# 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.

## 2022 Fortune list

This list displays all 45 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 2021. 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) | Assets (USD millions) | Employees | Headquarters |
| 1 | 10 | Toyota | Automotive | 279,377 | 25,371 | 557,522 | 372,817 | Toyota |
| 2 | 41 | Mitsubishi | Conglomerate | 153,690 | 8,345 | 180,479 | 80,728 | Tokyo |
| 3 | 61 | Honda | Automotive | 129,546 | 6,294 | 197,456 | 204,035 | Tokyo |
| 4 | 78 | Itochu | Trading | 109,215 | 7,302 | 100,104 | 136,722 | Tokyo |
| 5 | 83 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Telecommunications | 108,215 | 10,513 | 196,542 | 333,840 | Tokyo |
| 6 | 88 | Mitsui | Conglomerate | 104,664 | 8,142 | 122,916 | 44,336 | Tokyo |
| 7 | 94 | Japan Post Holdings | Conglomerate | 100,278 | 4,466 | 2,502,652 | 232,112 | Tokyo |
| 8 | 113 | Hitachi | Conglomerate | 91,374 | 5,194 | 114,385 | 368,247 | Tokyo |
| 9 | 116 | Sony | Conglomerate | 88,320 | 4,781 | 79,468 | 41,852 | Tokyo |
| 10 | 140 | ENEOS Holdings | Oil and Gas | 80,132 | 4,781 | 79,468 | 41,852 | Tokyo |
| 11 | 147 | Seven & I Holdings Co. | Retail | 78,458 | 1,890 | 75,888 | 127,196 | Tokyo |
| 12 | 148 | AEON | Retail | 78,155 | 58.3 | 101,016 | 288,064 | Chiba |
| 13 | 157 | Marubeni | Trading | 75,742 | 3,777 | 67,997 | 49,623 | Tokyo |
| 14 | 161 | Nissan | Automotive | 74,994 | 1,918 | 134,844 | 141,983 | Yokohama |
| 15 | 164 | Nippon Life | Insurance | 74,392 | 3,086 | 727,962 | 92,737 | Osaka |
| 16 | 167 | Dai-ichi Life | Insurance | 73,082 | 3,644 | 542,633 | 62,294 | Tokyo |
| 17 | 172 | Toyota Tsusho | Trading | 71,464 | 1,978 | 50,598 | 65,218 | Nagoya |
| 18 | 193 | Panasonic | Electronics | 65,774 | 2,273 | 66,086 | 240,198 | Osaka |
| 19 | 214 | Nippon Steel | Steel | 60,612 | 5,673 | 72,089 | 115,667 | Tokyo |
| 20 | 234 | SoftBank Group | Conglomerate | 55,383 | −15,204 | 391,604 | 59,721 | Tokyo |
| 21 | 240 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Financials | 54,087 | 10,066 | 3,078,263 | 135,042 | Tokyo |
| 22 | 250 | Idemitsu Kosan | Oil and Gas | 52,335 | 2,488 | 37,897 | 16,606 | Tokyo |
| 23 | 253 | Tokio Marine | Insurance | 52,198 | 3,743 | 224,411 | 43,048 | Tokyo |
| 24 | 278 | Denso | Automotive | 49,098 | 2,349 | 61,216 | 167,950 | Kariya |
| 25 | 279 | Sumitomo Group | Trading | 48,916 | 4,127 | 78,924 | 74,253 | Tokyo |
| 26 | 290 | Tokyo Electric Power Company | Electric utility | 47,268 | 50.2 | 105,868 | 37,939 | Tokyo |
| 26 | 309 | MS&AD Insurance Group | Insurance | 45,685 | 2,339 | 206,192 | 39,962 | Tokyo |
| 27 | 351 | Mitsubishi Electric | Electronics | 39,851 | 1,811 | 42,072 | 145,696 | Tokyo |
| 28 | 354 | Daiwa House | Construction | 39,520 | 2,005 | 45,072 | 48,831 | Osaka |
| 29 | 358 | JFE Holdings | Steel | 38,858 | 2,564 | 43,554 | 64,296 | Tokyo |
| 30 | 377 | Meiji Yasuda Life | Insurance | 37,515 | 1,618 | 397,022 | 48,179 | Tokyo |
| 31 | 383 | Sompo Holdings | Insurance | 37,098 | 2,001 | 113,564 | 47,776 | Tokyo |
| 32 | 388 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Banking | 36,596 | 6,290 | 2,122 | 101,023 | Tokyo |
| 33 | 401 | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings | Chemicals | 35,402 | 1,577 | 45,909 | 69,784 | Tokyo |
| 34 | 404 | Mizuho Financial Group | Banking | 35,279 | 4,722 | 1,952,608 | 52,464 | Tokyo |
| 35 | 409 | Aisin Seiki | Automotive | 34,872 | 221 | | 119,535 | Kariya |
| 36 | 418 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Industrials | 34,363 | 1,010 | 42,141 | 77,991 | Tokyo |
| 37 | 442 | Sumitomo Life Insurance | Insurance | 32,041 | 406 | 354,124 | 42,954 | Osaka |
| 38 | 444 | Canon Inc. | Electronics | 32,005 | 1,956 | 41,265 | 184,034 | Tokyo |
| 39 | 446 | Fujitsu | Telecommunications | 31,929 | 1,626 | 27,442 | 124,216 | Tokyo |
| 40 | 448 | Takeda Pharmaceutical | Pharmaceuticals | 31,771 | 2,048 | 108,541 | 47,347 | Tokyo |
| 41 | 449 | Suzuki Motor | Automotive | 31,765 | 1,427 | 34,224 | 69,193 | Hamamatsu |
| 42 | 476 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | Electronics | 28,578 | 669 | | 283,910 | Osaka |
| 43 | 480 | Toshiba | Electronics | 29,705 | 1,732 | 30,759 | 116,224 | Tokyo |
| 44 | 484 | Bridgestone | Automotive | 29,570 | 3,589 | 39,736 | 135,636 | Tokyo |
| 45 | 489 | Medipal Holdings | Retail | 29,295 | 261.9 | 14,080 | 14,454 | Tokyo |

## 2022 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 2021. The top 50 companies in the Forbes 2000 from Japan are listed.
| Rank | Forbes 2000 rank | Name | Headquarters | Revenue (billions US$) | Profit (billions US$) | Assets (billions US$) | Value (billions US$) | Industry |
| 1 | 10 | Toyota | Toyota | 281.75 | 28.15 | 552.46 | 237.73 | Automotive |
| 2 | 44 | SoftBank Group | Tokyo | 96.86 | 20.87 | 418.94 | 71.69 | Conglomerate |
| 3 | 52 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Tokyo | 110.39 | 10.15 | 204.46 | 103.98 | Telecommunications |
| 4 | 56 | Sony | Tokyo | 89.90 | 7.99 | 260.48 | 108.84 | Conglomerate |
| 4 | 59 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Tokyo | 48.29 | 11.29 | 3,176.37 | 75.75 | Financials |
| 5 | 103 | Honda | Tokyo | 130.16 | 7.24 | 193.22 | 44.99 | Automotive |
| 6 | 104 | Mitsubishi | Tokyo | 146.94 | 5.90 | 178.13 | 50.87 | Conglomerate |
| 7 | 127 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Tokyo | 35.50 | 6.40 | 2,176.62 | 42.33 | Banking |
| 8 | 140 | Mitsui | Tokyo | 65.50 | 3.70 | 114.30 | 24.10 | Conglomerate |
| 9 | 141 | Itochu | Osaka | 107.99 | 6.52 | 102.18 | 45.95 | Trading |
| 10 | 145 | Hitachi | Tokyo | 82.90 | 1.80 | 94.60 | 29.30 | Conglomerate |
| 11 | 146 | KDDI | Tokyo | 47.80 | 5.90 | 86.50 | 66.90 | Telecommunications |
| 12 | 157 | Japan Post Holdings | Tokyo | 103.58 | 3.93 | 2,614.33 | 26.56 | Conglomerate |
| 13 | 178 | Tokio Marine | Tokyo | 50.57 | 3.85 | 234.91 | 35.19 | Insurance |
| 14 | 186 | Mizuho Financial Group | Tokyo | 26.76 | 5.42 | 1,957.58 | 31.38 | Banking |
| 15 | 213 | Dai-ichi Life | Tokyo | 66.73 | 4.47 | 571.45 | 19.9 | Insurance |
| 16 | 213 | Takeda Pharmaceutical | Tokyo | 31.55 | 3.99 | 110.27 | 45.32 | Pharmaceuticals |
| 17 | 260 | Seven & I Holdings Co. | Tokyo | 78.47 | 1.89 | 75.88 | 39.19 | Retail |
| 18 | 265 | Denso | Kariya | 49.49 | 2.51 | 61.51 | 45.14 | Automotive |
| 19 | 312 | Marubeni | Tokyo | 72.32 | 3.51 | 63.99 | 19.70 | Trading |
| 20 | 320 | Sumitomo Group | Tokyo | 48.22 | 2.69 | 77.8 | 20.28 | Trading |
| 21 | 331 | Nippon Steel | Tokyo | 57.54 | 5.45 | 74.59 | 14.92 | Steel |
| 22 | 342 | Panasonic | Osaka | 65.97 | 2.10 | 64.06 | 20.98 | Electronics |
| 23 | 343 | MS&AD Insurance Group | Tokyo | 41.89 | 1.81 | 216.37 | 16.51 | Insurance |
| 24 | 344 | Orix | Osaka | 22.73 | 2.38 | 122.37 | 21.71 | Financials |
| 25 | 364 | Japan Tobacco | Tokyo | 21.16 | 3.08 | 50.14 | 30.53 | Tobacco |
| 26 | 381 | Shin-Etsu Chemical | Tokyo | 17.2 | 3.95 | 32.64 | 57.46 | Chemicals |
| 27 | 384 | ENEOS Holdings | Tokyo | 90.31 | 3.45 | 79.99 | 11.38 | Oil and Gas |
| 28 | 386 | Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance | Tokyo | 35.67 | 2.19 | 119.93 | 13.91 | Insurance |
| 29 | 406 | Mitsubishi Electric | Tokyo | 40.34 | 2.13 | 41.12 | 22.76 | Electronics |
| 30 | 407 | Nissan Motor | Yokohama | 79.17 | 1.10 | 136.86 | 16.36 | Automotive |
| 31 | 417 | Daikin | Osaka | 26.88 | 1.88 | 30.45 | 46.78 | Electrical equipment |
| 32 | 421 | Canon Inc. | Tokyo | 31.98 | 1.95 | 41.26 | 24.66 | Electronics |
| 33 | 454 | Recruit Holdings | Tokyo | 24.80 | 2.39 | 20.94 | 62.03 | Electronics |
| 34 | 459 | Toyota Tsusho | Tokyo | 69.53 | 2.05 | 50.05 | 13.04 | Trading |
| 35 | 460 | Toyota Industries | Kariya | 23.32 | 1.73 | 39.73 | 25.70 | Machinery |
| 36 | 464 | Bridgestone | Tokyo | 29.54 | 1.47 | 39.73 | 25.70 | Automotive |
| 37 | 466 | Daiwa House | Osaka | 38.86 | 1.89 | 47.86 | 15.82 | Construction |
| 38 | 473 | Fujitsu | Tokyo | 32.83 | 1.93 | 27.06 | 29.14 | Real estate |
| 39 | 481 | Nintendo | Kyoto | 15.24 | 4.29 | 21.77 | 58.01 | Video game |
| 40 | 493 | Mitsui Fudosan | Tokyo | 18.26 | 1.40 | 71.09 | 20.04 | Real estate |
| 41 | 495 | Komatsu | Tokyo | 24.51 | 1.78 | 34.97 | 22.06 | Industrials |
| 42 | 498 | Fast Retailing | Yamaguchi | 19.27 | 1.89 | 22.93 | 51.27 | Retail |
| 43 | 503 | Fujifilm | Tokyo | 22.57 | 1.93 | 32.36 | 22.93 | Consumer goods |
| 44 | 513 | Murata Manufacturing | Kyoto | 16.28 | 2.83 | 23.07 | 38.94 | Electronic |
| 45 | 536 | Toshiba | Tokyo | 30.13 | 1.69 | 30.76 | 18.19 | Electronic |
| 46 | 544 | Tokyo Electron | Tokyo | 17.09 | 3.60 | 14.97 | 67.25 | Electronic |
| 47 | 549 | Kubota | Osaka | 19.99 | 1.60 | 32.77 | 21.19 | Agricultural machinery |
| 48 | 560 | Suzuki Motor | Hamamatsu | 32.56 | 1.54 | 34.68 | 15.39 | Automotive |
| 49 | 573 | Asahi Group | Tokyo | 20.35 | 1.40 | 39.49 | 17.94 | Beverage |
| 50 | 603 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings | Tokyo | 10.67 | 1.43 | 553.78 | 11.81 | Financials |