List of the largest companies in Japan

The list of largest companies in Japan includes the largest publicly traded companies in Japan published by Forbes Magazine on the Forbes Global 2000 list, as well as the largest companies by revenue from the Fortune Global 500 list .

Largest companies by sales

The ranking is based on the 500 top-selling companies in the world published annually by Fortune magazine in the Fortune Global 500 list . Are also listed the headquarters , the net profit , number of employees and the industry . Figures are in billions of dollars and relate to fiscal year 2016.

rank	Rank Fortune 500	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Employee	Branch
1.	5.	Toyota Motor	Toyota	254.694	16.899	364,445	Automobiles
2.	29	Honda engine	Tokyo	129.198	5,690	211.915	Automobiles
3.	33.	Japan Post Group	Tokyo	122.990	−0.267	248.384	logistics
4th	44.	Nissan	Yokohama	108.164	6.123	137,250	Automobiles
5.	50.	NTT	Tokyo	105.128	7.384	274,844	telecommunications
6th	72.	Hitachi	Tokyo	84.558	2.134	303,887	technology
7th	73.	Softbank	Tokyo	82.892	13,163	68,402	telecommunications
8th.	88	Aeon	Chiba	75.772	0.194	274.760	retail trade
9.	106.	Sony	Tokyo	70.170	0.676	128,400	technology
10.	111.	Panasonic Corporation	Osaka	67.775	1.378	257,533	technology
11.	112.	Nihon Seimei Hoken	Tokyo	67.388	2.787	85.171	Insurance
12.	117.	Marubeni	Tokyo	65.792	1.434	39,952	retail trade
13.	127.	JX Holdings	Tokyo	63.629	1.477	26,247	Conglomerate
14th	142.	Dai-ichi Seimei Hoken	Tokyo	59.590	1.192	62,606	Insurance
15th	145.	Mitsubishi Motors	Tokyo	59,303	4.063	77.164	Automobiles
16.	164.	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Tokyo	55.185	8,550	115.276	Banks
17th	167.	Seven & I Holdings	Tokyo	53.858	0.893	54,712	retail trade
18th	185	Tepco	Tokyo	49,446	1,226	42,060	Supplier
19th	188.	MS&AD Insurance Group	Tokyo	49.239	1,942	40,641	Insurance
20th	193.	Tokyo Marine Holdings	Tokyo	48.292	2.527	38,842	Insurance
21st	202.	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Tokyo	47.375	6.520	77.205	Banks
22nd	215.	ITOCHU	Osaka	44.654	3.251	110.207	retail trade
23.	219.	KDDI	Tokyo	43.822	5.045	35,032	telecommunications
24.	228	Nippon Steel	Tokyo	42.757	1.209	100.169	steel
25th	236.	Denso	Kariya	41.781	2.378	154.493	Automotive supplier
26th	238.	Fujitsu	Tokyo	41.620	0.817	155.069	technology
27.	242.	Sumitomo Life Insurance	Osaka	40.921	0.518	42,245	Insurance
28.	249.	Mitsui Group	Tokyo	40.275	2.825	42,316	retail trade
29	262.	Mitsubishi Electric	Tokyo	39.119	1,942	138,700	technology
30th	282.	Sumitomo Group	Tokyo	36.888	1,577	70,900	retail trade
31.	294.	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Tokyo	36.122	0.810	82,728	mechanical engineering
32.	297.	Meiji Yasuda Seimei Hoken	Tokyo	35.767	2.065	41,872	Insurance
33.	324.	Aisin Seiki	Kariya	32.879	1.169	99,389	Automotive supplier
34.	330	Daiwa House Kōgyō	Tokyo	32,421	1,861	60,539	Construction
35.	340.	Sompo Japan Insurance	Tokyo	31,559	1.536	47,430	Insurance
36.	347.	Canon	Tokyo	31.271	1.385	197,673	technology
37.	349.	Subaru	Tokyo	30.696	2.605	36,668	Automobiles
38.	353.	Bridgestone	Tokyo	30.678	2,441	143,616	Automotive supplier
39.	356.	JFE Holdings	Tokyo	30,539	0.627	60,439	steel
40.	357	Mizuho Financial	Tokyo	30,390	5,570	59,179	Banks
41.	282.	Mazda engine	Hiroshima	29.665	1.476	48,892	Automobiles
42.	373.	Suzuki engine	Tokyo	29.252	1.476	62.992	Automobiles
43.	381.	Medipal Holdings	Tokyo	28.277	0.268	15,745	Pharmaceutical trade
44.	389	Kansai Electric Power	Osaka	27.792	1,299	32,666	Supplier
45.	408	East Japan Railway	Tokyo	26,587	2.565	85,834	Railway companies
46.	420	Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō	Tokyo	25.975	0.993	248.330	Automotive supplier
47.	423.	Idemitsu Kosan	Tokyo	25.888	0.814	9,139	oil and gas
48.	437.	NEC Corporation	Tokyo	24,596	0.252	107,729	technology
49.	451.	Chubu Electric Power	Nagoya	24,028	1.058	30,635	Supplier
50.	461.	Alfresa Holding	Tokyo	23,551	0.285	13,217	Pharmaceutical trade

Biggest company

The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to fiscal year 2016 - in Japan for most companies from April 1 to March 31, for the market value based on the stock exchange price from February 2017.

rank	Forbes 2000	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	10.	Toyota Motor	Toyota	249.9	17.1	412.5	171.9	Automobiles
2.	30th	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Tokyo	49.2	8.2	2,589.8	83.9	Banks
3.	26th	NTT	Tokyo	105.0	7.4	180.3	92.2	telecommunications
4th	34.	SoftBank	Tokyo	82.1	8.3	213.2	78.6	telecommunications
5.	45.	Japan Post Group	Tokyo	123.7	3.1	2,522.1	55.1	logistics
6th	74.	Honda engine	Tokyo	127.9	3.9	161.8	51.4	Automobiles
7th	84.	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Tokyo	30.5	5.2	1,648.8	48.1	Banks
8th.	90.	Mizuho Financial	Tokyo	29.0	6.0	1,752.3	44.4	Banks
9.	95.	Nissan engine	Yokohama	105.9	4.5	157.3	38.4	Automobiles
10.	141.	KDDI	Tokyo	43.8	5.1	52.3	68.3	telecommunications
11.	143.	Tokyo Marine Holdings	Tokyo	44.6	2.8	189.5	30.6	Insurance
12.	191.	Dai-ichi Seimei Hoken	Tokyo	55.7	1.7	438.8	19.9	Insurance
13.	201.	Hitachi	Tokyo	85.8	1.8	82.7	25.6	technology
14th	206.	MS&AD Insurance Group	Tokyo	47.8	2.0	178.3	19.2	Insurance
15th	217.	East Japan Railway	Tokyo	26.5	2.3	66.1	34.2	Railway companies
16.	218.	ITOCHU	Tokyo	44.0	2.4	72.0	7.26	retail trade
17th	219.	Japan Tobacco	Tokyo	19.7	3.9	40.7	66.4	Consumer goods
18th	221.	Panasonic Corporation	Osaka	66.6	1.9	52.7	26.2	electronics
19th	233.	Denso	Kariya	41.1	2.2	43.6	33.6	Automotive supplier
20th	256.	ORIX	Tokyo	22.8	2.4	95.5	19.8	Financial service providers
21st	262.	Central Japan Railway	Nagoya	16.1	3.4	51.0	32.6	Railway companies
22nd	266.	Canon	Tokyo	31.3	1.4	44.1	41.6	technology
23.	277.	Seven & I Holdings	Tokyo	53.9	0.9	49.2	37.0	retail trade
24.	278.	Mitsubishi Electric	Tokyo	39.1	1.9	34.1	29.9	technology
25th	279.	Bridgestone	Tokyo	30.7	2.4	31.9	31.7	Automotive supplier
26th	284.	Nomura Holdings	Tokyo	14.8	1.5	369.1	21.2	Financial service providers
27.	306	Sompo Japan Insurance	Tokyo	29.4	1.7	91.1	14.4	Insurance
28.	322.	Sumitomo Corporation	Tokyo	38.3	1.1	67.7	16.8	retail trade
29	333.	Subaru	Tokyo	29.8	2.8	22.7	27.3	Automobiles
30th	348.	Takeda Pharmaceutical	Osaka	15.9	1.2	35.5	36.9	Pharma
31.	368.	Kansai Electric Power	Osaka	28.3	1.6	58.5	11.3	Supplier
32.	384.	Mitsui Fudosan	Tokyo	14.9	1.2	46.7	21.1	Financial service providers
33.	389	Daiwa House Kōgyō	Osaka	31.9	1.2	29.6	19.1	Construction
34.	396.	Suzuki engine	Hamamatsu	28.3	1.4	25.9	19.9	Automobiles
35.	413.	Sumitomo Trust and Banking	Osaka	9.2	1.5	548.2	12.8	Banks
36.	434.	Daikin Industries	Osaka	18.5	1.4	20.6	28.4	chemistry
37.	435.	Mitsubishi Chemical	Tokyo	31.8	1.4	38.1	11.1	chemistry
38.	440.	Nippon Steel	Tokyo	41.6	0.5	54.6	20.2	steel
39.	442.	Toyota Industries	Kariya	20.0	1.1	38.6	14.8	Automotive supplier
40.	447.	Fujifilm	Tokyo	21.7	1.1	28.7	18.1	technology
41.	449.	Sony	Tokyo	69.2	−0.4	151.7	40.4	technology
42.	450	Chubu Electric Power	Nagoya	24.2	1.5	45.6	10.0	Supplier
43.	460	Fujitsu	Tokyo	41.7	1.2	27.1	12.1	technology
44.	447.	Shin-Etsu Chemical	Tokyo	11.3	1.5	21.1	36.2	chemistry
45.	467.	Aisin Seiki	Kariya	31.7	1.1	27.7	13.2	Automotive supplier
46.	478.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Tokyo	57.0	−0.2	129.1	34.7	retail trade
47.	479.	Mitsubishi Estate	Yokohama	10.3	0.9	46.3	25.4	Financial service providers
48.	509	Komatsu	Tokyo	15.7	0.9	23.0	24.3	Construction machinery
49.	512.	Resona Holdings	Osaka	6.7	1.7	410.7	11.7	Banks
50.	522.	Kyocera	Kyoto	12.9	1.1	26.7	19.9	Conglomerates
51.	526.	Kubota	Osaka	14.7	1.2	22.9	18.5	Construction machinery
52.	528	Astellas Pharma	Tokyo	12.1	1.9	15.9	28.0	Pharma
53.	536.	Tepco	Tokyo	50.2	1.0	105.5	6.1	Supplier
54.	543.	Kirin Brewery	Tokyo	19.1	1.1	20.1	17.4	beverages
55.	544.	T&D Holdings	Osaka	16.6	0.7	128.6	9.2	Insurance
56.	545.	Mitsui Group	Tokyo	39.2	0.1	100.0	26.2	retail trade
57.	561.	Sumitomo Electric	Osaka	25.6	0.9	24.6	12.5	technology
58.	565.	Marubeni	Tokyo	63.5	0.4	64.3	10.7	retail trade
59.	578	Ōtsuka Seiyaku	Tokyo	11.0	0.9	22.7	25.1	Pharma
60.	599.	Asahi Kasei	Tokyo	17.0	1.0	20.1	13.1	chemistry
61.	601.	Toray Industries	Tokyo	18.6	0.8	20.7	14.2	chemistry
62.	616.	Sekisui House	Osaka	18.7	1.1	19.4	11.3	Construction
63.	621.	Sumitomo Realty & Dev.	Tokyo	9.0	0.9	41.1	12.3	Financial service providers
64.	622.	Murata Seisakusho	Nagaokakyō	10.4	1.4	13.9	28.4	technology
65.	624.	JX Holdings	Tokyo	72.0	−0.7	58.0	16.6	Conglomerate
66.	635	Asahi Glass	Tokyo	15.7	0.8	17.0	17.8	Glass industry
67.	645.	Kao Corporation	Tokyo	13.4	1.2	11.5	27.3	Consumer goods
68.	650	Aeon	Chiba	75.5	0.1	76.1	12.4	retail trade
69.	661.	West Japan Railway	Osaka	13.3	0.7	24.5	12.8	Railway companies
70.	676.	Recruit	Tokyo	16.1	0.8	11.2	29.0	Human resource management
71.	677.	Fast retailing	Yamaguchi	16.4	0.6	12.4	31.8	retail trade
72.	682.	Mazda engine	Hiroshima	29.5	0.8	22.0	8.1	Automobiles
73.	688.	Nihon Densan	Tokyo	10.6	0.9	12.8	28.1	technology
74.	694.	All Nippon Airways	Tokyo	16.1	0.8	19.4	10.4	Airline
75.	703	Dentsū	Tokyo	7.7	0.8	27.1	15.5	advertising

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fortune Global 500 List 2017: See Who Made It. Retrieved November 17, 2017 (American English). 
2. ^ The World's Biggest Public Companies . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 13, 2017]).