May 20, 2020

Industries in Japan

Japan’s industries are tabulated below by genre. There are a total of 136 genres. We plan to compile summaries of the current situation, trends, and future outlook in key industries, to assist in our readers’ research into Japan’s industries, and in their trade and investment activities. Don’t miss it! We are excerpting and editing data and information as appropriate from the Japanese-language sites listed below.

https://gyokai-search.com/2nd-genre.htm

List of Japanese Industries

Top 50 Ranking by Industry Scale (2018-2019)

This is a ranking of industries by scale in 2018-2019. We compiled a ranking of the top 50 by scale, from over 136 industries. “Industry scale” means the total of sales by the main companies in each industry. The industries in this ranking are all Japan’s representative industrial fields, and have major impacts on the Japanese economy.

No.	Industry	Industry Scale (Unit: 100 million yen)
1	Wholesale	1,062,194
2	Electrical equipment	829,106
3	Automobile	696,283
4	Finance	656,367
5	Retail	611,279
6	General trading company	537,446
7	Home electrical appliances	486,190
8	Specialized trading company	465,748
9	Auto parts	369,773
10	Life insurance	360,947
11	Telecommunications	340,085
12	Chemistry	327,414
13	Machinery	323,425
14	Food	294,169
15	Bank	276,015
16	Services	273,120
17	Petroleum	224,238
18	Electricity	216,001
19	Supermarket	178,918
20	Steel	172,555
21	Construction	166,893
22	Railway	159,049
23	IT (Information technology)	156,309
24	Real estate	147,659
25	Nonferrous metal	138,054
26	Electronic parts	128,494
27	Transportation	127,411
28	Cell-phone	120,642
29	Pharmaceutical	113,797
30	Property insurance (non-life insurance)	103,913
31	Housing equipment	103,355
32	Shipbuilding heavy machine	92,942
33	Construction machinery	92,444
34	Lease	89,343
35	Metal products	82,119
36	Semiconductor	79,559
37	Advertising	74,865
38	Rubber / tire	67,336
39	Heavy electric machinery	65,680
40	Office automation equipment	65,363
41	Drug store	64,557
42	Apparel	60,037
43	Department store	58,910
44	Toy	57,673
45	Game	55,622
46	Food and drink	55,159
47	Precision machine	55,027
48	Convenience store	53,912
49	Machine tools	53,862
50	Paper	53,238

Top 50 Ranking by Industry Growth Rate (2018-2019)

No.	Industry	Growth Rate (Unit: %)
1	Staffing services	17.7
2	Parking lot	16.8
3	Commodities futures	15.1
4	General trading company	14.9
5	Internet	13.8
6	Toy	13.0
7	Game	12.7
8	Used car	12.6
9	Nursing care	12.3
10	Construction machinery	12.0
11	Discount store	11.1
12	Convenience store	10.5
13	Highway	10.3
14	Petroleum	9.9
15	Cosmetics	9.2
16	Software	8.8
17	Recycle	8.5
18	Mobile	8.4
19	Real estate	8.1
20	Drug store	8.1
21	Services	8.0
22	Online advertisement	7.9
23	Wholesale	7.7
24	Consulting	7.6
25	Gym	7.1
26	Online shopping	6.6
27	Daily goods	6.5
28	Construction consulting	6.4
29	100-yen store	6.4
30	Condo	6.4
31	Textiles	6.3
32	Advertisement	6.2
33	Steel	6.2
34	Interior	6.1
35	Electronic parts	5.9
36	Telecommunications construction	5.8
37	Fast food	5.8
38	Machine tools	5.7
39	Credit card	5.7
40	Consumer finance	5.6
41	Warehouse / transportation	5.2
42	Beverage	5.2
43	Glasses	5.2
44	Movie	5.1
45	Paint	5.1
46	Security	5.0
47	Bank	4.8
48	Machinery	4.6
49	Housing	4.6
50	Transportation	4.5

Growth Industries (2019 edition)

From a field of 136 industries, we picked the ones that have been growing rapidly in recent years, and have future growth potential. You can use this information to find which of the numerous industries are growing the most at present. We also present movements in past performance, and brief content on reasons for growth and other attributes. Check today’s hot industries, to assist your trade and investment operations.
* Note that this content was prepared before the impact of the coronavirus.

Parking lot industry
The current state of insufficient parking to meet domestic demand

Internet industries
Demand is expanding in fields ranging from devices to smartphones

Online advertising industry
Because its impact rivals TV in each medium, and effect measurement and deployment costs are low

Mobile industries
Expanding with the wider use of smartphones. Rapid cycle from boom to peak and fade

Truck industry
Growing worldwide demand. But, it is reaching the inflection point of automatic driving

Drugstore industry
High profit rate is one causal factor for high growth, but inbound demand is unstable

Sports equipment store industry
Demand is expanding with rising health awareness, driven by large stores in shopping centers

Nursing care industry
Growth is backed by expansion in the elderly population, and there is a stream of M&A and entries from other industries

Semiconductor industry
Acquisitions are intensifying, looking forward to the growth of the IoT market

Car industry
Indonesia and the Philippines are entering the phase of expanding motorization. Indian demand in 2021 and beyond

* The airline and hotel industries were on the list of those expected to achieve growth, but they were removed due to the coronavirus situation.

Sources: SEARCH.COM