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
  1. "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

See also
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