There are 6,806,422 companies and businesses in Japan in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 3,301,247 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Japan
Japan has 6,806,422 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 3,301,247 of them are corporations. We build the records from Corporate Number Publication Site (法人番号公表サイト) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 72% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Japan, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 6,806,422 Japanese companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Japanese company database.
6,806,422 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies6,806,422
Corporations3,301,247
Prefectures47
Largest prefectureTōkyō 20%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email0.3%
Phone61%
Website12%
Japanese company list: all 6,806,422 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Japan, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Japanese company directory.
Toyota Motor CORPORATIONToyota Motor CORPORATION
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Motor CORPORATION | Japan | Toyota | 1, Toyotacho | Aichi | 471-0826 | N/A | 1933 | $324,180,952,992 | 383,853 | Corporation | 3053 | 1180301018771 |
| 2 | Health Insurance Claims Review & Reimbursement Services | Japan | Minato-ku | 2-1-3, Shimbashi | Tōkyō | 105-0004 | N/A | 1948 | $199,516,630,348 | 3,765 | 48 | 3010405002439 | |
| 3 | Honda Motor CO., LTD. | Japan | Minato-ku | 2-2-3, Toranomon | Tōkyō | 105-0001 | N/A | 1946 | $139,411,117,560 | 195,109 | Corporation | 1607 | 6010401027577 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi CORPORATION | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 2-3-1, Marunouchi | Tōkyō | 100-0005 | N/A | 1918 | $120,986,704,020 | 63,037 | Corporation | 2425 | 5010001008771 |
| 5 | Itochu CORPORATION | Japan | Minato-ku | 2-5-1, Kitaaoyama | Tōkyō | 107-0061 | N/A | 1949 | $94,808,464,452 | 114,570 | Corporation | 4814 | 7120001077358 |
| 6 | Ntt, INC. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-5-1, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-0004 | N/A | 1952 | $92,160,737,916 | 344,196 | Corporation | 3203 | 7010001065142 |
| 7 | Mitsui & CO., LTD. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-2-1, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-0004 | N/A | 1876 | $89,513,439,912 | 55,463 | Corporation | 2145 | 1010001008767 |
| 8 | Iida Shinkin Bank | Japan | Iida | 1-2, Honmachi | Nagano | 395-8611 | N/A | 1925 | $83,852,970,726 | 526 | Corporation | 37 | 5100005009518 |
| 9 | Japan Health Insurance Association | Japan | Shinjuku-ku | 1-6-1, Yotsuya | Tōkyō | 160-0004 | N/A | 2008 | $82,434,281,700 | 2,100 | N/A | 7010005013337 | |
| 10 | Sony Group CORPORATION | Japan | Minato-ku | 1-7-1, Konan | Tōkyō | 108-0075 | N/A | 1946 | $79,819,649,520 | 112,300 | Corporation | 1380 | 5010401067252 |
| 11 | Nissan Motor CO., LTD. | Japan | Yokohama | 1-1-1, Takashima, Nishi-ku | Kanagawa | 220-0011 | N/A | 1911 | $76,802,451,648 | 120,079 | Corporation | 2053 | 9020001031109 |
| 12 | Pension Fund Association For Local Government Officials | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 2-1-1, Uchisaiwaicho | Tōkyō | 100-0011 | N/A | 1984 | $76,137,288,542 | 81 | N/A | 5010405002445 | |
| 13 | Eneos Holdings, INC. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-1-2, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-0004 | N/A | 1888 | $75,251,946,120 | 34,099 | Corporation | 2512 | 9010001131743 |
| 14 | Toyota Tsusho CORPORATION | Japan | Nagoya | 4-9-8, Meieki, Nakamura-ku | Aichi | 450-0002 | N/A | 1936 | $73,950,136,260 | 74,927 | Corporation | 1490 | 6180001031731 |
| 15 | Aeon CO., LTD. | Japan | Chiba | 1-5-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku | Chiba | 261-0023 | N/A | 1926 | $69,735,445,736 | 179,230 | Corporation | 15580 | 6040001003380 |
| 16 | Seven & I Holdings CO., LTD. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 8-8, Nibancho | Tōkyō | 102-0084 | *****.com | 1920 | $67,880,190,652 | 35,967 | Corporation | 7960 | 1010001095203 |
| 17 | Hitachi, LTD. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-6-6, Marunouchi | Tōkyō | 100-0005 | N/A | 1910 | $67,713,051,276 | 287,901 | Corporation | 3023 | 7010001008844 |
| 18 | Nippon Steel CORPORATION | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 2-6-1, Marunouchi | Tōkyō | 100-0005 | N/A | 1934 | $64,364,329,536 | 138,453 | Corporation | 1866 | 3010001008848 |
| 19 | Tokyo Metropolitan Government | Japan | Shinjuku-ku | 2-8-1, Nishishinjuku | Tōkyō | 160-0023 | N/A | 1871 | $63,932,755,465 | 155,954 | Government body | 610 | 8000020130001 |
| 20 | Japan Mutual Aid Association Of Public School Teachers | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 2-9-5, Kandasurugadai | Tōkyō | 101-0062 | N/A | 1962 | $59,646,003,408 | 6,223 | Non profit organization | 58 | 8700150003179 |
| 21 | Eneos CORPORATION | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-1-2, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-0004 | N/A | 1888 | $54,094,847,976 | 14,630 | Corporation | 2512 | 4010001133876 |
| 22 | Marubeni CORPORATION | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-4-2, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-0004 | N/A | 1949 | $52,868,319,036 | 52,658 | Corporation | 2310 | 9010001008776 |
| 23 | Idemitsu Kosan CO., LTD. | Japan | Chiyoda-ku | 1-2-1, Otemachi | Tōkyō | 100-8321 | N/A | 1911 | $51,845,278,836 | 14,392 | Corporation | 1271 | 9010001011318 |
| 24 | Panasonic Holdings CORPORATION | Japan | Kadoma | 1006, Kadoma | Ōsaka | 571-0050 | *****.com | 1918 | $51,479,625,912 | 183,685 | Corporation | 2453 | 5120001158218 |
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Companies and businesses in Japan
6,806,422
2 November 2026
There are 6,806,422 companies and businesses in Japan in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 3,301,247 corporations (kabushiki kaisha (KK) and godo kaisha (GK)), 659,523 sole traders and 410,926 partnerships. On top of those come 233,579 non-profit organisations, 2,595 branches of foreign companies and 52,666 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 4,025,467 59%
- Head offices
- 758,454
- Branch locations
- 2,022,501
Legal form
- Corporations
- 3,301,247 49%
- Sole traders
- 659,523
- Partnerships
- 410,926
Per working day this year
≈ 355
new companies registered · 77,346 so far in 2026
How to search the Japanese company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in Japan
Which are the largest companies in Japan? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Toyota Motor, with 383,853 staff, ahead of NTT and Sumitomo Electric Industries. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi. Below are the top companies of Japan ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Japan. 176 Japanese companies employ more than 10,000 people and 1,943 report more than $1 billion a year.
Toyota Motor has the largest headcount of any company in Japan in our data. 176 Japanese companies list more than 10,000 people, 8,365 more than 500.
- 1383,853 staff
- 2344,196 staff
- 3302,972 staff
- 4287,901 staff
- 5195,109 staff
- 6183,685 staff
- 7179,230 staff
- 8168,922 staff
- 9165,547 staff
- 10158,295 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Toyota Motor is the largest company in Japan by revenue; 1,943 Japanese companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$324.2B
- 2$139.4B
- 3$121.0B
- 4$94.8B
- 5$92.2B
- 6$89.5B
- 7$79.8B
- 8$76.8B
- 9$75.3B
- 10$74.0B
Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the largest public body in our data for Japan, with 155,954 staff.
- 1155,954 staff
- 2115,411 staff
- 396,190 staff
- 475,000 staff
- 561,727 staff
- 661,693 staff
2,595 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Japan.
- 12,800 worldwide
- 21,531 worldwide
- 31,300 worldwide
- 41,250 worldwide
- 51,200 worldwide
- 61,000 worldwide
- 71,000 worldwide
- 8913 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Japan.
By employee size · 5,796,644 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 4,195,875 | 72% | |
| 5-9 | 922,223 | 16% | |
| 10-19 | 261,774 | 5% | |
| 20-49 | 213,241 | 4% | |
| 50-99 | 123,625 | 2% | |
| 100-199 | 49,097 | 0.8% | |
| 200-499 | 22,444 | 0.4% | |
| 500+ | 8,365 | 0.1% |
72% have 1 to 4 employees; 8,365 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 707,643 | 15% | |
| $100K-$500K | 1,968,454 | 41% | |
| $500K-$1M | 988,215 | 21% | |
| $1M-$5M | 812,972 | 17% | |
| $5M-$10M | 141,504 | 3% | |
| $10M-$100M | 138,809 | 3% | |
| $100M-$1B | 14,526 | 0.3% | |
| $1B+ | 1,943 | <0.1% |
16,469 companies report more than $100 million; 1,943 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Japan
Most companies in Japan are small businesses. Of the 5,796,644 with a known headcount, 5,118,098 (88%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 475,015 are small (10 to 49) and 195,166 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 8,365 employ 500 people or more, so 99.86% of Japanese companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 5,118,098 | 88% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 475,015 | 8% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 195,166 | 3% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 8,365 | 0.1% |
4,195,875
companies have 1 to 4 employees (72%). 707,643 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
659,523
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
41%
of the 77,346 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (31,558). Only 7 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Japan based?
Tōkyō has more companies than any other prefecture in Japan: 1,337,521, or 20% of the total, ahead of Ōsaka (575,963) and Kanagawa (406,638). Below you find the twelve largest of its 47 prefectures and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 47 prefectures
| Prefecture | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tōkyō | 1,337,521 | 20% | |
| Ōsaka | 575,963 | 8% | |
| Kanagawa | 406,638 | 6% | |
| Aichi | 378,237 | 6% | |
| Saitama | 308,155 | 5% | |
| Fukuoka | 272,542 | 4% | |
| Hokkaido | 267,360 | 4% | |
| Chiba | 264,136 | 4% | |
| Hyōgo | 238,624 | 4% | |
| Shizuoka | 170,122 | 2% | |
| Hiroshima | 147,688 | 2% | |
| Ibaraki | 136,420 | 2% |
Ten busiest cities
- Osaka311,055
- Yokohama181,521
- Nagoya176,410
- Minato-Ku152,627
- Fukuoka117,557
- Sapporo112,435
- Shibuya-Ku105,702
- Chuo-Ku101,369
- Chiyoda-Ku97,020
- Shinjuku-Ku94,336
Main industries in Japan
Business services and IT is the biggest industry in Japan by number of companies: 596,831, or 9% of all firms with an industry code. Next come real estate (492,221) and construction trades (458,601). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Business services and IT596,8319%
- Real estate492,2217%
- Construction trades458,6017%
- Restaurants and bars447,4507%
- Other shops360,4995%
- Engineering, accounting and management324,1855%
- Health care312,2535%
- Wholesale (durable goods)301,5184%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)240,6414%
- Personal services238,8414%
- Associations229,8513%
- Building construction193,6633%
- Civil engineering162,5252%
- Food shops155,4212%
- Haulage and warehousing140,4772%
- Other industries2,148,31532%
The fifteen largest of 80 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Japan
596,831
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 151,171 staff
- 244,080 staff
- 339,000 staff
492,221
Real estate
SIC 65: Real Estate
- 110,142 staff
- 28,797 staff
- 34,180 staff
458,601
Construction trades
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 113,019 staff
- 22,701 staff
- 32,668 staff
447,450
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 19,000 staff
- 25,431 staff
- 33,526 staff
360,499
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 113,417 staff
- 212,144 staff
- 311,598 staff
324,185
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 128,000 staff
- 27,362 staff
- 36,981 staff
312,253
Health care
SIC 80: Health Services
- 162,946 staff
- 249,361 staff
- 335,848 staff
301,518
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 135,000 staff
- 217,372 staff
- 39,888 staff
Discover more: all Japanese industries, cities and regions
Every Japanese list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Japan? (2026)
77,346 new companies and startups registered in Japan so far in 2026, about 355 every working day, after a record 152,616 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 41% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 48,984 of them are corporations (kabushiki kaisha (KK) and godo kaisha (GK)).
≈ 355
new companies register every working day in 2026
41%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
152,616
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 129,0152022
- 142,0022023
- 146,5252024
- 152,6162025
- 77,3462026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1700 staff
- 2400 staff
- 3802 staff
- 42,784 staff
- 5280 staff
Oldest companies in Japan
Our data holds 11,497 Japanese organisations founded before 1900 and 148,554 before 1950. Corporate Number Publication Site (法人番号公表サイト) dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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1,194,738
Japanese companies were founded before 1990
52,706
were founded in 1990
2,937,748 Japanese companies, 71% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 1,194,738 are older.
Types of companies in Japan
Half of all Japanese businesses in our data are corporations (kabushiki kaisha (KK) and godo kaisha (GK)), and one in ten is a sole trader. Partnerships make up 6%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations3,301,24749%
- No legal form on record2,107,36431%
- Sole traders659,52310%
- Partnerships410,9266%
- Foreign companies2,595<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations233,5793%
- Cooperatives38,5220.6%
- Public bodies52,6660.8%
Which Japanese companies are part of a group?
Most Japanese companies stand alone: 59% are single-site businesses. The other 2,780,955 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 758,454 head offices or 2,022,501 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Japan Post Co., with 24,219 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 124,219 companies
- 215,580 companies
- 36,001 companies
- 44,814 companies
- 53,203 companies
- 63,053 companies
- 73,023 companies
- 82,512 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 6,806,422; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Japanese companies
802,854 Japanese companies have a website on record (12%), 4,119,265 a phone number (61%) and 21,432 an email address (0.3%). Among corporations: 8% have a website and 0.2% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 802,854 | 12% | |
| Phone | 4,119,265 | 61% | |
| 21,432 | 0.3% |
Questions about companies in Japan
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
6,806,422. That includes 659,523 sole traders and 410,926 partnerships.
3,301,247 corporations, 49% of all Japanese businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 5,796,644 Japanese companies with a known headcount, 5,788,279 have fewer than 500 employees: 5,118,098 micro, 475,015 small and 195,166 medium-sized. 8,365 are large enterprises.
Toyota Motor, with $324.2 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Honda Motor Co. ($139.4B) and Mitsubishi ($121.0B).
Toyota Motor, with 383,853 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
1,337,521, 20% of all Japanese companies (2 November 2026).
77,346 so far in 2026, about 355 per working day, after a record 152,616 in 2025.
From Corporate Number Publication Site (法人番号公表サイト) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
802,854, 12% of all Japanese companies. 4,119,265 have a phone number and 21,432 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 6,806,422 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Japanese company database.
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All 6,806,422 companies in Japan with address, SIC code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our Japanese company database.
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