Employee count ranking
| Rank | Company | Industry | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR | Transportation Equipment | 390,927 |
| 2 | NTT | Information and Communication | 344,196 |
| 3 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | Nonferrous Metals | 302,972 |
| 4 | Hitachi | Electric Appliances | 287,901 |
| 5 | Japan Post | Services | 224,438 |
| 6 | NTT DATA GROUP | Information and Communication | 197,777 |
| 7 | HONDA MOTOR | Transportation Equipment | 195,109 |
| 8 | Panasonic | Electric Appliances | 183,685 |
| 9 | AEON Covered in a book | Retail Trade | 179,230 |
| 10 | YAMATO Covered in a book | Land Transportation | 174,696 |
| 11 | CANON | Electric Appliances | 165,547 |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Banks | 161,576 |
| 13 | DENSO | Transportation Equipment | 154,716 |
| 14 | Mitsubishi Electric | Electric Appliances | 150,386 |
| 15 | NIPPON STEEL | Iron and Steel | 138,453 |
| 16 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | Banks | 122,970 |
| 17 | MUFG Bank | Banks | 122,102 |
| 18 | NISSAN MOTOR | Transportation Equipment | 120,079 |
| 19 | BRIDGESTONE | Rubber Products | 115,716 |
| 20 | ITOCHU | Wholesale Trade | 114,570 |
| 21 | AISIN | Transportation Equipment | 113,292 |
| 22 | TDK | Electric Appliances | 106,545 |
| 23 | DAIKIN INDUSTRIES | Machinery | 104,095 |
| 24 | NEC | Electric Appliances | 101,800 |
| 25 | NIDEC | Electric Appliances | 100,329 |
| 26 | FUJITSU | Electric Appliances | 99,203 |
| 27 | SONY GROUP Covered in a book | Electric Appliances | 94,900 |
| 28 | SUMITOMO | Wholesale Trade | 82,488 |
| 29 | TOYOTA INDUSTRIES | Transportation Equipment | 81,808 |
| 30 | MINEBEA MITSUMI | Electric Appliances | 81,383 |
| 31 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Covered in a book | Machinery | 78,793 |
| 32 | NIPPON EXPRESS | Land Transportation | 77,925 |
| 33 | suzuki motor | Transportation Equipment | 76,889 |
| 34 | RICOH | Electric Appliances | 75,635 |
| 35 | TOYOTA TSUSHO | Wholesale Trade | 74,927 |
| 36 | PERSOL | Services | 74,926 |
| 37 | SEIKO EPSON | Electric Appliances | 74,619 |
| 38 | 村田製作所 Covered in a book | Electric Appliances | 74,302 |
| 39 | KYOCERA | Electric Appliances | 73,856 |
| 40 | SoftBank Group | Information and Communication | 73,677 |
| 41 | FUJIFILM | Chemicals | 73,526 |
| 42 | KDDI | Information and Communication | 73,198 |
| 43 | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking | Banks | 71,100 |
| 44 | East Japan Railway Covered in a book | Land Transportation | 70,623 |
| 45 | Tokio Marine | Insurance | 67,526 |
| 46 | DENTSU GROUP | Services | 67,454 |
| 47 | KOMATSU | Machinery | 67,279 |
| 48 | ALSOK | Services | 66,949 |
| 49 | SECOM | Services | 65,094 |
| 50 | Mitsubishi | Wholesale Trade | 63,037 |
| 51 | JFE | Iron and Steel | 61,628 |
| 52 | WORLD | Services | 60,880 |
| 53 | SG | Land Transportation | 60,483 |
| 54 | 第一ライフグループ | Insurance | 60,138 |
| 55 | FAST RETAILING Covered in a book | Retail Trade | 59,522 |
| 56 | ソフトバンク | Information and Communication | 58,432 |
| 57 | YKK Covered in a book | Other Products | 56,899 |
| 58 | Mitsubishi Chemical Gloup | Chemicals | 56,678 |
| 59 | DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY | Construction | 55,712 |
| 60 | Sompo | Insurance | 55,702 |
| 61 | MITSUI & | Wholesale Trade | 55,463 |
| 62 | Yamaha Motor | Transportation Equipment | 55,176 |
| 63 | TOPPAN | Other Products | 54,371 |
| 64 | AGC | Glass and Ceramics Products | 52,896 |
| 65 | JAPAN TOBACCO | Foods | 52,867 |
| 66 | Marubeni | Wholesale Trade | 52,658 |
| 67 | KUBOTA | Machinery | 52,503 |
| 68 | Mizuho Financial Group | Banks | 52,427 |
| 69 | Fujikura | Nonferrous Metals | 50,586 |
| 70 | Furukawa Electric | Nonferrous Metals | 49,112 |
| 71 | Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance | Insurance | 48,838 |
| 72 | LIXIL | Metal Products | 48,073 |
| 73 | Asahi Kasei | Chemicals | 47,895 |
| 74 | ANA HOLDINGSINC | Air Transportation | 47,826 |
| 75 | West Japan Railway | Land Transportation | 47,225 |
| 76 | Mazda Motor | Transportation Equipment | 47,144 |
| 77 | Takeda Pharmaceutical | Pharmaceuticals | 47,029 |
| 78 | MS&AD Insurance Group | Insurance | 46,856 |
| 79 | TORAY INDUSTRIES | Textiles and Apparels | 46,294 |
| 80 | Recruit | Services | 45,586 |
| 81 | TOYOTA BOSHOKU | Transportation Equipment | 45,521 |
| 82 | 近鉄グループ | Land Transportation | 44,759 |
| 83 | transcosmos | Services | 43,571 |
| 84 | JTEKT | Machinery | 43,233 |
| 85 | ISUZU MOTORS | Transportation Equipment | 43,005 |
| 86 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Transportation Equipment | 41,652 |
| 87 | Suntory | Foods | 41,628 |
| 88 | TOYODA GOSEI | Transportation Equipment | 41,304 |
| 89 | 日本郵船 | Marine Transportation | 39,830 |
| 90 | BROTHER INDUSTRIES | Electric Appliances | 39,495 |
| 91 | Japan Airlines | Air Transportation | 39,076 |
| 92 | Oji | Pulp and Paper | 38,757 |
| 93 | Kobe Steel | Iron and Steel | 38,614 |
| 94 | NIPRO | Precision Instruments | 38,593 |
| 95 | NIPPON PAINT | Chemicals | 38,481 |
| 96 | Tokyo Electric Power Covered in a book | Electric Power and Gas | 38,341 |
| 97 | Otsuka | Pharmaceuticals | 37,758 |
| 98 | HOYA Covered in a book | Precision Instruments | 37,752 |
| 99 | Sumitomo Rubber Industries | Rubber Products | 37,671 |
| 100 | SUBARU | Transportation Equipment | 37,542 |