Japan— JP

Company data in Japan, by industry

Browse Japan company directories across 56 industries — 6,769,451 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from Legal Affairs Bureau and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

6,769,451

Registered companies

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

Largest company

Restaurants and mobile food service activities

Largest sector

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Rankings

Largest companies in Japan

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated August 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Toyota	$324.2B
2	HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS REVIEW & REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES	Pension funding	Minato-Ku	$199.5B
3	HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Minato-Ku	$139.4B
4	MITSUBISHI CORPORATION	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Chiyoda-Ku	$121B
5	ITOCHU CORPORATION	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Minato-Ku	$94.8B
6	NTT, INC.	Wireless telecommunications activities	Chiyoda-Ku	$92.2B
7	MITSUI & CO., LTD.	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Chiyoda-Ku	$89.5B
8	JAPAN HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION	Activities of business and employers membership organisations	Shinjuku-Ku	$82.4B
9	SONY GROUP CORPORATION	Manufacture of electronic components and boards	Atsugi	$79.8B
10	NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Yokohama	$76.8B
11	ENEOS HOLDINGS, INC.	Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Chiyoda-Ku	$75.3B
12	TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Nagoya	$74B
13	AEON CO., LTD.	Other retail sale in non-specialised stores	Chiba	$69.7B
14	SEVEN & I HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	Chiyoda-Ku	$67.9B
15	HITACHI, LTD.	Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers	Chiyoda-Ku	$67.7B

Top 15 of 25 · NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, MARUBENI CORPORATION, IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, SOFTBANK GROUP CORP., MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., DENSO CORPORATION, SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., SUMITOMO CORPORATION, SOFTBANK CORP. follow. Methodology →

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION leads by reported revenue at $324.2B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Retail companies

929,810

Construction companies

910,784

Manufacturing companies

768,933

Distribution & wholesale

650,662

Real estate companies

509,676

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Retail companies is the most populated sector we cover, with 929,810 companies — 14% of Japan's 6,769,451 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

3,908,574

5–9

947,267

10–19

288,784

20–49

238,491

50–99

166,347

100–199

63,564

200–499

31,639

500–999

8,158

1000+

6,614

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~4× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 1,127,282 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 69% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (local currency)

1–100K

5,300

100K-499K

16,718

500K-999K

22,609

1M-4.99M

118,339

5M-9.99M

237,767

10M-49.99M

1,620,365

50M-99.99M

1,029,482

100M-499.99M

1,305,724

500M-999.99M

173,076

1B+

229,116

2,028,224 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 10M-49.99M, covering 34% of companies with reported revenue.

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Geography

Where Japanese companies are based

Distribution by region.

Tōkyō

1,331,364

Ōsaka

574,103

Kanagawa

405,344

Aichi

377,382

Saitama

307,223

Tōkyō holds the largest regional share, with 30% of companies that have a disclosed region.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Japan

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

40%

Part of a corporate group

60%

Independent

40% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 60% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Japan

Japanese-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	JAPAN POST HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	24,569
2	AEON CO., LTD.	15,563
3	SEVEN & I HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	7,956
4	YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	6,000
5	ITOCHU CORPORATION	4,788
6	ZENSHO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	4,786
7	BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION	4,216
8	SKYLARK HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	3,572
9	MATSUKIYOCOCOKARA & CO.	3,442
10	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION	3,190

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in Japan.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among Japan's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

Foreign-owned

96%

Japanese-owned

Leading countries of ownership

United States of America

46%

Germany

11.1%

France

9.5%

Switzerland

9.5%

South Korea

7.9%

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

United States of America is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 46%.

FAQ

Japan company data — frequently asked questions

There are 6,769,451 registered companies in Japan across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION is the largest company in Japan, followed by HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS REVIEW & REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES and HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD..

Restaurants and mobile food service activities, Real estate agencies, Construction of residential and non-residential buildings have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated August 2026.

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