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Beverages & Dairy industry map

Who earns the money in Beverages & Dairy, and who keeps it. When a company spans several industries, only the relevant segment is counted.

FY2025 · 39 companies · ¥8.93T

Industry map

Companies ordered by revenue, connected by ownership (major shareholders). Arrows point from the shareholder to the investee.

Industry size (revenue)
¥8.93T

YoY +0.8%

Companies
39
Avg. salary(parent only)
¥7M

Avg. age 41.7

Industry weather
Cloudy

Operating income -12.8%

Asahi Group Holdings[2502]

Japan East Asia + 1 more

#1
Revenue
¥2.1T▼2.3%
Operating income
¥125.8B▼41.5%

Margin 6.0%

Whole company: Revenue ¥2.89T · Net income ¥121.6B

Avg. salary ¥13.4M · 44.9(parent only)

  • orion breweries・Supply/OEM
  • Kagome・Alliance

Suntory Beverage & Food[2587]

Japan + 3 more

#2
Revenue
¥1.72T▲1.1%
Operating income
¥174.6B▼2.2%

Margin 10.2%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.72T · Net income ¥88.7B

Avg. salary ¥11.7M · 40.1(parent only)

Meiji Holdings[2269]

Food

#3
Revenue
¥941.5B▲1.8%
Operating income
¥68.7B▲6.4%

Margin 7.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.17T · Net income ¥35.1B

Avg. salary ¥9.4M · 43.0(parent only)

Kirin Holdings[2503]

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

#4▲
Revenue
¥578.2B▲2.4%
Operating income
¥67.7B▲5.8%

Margin 11.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥2.43T · Net income ¥147.5B

Avg. salary ¥10M · 41.6(parent only)

Morinaga Milk Industry[2264]

Food

#5▲
Revenue
¥547.4B▲1.9%
Operating income
¥45.8B▲15.1%

Margin 8.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥571.5B · Net income ¥22.6B

Avg. salary ¥8M · 40.2(parent only)

Megmilk Snow Brand[2270]

Dairy products + 1 more

#6▲
Revenue
¥528.7B▲0.2%
Operating income
¥14.4B▼10.2%

Margin 2.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥615.8B · Net income ¥32.9B

Avg. salary ¥7.7M · 41.6(parent only)

Yakult Honsha[2267]

Japan, Food and Beverages + 3 more

#7▲
Revenue
¥460.4B▼2.6%
Operating income
¥64B▼13.7%

Margin 13.9%

Whole company: Revenue ¥486.4B · Net income ¥44.2B

Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 41.7(parent only)

ITO EN[2593]

Tea leaves/Beverages Business

#8▲
Revenue
¥420.3B▲3.6%
Operating income
¥19B▼13.9%

Margin 4.5%

Whole company: Revenue ¥472.7B · Net income ¥14.2B

Avg. salary ¥6.8M · 42.4(parent only)

DyDo GROUP HOLDINGS[2590]

Domestic beverage business + 1 more

#9▲
Revenue
¥207.9B▲2.1%
Operating income
¥5.26B▼13.3%

Margin 2.5%

Whole company: Revenue ¥241.2B · Net income -¥30.3B

Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 40.8(parent only)

Kagome[2811]

Domestic processed food business

#10▲
Revenue
¥157.3B▲1.0%
Operating income
—

Whole company: Revenue ¥294.3B · Net income ¥14.8B

Avg. salary ¥9M · 42.4(parent only)

  • Asahi Group Holdings・Alliance

Kikkoman[2801]

Domestic Foods-Manufacturing and Sales

#11▲
Revenue
¥155.7B▲3.7%
Operating income
¥9.89B▲15.9%

Margin 6.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥745.5B · Net income ¥61.6B

Avg. salary ¥8.2M · 43.1(parent only)

AIR Water[4088]

Agriculture and foods

#12▲
Revenue
¥153B▲2.2%
Operating income
¥3.66B▼26.5%

Margin 2.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.07T · Net income -¥63.9B

Avg. salary ¥8.2M · 42.5(parent only)

※ Card revenue and operating income cover only the segment in this industry; “Whole company” shows consolidated revenue and net income.

Other companies: Sapporo Breweries · Nissin Foods Holdings · key coffee · Hikari Tsushin · Premium Water Holdings · Ezaki Glico · Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling · Hokkan Holdings · Lifedrink Company · JFLA Holdings · Rokko Butter · Marusan-Ai · Aseed Holdings · orion breweries · Mitsuuroko Group Holdings · House Foods Group · Unicafe · NAC Co . · TOKAI Holdings · Toell · Carlit · Horai · Benefit Japan · OSG · Daimaru.enawin · Chukyoiyakuhin · Fujita

The weather is derived mechanically from year-over-year totals of revenue and operating income (both up = sunny, both down = rainy).

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Who earns the money

Area = revenue from businesses in this industry. Color = operating margin.

LossHigh margin(middle = 0% margin)

Who makes a profit

Across = revenue (log scale), up = operating margin, bubble size = operating income.

Ranking and momentum

RankCompany (business)RevenueShareOp. marginCAGRFCF*
1Asahi Group HoldingsJapan East Asia + 1 more¥2.1T23.6%6.0%—-¥49.9B
2Suntory Beverage & FoodJapan + 3 more¥1.72T19.2%10.2%+7.8%¥65.3B
3Meiji HoldingsFood¥941.5B10.5%7.3%+3.3%-¥47.2B
4▲1Kirin HoldingsNon-Alcoholic Beverages¥578.2B6.5%11.7%—¥119.8B
5▲1Morinaga Milk IndustryFood¥547.4B6.1%8.4%+3.4%-¥4.28B
6▲1Megmilk Snow BrandDairy products + 1 more¥528.7B5.9%2.7%+2.6%-¥4.39B
7▲1Yakult HonshaJapan, Food and Beverages + 3 more¥460.4B5.2%13.9%+4.9%-¥13.1B
8▲1ITO ENTea leaves/Beverages Business¥420.3B4.7%4.5%+0.4%¥5.75B
9▲1DyDo GROUP HOLDINGSDomestic beverage business + 1 more¥207.9B2.3%2.5%+12.3%-¥1.28B
10▲1KagomeDomestic processed food business¥157.3B1.8%—+3.6%¥15.5B
11▲1KikkomanDomestic Foods-Manufacturing and Sales¥155.7B1.7%6.3%+1.7%¥30.9B
12▲1AIR WaterAgriculture and foods¥153B1.7%2.4%+2.3%¥34.3B
13▲1Sapporo BreweriesFood and Soft Drinks¥106.6B1.2%1.8%-4.0%¥31.2B
14▲1Nissin Foods HoldingsChilled / frozen foods and beverages¥104.2B1.2%7.4%+6.5%-¥4.15B
15▲3key coffeeCoffee related + 1 more¥87.5B1.0%2.1%+13.8%-¥5.12B
16Hikari TsushinBeverage¥85.3B1.0%11.4%—¥37.7B
17Premium Water Holdings¥80.3B0.9%15.8%+4.1%¥19B
18▲3Ezaki GlicoDairy Business¥66.5B0.7%-10.8%—¥14.9B
19▲1Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling¥59.1B0.7%4.4%+3.3%¥11M
20▼1Hokkan HoldingsFilling Business + 1 more¥55.2B0.6%7.0%+3.6%-¥3.08B
21▲1Lifedrink Company¥52.7B0.6%10.1%—-¥8.27B
22▲1JFLA HoldingsProduction¥44.1B0.5%4.9%+2.6%¥462.5M
23newRokko ButterCheese¥42.1B0.5%3.5%—-¥2.06B
24Marusan-AiSoymilk¥28.1B0.3%18.2%+5.1%-¥966.7M
25Aseed HoldingsVending machine management and beverage retail business + 1 more¥25B0.3%5.3%+7.1%-¥2M
26orion breweriesLiquor and soft drink business¥23.9B0.3%15.2%+5.3%-¥1.95B
27Mitsuuroko Group HoldingsFoods¥20B0.2%1.7%+10.4%¥2.76B
28House Foods GroupHealthy food¥16.3B0.2%9.3%+3.7%¥9.95B
29▲1Unicafe¥16.1B0.2%4.4%+1.4%¥1.11B
30▼1NAC Co .CreCla¥16B0.2%11.5%+1.7%¥811M
31TOKAI HoldingsAqua¥10.1B0.1%3.5%+7.2%¥10.2B
32ToellThe water business¥6.75B0.1%19.9%+1.0%¥1.78B
33CarlitBottling¥4.48B0.1%8.4%+0.7%-¥3.07B
34HoraiSenbonmatsu bokujo¥2.8B0.0%9.1%+13.1%-¥129.2M
35▲5Benefit Japanwaterserverbusinss¥1.94B0.0%14.4%—-¥481.3M
36▼1OSGDelivery service business to home and office¥1.4B0.0%4.5%—-¥355.6M
37▼1Daimaru.enawinAqua¥1.25B0.0%4.1%+0.7%¥267.9M
38ChukyoiyakuhinWater operating division¥759.8M0.0%10.0%+3.3%¥58.3M
39FujitaManufacture and Wholesale Section, Reportable segments¥332.3M0.0%3.7%—¥50.4M

* FCF is company-wide (not disclosed by segment). CAGR covers the available years, up to five.

How they make money differently

Where each company's ¥100 of sales goes, and how much it keeps (company-wide).

Ownership links

From the major-shareholder section of annual securities reports.

The company on each card is a major shareholder of the companies listed under it (latest 'major shareholders' disclosure). 50%+ is labelled subsidiary and 20%+ affiliate, based on ownership alone. Stakes under 3% are omitted.

Compare the leaders side by side

All companies in Beverages & Dairy (by revenue)

All 41 companies in this industry, ranked by revenue in each company's latest fiscal year. For companies that belong through one business segment, the figure is that segment's revenue.

  1. Asahi Group Holdings¥2.1T · 6.0%
  2. Suntory Beverage & Food¥1.72T · 10.2%
  3. Meiji Holdings¥941.5B · 7.3%
  4. Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings¥863.7B · 7.1%
  5. Kirin Holdings¥578.2B · 11.7%
  6. Morinaga Milk Industry¥547.4B · 8.4%
  7. Megmilk Snow Brand¥528.7B · 2.7%
  8. Yakult Honsha¥460.4B · 13.9%
  9. ITO EN¥443.4B · 4.0%
  10. DyDo GROUP HOLDINGS¥207.9B · 2.5%
  11. Kagome¥157.3B
  12. Kikkoman¥155.7B · 6.3%
  13. AIR Water¥153B · 2.4%
  14. Sapporo Breweries¥106.6B · 1.8%
  15. Nissin Foods Holdings¥104.2B · 7.4%
  16. key coffee¥87.5B · 2.1%
  17. Hikari Tsushin¥85.3B · 11.4%
  18. Premium Water Holdings¥80.3B · 15.8%
  19. Ezaki Glico¥66.5B · -10.8%
  20. Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling¥59.1B · 4.4%
  21. Hokkan Holdings¥55.2B · 7.0%
  22. Lifedrink Company¥52.7B · 10.1%
  23. JFLA Holdings¥44.1B · 4.9%
  24. Rokko Butter¥42.1B · 3.5%
  25. Marusan-Ai¥28.1B · 18.2%
  26. Aseed Holdings¥25B · 5.3%
  27. orion breweries¥23.9B · 15.2%
  28. Mitsuuroko Group Holdings¥20B · 1.7%
  29. House Foods Group¥16.3B · 9.3%
  30. Unicafe¥16.1B · 4.4%
  31. NAC Co .¥16B · 11.5%
  32. TOKAI Holdings¥10.1B · 3.5%
  33. Toell¥6.76B · 18.0%
  34. Carlit¥4.48B · 8.4%
  35. Horai¥2.8B · 9.1%
  36. Benefit Japan¥1.94B · 14.4%
  37. OSG¥1.4B · 4.5%
  38. Daimaru.enawin¥1.25B · 4.1%
  39. Wel-Dish.¥1.14B · 18.7%
  40. Chukyoiyakuhin¥759.8M · 10.0%
  41. Fujita¥332.3M · 3.7%

Revenue · Op. margin

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