List of largest Japanese companies

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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.

2020 Fortune list[]

This list displays all 53 Japanese companies that are 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 2019.[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 275,288 19,096 359,542 Toyota
2 39 Honda Automotive 137,332 4,192 218,674 Tokyo
3 42 Mitsubishi Conglomerate 135,940 4,924 86,098 Tokyo
4 60 Japan Post Holdings Conglomerate 109,915 4,449 245,472 Tokyo
5 62 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Telecommunications 109,448 7,867 319,039 Tokyo
6 72 Itochu Trading 100,522 4,611 151,430 Tokyo
7 83 Nissan Automotive 90,863 −6,174 144,933 Yokohama
8 94 SoftBank Group Conglomerate 87,440 −8,844 80,909 Tokyo
9 106 Hitachi Conglomerate 80,639 806 301,056 Tokyo
10 115 AEON Retail 78,930 246 290,196 Chiba
11 122 Sony Conglomerate 75,972 5,355 111,700 Tokyo
12 123 ENEOS Holdings Oil and Gas 75,897 −1,728 40,983 Tokyo
13 130 Nippon Life Insurance 74,048 1,767 92,122 Osaka
14 153 Panasonic Electronics 68,897 2,076 259,385 Osaka
15 161 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Financials 67,135 4,858 138,570 Tokyo
16 165 Dai-ichi Life Insurance 65,434 298 63,719 Tokyo
17 172 Mitsui Conglomerate 63,327 3,601 45,624 Tokyo
18 173 Marubeni Trading 62,799 −1,816 49,515 Tokyo
19 177 Toyota Tsusho Trading 61,570 1,247 66,067 Nagoya
20 178 Seven & I Holdings Co. Retail 60,952 2,002 98,039 Tokyo
21 188 Tokyo Electric Power Company Electric utility 57,407 466 37,892 Tokyo
22 198 Nippon Steel Steel 54,465 −3,969 116,462 Tokyo
23 226 Tokio Marine Insurance 50,270 2,389 41,101 Tokyo
24 236 Idemitsu Kosan Oil and Gas 48,892 −211 16,020 Tokyo
25 237 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Banking 48,880 6,474 86,443 Tokyo
26 238 Sumitomo Group Trading 48,746 1,576 72,642 Tokyo
27 241 KDDI Telecommunications 48,171 5,884 44,952 Tokyo
28 246 MS&AD Insurance Group Insurance 47,537 1,316 41,942 Tokyo
29 247 Denso Automotive 47,400 626 170,932 Kariya
30 300 Mitsubishi Electric Electronics 41,045 2,040 146,518 Tokyo
31 311 Daiwa House Construction 40,288 2,149 47,133 Osaka
32 334 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance 37,466 1,912 43,676 Tokyo
33 339 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Industrials 37,172 801 81,631 Tokyo
34 349 Mizuho Financial Group Banking 36,669 4,126 57,264 Tokyo
35 356 Fujitsu Telecommunications 35,483 1,472 129,609 Tokyo
36 359 Aisin Seiki Automotive 34,810 221 119,535 Kariya
37 363 Sompo Holdings Insurance 34,587 1,127 47,535 Tokyo
38 365 JFE Holdings Steel 34,305 −1,819 64,009 Tokyo
39 376 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Chemicals 33,418 497 69,609 Tokyo
40 380 Canon Inc. Electronics 32,961 1,148 187,041 Tokyo
41 387 Bridgestone Automotive 32,340 2,684 143,589 Tokyo
42 390 Suzuki Motor Automotive 32,086 1,235 68,499 Hamamatsu
43 391 Sumitomo Life Insurance Insurance 32,063 48 42,954 Osaka
44 400 Mazda Automotive 31,551 112 50,479 Hiroshima
45 402 Toshiba Electronics 31,179 −1,054 125,648 Tokyo
46 405 Subaru Automotive 30,758 1,404 35,045 Tokyo
47 414 Takeda Pharmaceutical Pharmaceuticals 30,272 407 47,495 Tokyo
48 417 Retail 29,921 349 15,422 Tokyo
49 428 Kansai Electric Power Company Electric utility 29,288 1,196 31,850 Osaka
50 445 Sumitomo Electric Industries Electronics 28,578 669 283,910 Osaka
51 450 NEC Electronics 28,469 920 112,638 Tokyo
52 454 Chubu Electric Power Electric utility 28,200 1,504 28,448 Nagoya
53 470 East Japan Railway Company Transportation 27,102 1,825 85,114 Tokyo

2020 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 2019. 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 11 Toyota Toyota 280.5 22.7 495.1 173.3 Automotive
2 43 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Tokyo 109.6 7.9 211.1 83.0 Telecommunications
3 52 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Tokyo 60.1 5.4 2,893.0 51.8 Financials
4 58 Sony Tokyo 79.2 6.0 208.3 78.7 Conglomerate
5 66 SoftBank Group Tokyo 87.4 2.9 362.6 89.7 Conglomerate
6 72 Japan Post Holdings Tokyo 112.3 4.7 2,680.2 32.7 Conglomerate
7 80 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Tokyo 48.4 6.4 1,954.8 36.4 Banking
8 83 Honda Tokyo 142.4 4.3 188.5 42.6 Automotive
9 104 Mitsubishi Tokyo 140.8 4.8 167.0 32.4 Conglomerate
10 122 KDDI Tokyo 47.8 5.9 86.5 66.9 Telecommunications
11 135 Itochu Osaka 103.1 4.9 104.6 29.6 Trading
12 151 Tokio Marine Tokyo 48.5 2.6 224.5 33.0 Insurance
13 166 Mitsui Tokyo 65.5 3.7 114.3 24.1 Conglomerate
14 198 Hitachi Tokyo 82.9 1.8 94.6 29.3 Conglomerate
15 215 MS&AD Insurance Group Tokyo 50.6 2.6 220.1 16.7 Insurance
16 230 Dai-ichi Life Tokyo 62.6 1.8 560.8 14.4 Insurance
17 234 Seven & I Holdings Co. Tokyo 61.0 2.0 55.6 29.3 Retail
18 242 Mizuho Financial Group Tokyo 35.9 0.8 1,874.9 29.8 Banking
19 247 Central Japan Railway Company Nagoya 17.0 3.7 89.0 31.2 Transportation
20 256 Panasonic Osaka 70.4 2.6 61.8 18.0 Electronics
21 261 East Japan Railway Company Tokyo 27.1 1.8 79.1 27.8 Transportation
22 283 Japan Tobacco Tokyo 20.0 3.2 51.1 33.4 Tobacco
23 290 Sumitomo Group Tokyo 49.9 2.7 77.1 14.4 Trading
24 292 Orix Osaka 21.3 3.0 118.2 15.4 Financials
25 294 Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo 41.3 2.1 40.9 26.9 Electronics
26 299 Nomura Holdings Tokyo 19.1 2.3 425.5 13.0 Financials
27 321 JXTG Holdings Tokyo 95.5 1.5 81.6 11.5 Oil and Gas
28 324 Daiwa House Osaka 40.0 2.3 42.7 17.1 Construction
29 327 Bridgestone Tokyo 32.3 2.7 36.3 20.7 Automotive
30 355 Shin-Etsu Chemical Tokyo 14.2 2.9 29.9 46.7 Chemicals
31 359 Canon Inc. Tokyo 33.0 1.1 43.9 22.7 Electronics
32 360 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Tokyo 32.8 1.3 111.8 11.9 Insurance
33 367 Mitsui Fudosan Tokyo 17.5 1.5 67.2 18.2 Real estate
34 375 Daikin Osaka 23.5 1.7 26.1 38.3 Electrical equipment
35 383 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Tokyo 13.8 1.8 509.3 11.1 Financials
36 394 Denso Kariya 47.4 0.6 52.4 27.6 Automotive
37 404 Nippon Steel Tokyo 55.7 2.3 71.4 7.9 Steel
38 405 Komatsu Tokyo 23.2 1.9 34.3 18.2 Industrials
39 422 Fujitsu Tokyo 35.7 1.4 28.7 20.0 Real estate
40 427 Tokyo Electric Power Company Tokyo 58.9 5.2 110.8 5.4 Electric utility
41 428 Fast Retailing Yamaguchi 20.5 1.4 22.8 49.2 Retail
42 429 Toyota Industries Kariya 20.0 1.3 48.9 15.8 Automotive
43 434 Recruit Holdings Tokyo 21.9 1.8 18.3 49.1 Electronics
44 442 Marubeni Tokyo 63.6 1.4 62.7 8.5 Trading
45 447 Kansai Electric Power Company Osaka 30.1 1.5 68.6 9.2 Pharmaceuticals
46 449 Fujifilm Tokyo 21.7 1.4 31.8 19.7 Consumer goods
47 455 Chubu Electric Power Company Nagoya 28.6 1.6 49.8 10.3 Electric utility
48 479 Subaru Tokyo 30.0 1.3 29.1 15.6 Automotive
49 480 Suzuki Motor Hamamatsu 33.6 1.1 31.7 15.7 Automotive
50 481 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Tokyo 37.0 1.5 51.0 8.7 Industrials

References[]

  1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-04.

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