721 | Hamamatsu |
41 | 371 | Toshiba | Electronics | 33,313 | 9,139 | 128,697 | Tokyo |
42 | 374 | Bridgestone | Automotive | 33,063 | 2,642 | 143,509 | Tokyo |
43 | 377 | Sompo Holdings | Insurance | 32,857 | 1,323 | 49,837 | Tokyo |
44 | 378 | Sumitomo Life Insurance | Insurance | 32,825 | 435 | 42,848 | Osaka |
45 | 389 | Mazda | Automotive | 32,151 | 573 | 49,998 | Hiroshima |
46 | 420 | Kansai Electric Power Company | Electric utility | 29,833 | 1,038 | 32,597 | Osaka |
47 | 436 | Medipal Holdings | Retail | 28,698 | 310 | 15,623 | Tokyo |
48 | 437 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | Electronics | 28,663 | 1,065 | 272,796 | Osaka |
49 | 440 | Subaru | Automotive | 28,505 | 1,333 | 34,200 | Tokyo |
50 | 453 | Chubu Electric Power | Electric utility | 27,374 | 716 | 30,321 | Nagoya |
51 | 458 | East Japan Railway Company | Transportation | 27,076 | 2,663 | 85,718 | Tokyo |
52 | 470 | NEC | Electronics | 26,277 | 363 | 110,595 | Tokyo |
2019 Forbes list
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018. The top 50 companies in the Forbes 2000 from Japan are listed.[2]
Rank | Forbes 2000 rank |
Name | Headquarters | Revenue (billions US$) |
Profit (billions US$) |
Assets (billions US$) |
Value (billions US$) |
Industry |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | Toyota | Toyota | 272.1 | 17.2 | 465.6 | 176.6 | Automotive |
2 | 36 | SoftBank Group | Tokyo | 86.2 | 13.9 | 332.3 | 112.4 | Conglomerate |
3 | 43 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Tokyo | 53.7 | 9.0 | 2,799.9 | 65.0 | Financials |
4 | 51 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Tokyo | 107.5 | 8.7 | 199.6 | 80.2 | Telecommunications |
5 | 66 | Japan Post Holdings | Tokyo | 115.6 | 4.3 | 2,619.7 | 44.5 | Conglomerate |
6 | 67 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Tokyo | 52.5 | 6.6 | 1,841.1 | 50.9 | Banking |
7 | 73 | Sony | Tokyo | 76.9 | 7.3 | 190.7 | 60.1 | Conglomerate |
8 | 76 | Honda | Tokyo | 142.6 | 6.6 | 180.9 | 50.5 | Automotive |
9 | 108 | Mitsubishi | Tokyo | 127.4 | 5.3 | 153.2 | 42.5 | Conglomerate |
10 | 125 | Mizuho Financial Group | Tokyo | 33.1 | 4.6 | 1,837.8 | 39.8 | Banking |
11 | 132 | Nissan | Yokohama | 108.7 | 4.4 | 172.8 | 33.6 | Automotive |
12 | 163 | Tokio Marine | Tokyo | 47.7 | 3.1 | 212.1 | 35.8 | Insurance |
13 | 170 | KDDI | Tokyo | 45.8 | 5.3 | 65.2 | 52.5 | Telecommunications |
14 | 182 | Itochu | Osaka | 91.6 | 4.0 | 98.7 | 27.5 | Trading |
15 | 196 | Mitsui | Tokyo | 56.6 | 3.5 | 107.8 | 27.7 | Conglomerate |
16 | 221 | Dai-ichi Life | Tokyo | 59.1 | 2.9 | 509.4 | 16.9 | Insurance |
17 | 230 | Hitachi | Tokyo | 85.8 | 1.7 | 88.4 | 31.8 | Conglomerate |
18 | 249 | Central Japan Railway Company | Nagoya | 16.8 | 3.9 | 83.3 | 41.8 | Transportation |
19 | 250 | East Japan Railway Company | Tokyo | 27.1 | 2.7 | 74.0 | 34.7 | Transportation |
20 | 256 | Denso | Kariya | 48.8 | 2.4 | 51.5 | 34.9 | Automotive |
21 | 257 | JXTG Holdings | Tokyo | 101.8 | 3.4 | 80.9 | 16.6 | Oil and Gas |
22 | 263 | MS&AD Insurance Group | Tokyo | 46.2 | 2.1 | 206.6 | 18.0 | Insurance |
23 | 278 | Seven & I Holdings Co. | Tokyo | 61.5 | 1.8 | 52.1 | 30.3 | Retail |
24 | 286 | Japan Tobacco | Tokyo | 20.1 | 3.5 | 49.8 | 41.2 | Tobacco |
25 | 291 | Sumitomo Group | Tokyo | 46.9 | 2.7 | 72.7 | 17.9 | Trading |
26 | 298 | Panasonic | Osaka | 73.8 | 1.9 | 57.1 | 21.3 | Electronics |
27 | 301 | Canon Inc. | Tokyo | 35.8 | 2.3 | 44.7 | 30.9 | Electronics |
28 | 308 | Nippon Steel | Tokyo | 54.5 | 2.5 | 70.3 | 16.2 | Steel |
29 | 315 | Orix | Osaka | 22.3 | 2.7 | 110.5 | 18.3 | Financials |
30 | 325 | Mitsubishi Electric | Tokyo | 41.5 | 2.2 | 37.8 | 29.1 | Electronics |
31 | 326 | Bridgestone | Tokyo | 33.1 | 2.6 | 35.2 | 29.8 | Automotive |
32 | 329 | Toshiba | Tokyo | 34.4 | 7.8 | 39.4 | 17.3 | Electronics |
33 | 350 | Medipal Holdings | Osaka | 67.8 | 2.4 | 63.8 | 12.3 | Electronics |
34 | 368 | Daiwa House | Osaka | 36.7 | 2.2 | 39.0 | 17.8 | Construction |
35 | 375 | Mitsui Fudosan | Tokyo | 17.1 | 1.7 | 60.4 | 22.7 | Real estate |
36 | 377 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company | Tokyo | 16.1 | 1.0 | 52.6 | 56.6 | Pharmaceuticals |
37 | 394 | Komatsu | Tokyo | 24.6 | 2.0 | 32.0 | 23.7 | Industrials |
37 | 394 | Suzuki Motor | Hamamatsu | 35.1 | 2.1 | 29.4 | 21.3 | Automotive |
39 | 403 | Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance | Tokyo | 31.5 | 1.1 | 109.1 | 14.2 | Insurance |
40 | 406 | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Tokyo | 14.4 | 3.0 | 27.8 | 40.1 | Chemicals |
41 | 414 | Tokyo Electric Power Company | Tokyo | 56.1 | 1.7 | 113.9 | 8.9 | Electric utility |
42 | 432 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings | Tokyo | 13.0 | 1.5 | 520.2 | 13.5 | Financials |
43 | 443 | Daikin | Osaka | 22.1 | 1.7 | 23.4 | 34.6 | Electrical equipment |
44 | 463 | Toyota Industries | Kariya | 19.6 | 1.3 | 46.4 | 17.2 | Automotive |
45 | 466 | Subaru | Tokyo | 29.1 | 1.7 | 26.2 | 19.6 | Automotive |
46 | 475 | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings | Tokyo | 35.3 | 1.9 | 51.2 | 10.1 | Chemicals |
47 | 479 | Fast Retailing | Yamaguchi | 20.0 | 1.5 | 18.1 | 57.7 | Retail |
48 | 495 | Toyota Tsusho | Nagoya | 61.0 | 1.1 | 40.2 | 11.6 | Trading |
49 | 508 | Mitsubishi Estate | Tokyo | 11.6 | 1.2 | 53.4 | 22.8 | Real estate |
50 | 510 | Kansai Electric Power Company | Osaka | 29.5 | 0.9 | 65.1 | 12.6 | Electric utility |
References
- "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.