Industry map/Food & Agriculture
Processed Foods industry map
Who earns the money in Processed Foods, and who keeps it. When a company spans several industries, only the relevant segment is counted.
FY2025 · 126 companies · ¥13.5T
Industry map
Companies ordered by revenue, connected by ownership (major shareholders). Arrows point from the shareholder to the investee.
- Industry size (revenue)
- ¥13.5T
- Companies
- 126
- Avg. salary(parent only)
- ¥6.2M
- Industry weather
- Sunny
YoY +3.9%
Avg. age 41.6
Operating income +5.5%
Ajinomoto[2802]
Seasonings and Foods + 1 more
- Revenue
- ¥1.23T▲3.5%
- Operating income
- —
Whole company: Revenue ¥1.58T · Net income ¥134.7B
Avg. salary ¥10.6M · 43.5(parent only)
Yamazaki Baking[2212]
Food business
- Revenue
- ¥1.22T▲5.4%
- Operating income
- ¥58.4B▲17.4%
Margin 4.8%
Whole company: Revenue ¥1.31T · Net income ¥40.9B
Avg. salary ¥6.3M · 39.6(parent only)
- Nisshin Seifun Group owns 5.6%
Meiji Holdings[2269]
Food
- 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)
Nissin Foods Holdings[2897]
Nissin Food Products + 5 more
- Revenue
- ¥729B▲1.3%
- Operating income
- ¥68.1B▼6.9%
Margin 9.3%
Whole company: Revenue ¥788.1B · Net income ¥45.4B
Avg. salary ¥8.4M · 39.5(parent only)
Morinaga Milk Industry[2264]
Food
- 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)
- Morinaga& owns 1.7%
Kobe Bussan[3038]
Gyomu Super division
- Revenue
- ¥530.5B▲8.5%
- Operating income
- ¥43.5B▲16.5%
Margin 8.2%
Whole company: Revenue ¥551.7B · Net income ¥31.9B
Avg. salary ¥5.3M · 38.5(parent only)
Nissui[1332]
Grocery + 1 more
- Revenue
- ¥518B▲6.4%
- Operating income
- ¥30.5B▲2.9%
Margin 5.9%
Whole company: Revenue ¥931.3B · Net income ¥27.5B
Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 42.8(parent only)
- Nichimo owns 0.9%
Kewpie[2809]
Retail Market Business + 3 more
- Revenue
- ¥493.2B▲5.8%
- Operating income
- ¥38.7B▼0.5%
Margin 7.8%
Whole company: Revenue ¥513.4B · Net income ¥30.5B
Avg. salary ¥6.9M · 42.1(parent only)
The Nisshin OilliO Group[2602]
Oil, fat and meal and processed food and materials business + 1 more
- Revenue
- ¥467.6B▼0.1%
- Operating income
- ¥15.5B▼10.7%
Margin 3.3%
Whole company: Revenue ¥554.3B · Net income ¥24B
Avg. salary ¥7.7M · 41.6(parent only)
- Kikkoman owns 1.5%
NH Foods[2282]
Processed Foods Business Division
- Revenue
- ¥448.4B▼0.0%
- Operating income
- ¥7.18B▼28.6%
Margin 1.6%
Whole company: Revenue ¥1.46T · Net income ¥35.1B
Avg. salary ¥8.8M · 40.1(parent only)
Toyo Suisan Kaisha[2875]
Overseas Instant Noodles + 3 more
- Revenue
- ¥437.5B▲4.4%
- Operating income
- ¥81.7B▲11.3%
Margin 18.7%
Whole company: Revenue ¥536.6B · Net income ¥70.2B
Avg. salary ¥7M · 41.7(parent only)
Nichirei[2871]
Foods
- Revenue
- ¥426.4B▼1.7%
- Operating income
- ¥19.9B▼6.6%
Margin 4.7%
Whole company: Revenue ¥716.1B · Net income ¥27.3B
Avg. salary ¥7.7M · 45.2(parent only)
- Nisshin Seifun Group owns 2.2%
※ Card revenue and operating income cover only the segment in this industry; “Whole company” shows consolidated revenue and net income.
Other companies: Calbee · Kikkoman · Kagome · Kirin Holdings · Nippn · Morinaga& · Nisshin Seifun Group · House Foods Group · Kaneka · Ezaki Glico · Umios · Japan Tobacco · AIR Water · Kameda Seika · S&B Foods · Bourbon · Fujiya · Sapporo Breweries · Kotobuki Spirits · Kibun Foods · Hagoromo Foods · KENKO Mayonnaise · Ariake Japan · Riken Vitamin · Kyokuyo · Koike-Ya · NittoBest · Fujicco · Imuraya Group · ahjikanco. · Natori · Yoshimura Food Holdings · Euglena · Sato Foods · JFLA Holdings · EBARAFoodsIndustry · Shimadaya · Pickles Holdings · Hokkan Holdings · Nakamuraya …+74
The weather is derived mechanically from year-over-year totals of revenue and operating income (both up = sunny, both down = rainy).
Who earns the money
Area = revenue from businesses in this industry. Color = operating margin.
Who makes a profit
Across = revenue (log scale), up = operating margin, bubble size = operating income.
Ranking and momentum
| Rank | Company (business) | Revenue | Share | Op. margin | CAGR | FCF* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AjinomotoSeasonings and Foods + 1 more | ¥1.23T | 9.1% | — | +8.5% | ¥134.8B |
| 2 | Yamazaki BakingFood business | ¥1.22T | 9.0% | 4.8% | +5.5% | ¥25.6B |
| 3 | Meiji HoldingsFood | ¥941.5B | 7.0% | 7.3% | +3.3% | -¥47.2B |
| 4 | Nissin Foods HoldingsNissin Food Products + 5 more | ¥729B | 5.4% | 9.3% | +7.7% | -¥4.15B |
| 5 | Morinaga Milk IndustryFood | ¥547.4B | 4.1% | 8.4% | +3.4% | -¥4.28B |
| 6 | Kobe BussanGyomu Super division | ¥530.5B | 3.9% | 8.2% | +10.5% | ¥32.8B |
| 7 | NissuiGrocery + 1 more | ¥518B | 3.8% | 5.9% | +9.3% | ¥8.89B |
| 8▲1 | KewpieRetail Market Business + 3 more | ¥493.2B | 3.7% | 7.8% | +5.9% | ¥15.3B |
| 9▼1 | The Nisshin OilliO GroupOil, fat and meal and processed food and materials business + 1 more | ¥467.6B | 3.5% | 3.3% | +68.4% | -¥18.8B |
| 10 | NH FoodsProcessed Foods Business Division | ¥448.4B | 3.3% | 1.6% | -1.2% | — |
| 11▲1 | Toyo Suisan KaishaOverseas Instant Noodles + 3 more | ¥437.5B | 3.2% | 18.7% | +11.8% | ¥38.9B |
| 12▼1 | NichireiFoods | ¥426.4B | 3.2% | 4.7% | — | ¥16.6B |
| 13 | Calbee | ¥340.2B | 2.5% | 7.7% | +8.5% | ¥10.6B |
| 14 | KikkomanDomestic Foods-Manufacturing and Sales + 1 more | ¥305.2B | 2.3% | 16.7% | +5.5% | ¥30.9B |
| 15 | KagomeDomestic processed food business + 1 more | ¥272.2B | 2.0% | — | +11.1% | ¥15.5B |
| 16▲7 | Kirin HoldingsHealth Science | ¥251.4B | 1.9% | 4.4% | — | ¥119.8B |
| 17▼1 | NippnFood business | ¥243.7B | 1.8% | 3.7% | +7.0% | -¥5.95B |
| 18▼1 | Morinaga&Grocery manufacturing | ¥225.2B | 1.7% | 9.9% | +6.9% | ¥5.94B |
| 19▼1 | Nisshin Seifun GroupProcessed Food | ¥216.6B | 1.6% | 3.8% | +4.3% | ¥28B |
| 20▼1 | House Foods GroupSpices and processed food + 2 more | ¥206B | 1.5% | 8.6% | +5.6% | ¥9.95B |
| 21▼1 | KanekaNutrition Solutions Unit | ¥206B | 1.5% | 6.7% | +6.1% | -¥3.26B |
| 22▼1 | Ezaki GlicoOverseas Business + 2 more | ¥204.5B | 1.5% | 5.4% | — | ¥14.9B |
| 23▼1 | UmiosProcessed Foods Business | ¥185.8B | 1.4% | 5.4% | +15.6% | -¥1.74B |
| 24 | Japan TobaccoProcessed Food | ¥159.5B | 1.2% | 5.4% | +2.0% | ¥351.7B |
| 25 | AIR WaterAgriculture and foods | ¥153B | 1.1% | 2.4% | +2.3% | ¥34.3B |
| 26▲4 | Kameda SeikaDomestic rice crackers + 2 more | ¥130.6B | 1.0% | 5.7% | — | ¥4.43B |
| 27▼1 | S&B FoodsDomestic business + 1 more | ¥129B | 1.0% | 8.0% | — | ¥6.44B |
| 28 | Bourbon | ¥120.3B | 0.9% | 6.2% | +6.2% | ¥5.17B |
| 29 | FujiyaConfectionery business + 1 more | ¥115.9B | 0.9% | 6.1% | +3.3% | -¥6.06B |
| 30▼3 | Sapporo BreweriesFood and Soft Drinks | ¥106.6B | 0.8% | 1.8% | -4.0% | ¥31.2B |
| 31▲2 | Kotobuki SpiritsSucrey Group + 4 more | ¥78.8B | 0.6% | 21.4% | +53.4% | ¥11.4B |
| 32▼1 | Kibun FoodsDomestic Food Business | ¥78.2B | 0.6% | 1.6% | +2.5% | ¥97.6M |
| 33▼1 | Hagoromo Foods | ¥75.1B | 0.6% | 4.2% | +2.3% | ¥1.19B |
| 34 | KENKO MayonnaiseSeasoning processed food enterprise | ¥73.4B | 0.5% | 4.2% | +6.3% | ¥166M |
| 35▲1 | Ariake Japan | ¥67B | 0.5% | 17.6% | +6.2% | ¥6.74B |
| 36▲1 | Riken VitaminDomestic food business | ¥66.4B | 0.5% | 9.7% | +5.2% | ¥967M |
| 37▼2 | KyokuyoProcessed Food Business | ¥65.5B | 0.5% | 3.9% | — | -¥3.98B |
| 38 | Koike-YaDomestic + 1 more | ¥61.2B | 0.5% | 6.7% | +19.1% | -¥3.04B |
| 39▲1 | NittoBest | ¥57.5B | 0.4% | 1.1% | +3.7% | ¥1.12B |
| 40▼1 | Fujicco | ¥55.5B | 0.4% | 2.6% | +0.2% | -¥1.16B |
| 41 | Imuraya GroupRetail Business + 1 more | ¥53.5B | 0.4% | 9.5% | +6.3% | -¥1.52B |
| 42 | ahjikanco.food for business use + 1 more | ¥51B | 0.4% | 5.7% | +3.3% | ¥393M |
| 43 | NatoriGrocery manufacturing and selling business | ¥48.2B | 0.4% | 3.3% | +1.9% | ¥1.21B |
| 44 | Yoshimura Food HoldingsManufacturing business | ¥47.7B | 0.4% | 4.8% | +21.7% | -¥3.77B |
| 45 | EuglenaHealth care Business | ¥47B | 0.3% | 11.7% | +28.7% | ¥4.59B |
| 46▲1 | Sato Foods | ¥46.5B | 0.3% | 5.8% | -0.3% | -¥253.3M |
| 47▼1 | JFLA HoldingsProduction | ¥44.1B | 0.3% | 4.9% | +2.6% | ¥462.5M |
| 48▲1 | EBARAFoodsIndustryFood business | ¥42.4B | 0.3% | 6.5% | +4.4% | ¥1.37B |
| 49▲1 | Shimadaya | ¥41.1B | 0.3% | 9.2% | +2.6% | ¥1.13B |
| 50▼2 | Pickles Holdings | ¥40.9B | 0.3% | 5.1% | -0.1% | ¥3.78B |
Showing the top 50. See all 126 in the list below
* 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).
- Cost of sales
- Operating costs
- SG&A
- Other
- Operating profit
- Japan Tobacco443425
- Toyo Suisan Kaisha691516
- Ajinomoto8713
- Kikkoman662410
- Kirin Holdings52379
- Morinaga&60319
- Meiji Holdings69238
- Nissin Foods Holdings66288
- Calbee67258
- Kagome67258
- Kobe Bussan887
- Kewpie70237
- Morinaga Milk Industry7519
- House Foods Group6331
- Yamazaki Baking6728
- Nichirei8213
- Nippn7520
- Nisshin Seifun Group7817
- Nissui8412
- NH Foods8313
- Kaneka7224
- The Nisshin OilliO Group8710
- Umios8611
- Ezaki Glico6335
- AIR Water77197loss ¥3
Showing the 25 largest companies by revenue.
Ownership links
From the major-shareholder section of annual securities reports.
- Yamazaki BakingIn industry
- SubsidiaryFujiya54.4%
- AffiliateNichiryo Baking30.0%
- StakeNisshin Seifun Groupcross-held6.0%
- Toyo Suisan KaishaIn industry
- SubsidiaryYutaka Foods50.9%
- Nissin Foods HoldingsIn industry
- AffiliateKoike-Ya45.1%
- 西部ガスホールディングス株式会社Outside
- Affiliatemarutai33.5%
- 豊田通商株式会社Outside
- AffiliateFirst Baking33.4%
- 三菱商事株式会社Outside
- AffiliateKanro29.5%
- AffiliateKadoya Sesame Mills26.9%
- StakeRokko Butter16.5%
- StakeNissin Foods Holdings5.7%
- StakeYamazaki Baking5.0%
- AffiliateKadoya Sesame Mills21.9%
- 双日株式会社Outside
- StakeRoyal Holdings20.0%
- The Nisshin OilliO GroupIn industry
- StakeWakou Shokuhin19.2%
- StakePietro15.3%
- 丸紅株式会社Outside
- StakeThe Nisshin OilliO Group16.9%
- StakeYamazaki Baking4.1%
- 株式会社ミツウロコグループホールディングスOutside
- 京王電鉄株式会社Outside
- StakeUkai13.7%
- 日本証券金融株式会社Outside
- StakeTHE Nihon Seima11.0%
- StakeJelly Beans Group5.8%
- 株式会社ジャパンインベストメントアドバイザーOutside
- StakeIntertrade10.0%
- UmiosIn industry
- StakeKibun Foods9.9%
- StakeHayashikane Sangyo6.9%
- ソニーグループ株式会社Outside
- StakeAkatsuki9.7%
- KikkomanIn industry
- StakeUkai8.9%
- StakeKENKO Mayonnaise3.4%
- ロート製薬株式会社Outside
- StakeMorishita Jintan8.6%
- 株式会社コーエーテクモホールディングスOutside
- StakeAkatsuki7.8%
- リンナイ株式会社Outside
- Stakesanrin5.9%
- 株式会社NFKホールディングスOutside
- StakeThermae-Yu Holdings5.8%
- 伊藤忠商事株式会社Outside
- StakeNissin Foods Holdings5.6%
- StakePharma Foods International5.0%
- Nisshin Seifun GroupIn industry
- StakeYamazaki Bakingcross-held5.6%
- NippnIn industry
- StakeHotland Holdings5.1%
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. Showing up to 24 shareholder cards.
Compare the leaders side by side
All companies in Processed Foods (by revenue)
All 128 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.
- Ajinomoto¥1.23T
- Yamazaki Baking¥1.22T · 4.8%
- Meiji Holdings¥941.5B · 7.3%
- Nissin Foods Holdings¥729B · 9.3%
- Morinaga Milk Industry¥547.4B · 8.4%
- Kobe Bussan¥530.5B · 8.2%
- Nissui¥518B · 5.9%
- Kewpie¥493.2B · 7.8%
- The Nisshin OilliO Group¥467.6B · 3.3%
- NH Foods¥448.4B · 1.6%
- Toyo Suisan Kaisha¥437.5B · 18.7%
- Nichirei¥426.4B · 4.7%
- Calbee¥340.2B · 7.7%
- Kikkoman¥305.2B · 16.7%
- Kagome¥272.2B
- Kirin Holdings¥251.4B · 4.4%
- Nippn¥243.7B · 3.7%
- Morinaga&¥225.2B · 9.9%
- Nisshin Seifun Group¥216.6B · 3.8%
- House Foods Group¥206B · 8.6%
- Kaneka¥206B · 6.7%
- Ezaki Glico¥204.5B · 5.4%
- Umios¥185.8B · 5.4%
- Japan Tobacco¥159.5B · 5.4%
- AIR Water¥153B · 2.4%
- Kameda Seika¥130.6B · 5.7%
- S&B Foods¥129B · 8.0%
- Bourbon¥120.3B · 6.2%
- Fujiya¥115.9B · 6.1%
- Sapporo Breweries¥106.6B · 1.8%
- Kotobuki Spirits¥78.8B · 21.4%
- Kibun Foods¥78.2B · 1.6%
- Hagoromo Foods¥75.1B · 4.2%
- KENKO Mayonnaise¥73.4B · 4.2%
- Ariake Japan¥67B · 17.6%
- Riken Vitamin¥66.4B · 9.7%
- Kyokuyo¥65.5B · 3.9%
- Koike-Ya¥61.2B · 6.7%
- NittoBest¥57.5B · 1.1%
- Fujicco¥55.5B · 2.6%
- Imuraya Group¥53.5B · 9.5%
- Sato Foods¥51.8B · 6.4%
- ahjikanco.¥51B · 5.7%
- Natori¥48.2B · 3.3%
- Yoshimura Food Holdings¥47.7B · 4.8%
- Euglena¥47B · 11.7%
- JFLA Holdings¥44.1B · 4.9%
- EBARAFoodsIndustry¥42.4B · 6.5%
- Shimadaya¥41.1B · 9.2%
- Pickles Holdings¥40.9B · 5.1%
- Hokkan Holdings¥39.8B · 9.6%
- Nakamuraya¥36.4B · 9.1%
- Kanro¥34.8B · 13.5%
- Morozoff¥34.2B · 7.7%
- Rheon Automatic Machinery¥32.1B · 9.7%
- Iwatsuka Confectionery¥28.8B · 3.0%
- First Baking¥28.7B · 5.0%
- Daisho¥27.5B · 2.5%
- Meito¥25.2B · 6.9%
- Dairei¥25.1B · 2.6%
- Eat&holdings¥23.2B · 5.5%
- Hayashikane Sangyo¥22.4B · 3.8%
- Hurxley Holdings¥21.9B · 3.8%
- Yamami Company¥21.1B · 8.2%
- St.Cousair¥20.6B · 3.8%
- DyDo GROUP HOLDINGS¥19.6B · 2.5%
- Nichiryo Baking¥19B · 0.6%
- AFC-HD AMS Life Science¥18.9B · 13.0%
- Wakou Shokuhin¥17.3B · 9.3%
- Taiyokagaku¥17.1B · 21.9%
- Ohmoriya¥16.5B · -0.4%
- Base Food¥15.2B · 1.8%
- Gourmet Kineya¥15B · 5.5%
- Bull-Dog Sauce¥14.7B · 4.2%
- Yutaka Foods¥14.1B · 0.9%
- Delsole¥11.6B
- noevir holdings¥11.5B · 8.5%
- Kurabo Industries¥11.1B · 7.9%
- Ishii Food¥11B · 0.1%
- Almado¥10.1B · 6.8%
- Oizumi¥9.67B · 2.2%
- marutai¥9.55B · 5.8%
- Kadoya Sesame Mills¥8.61B · 2.1%
- Kakiyasu Honten¥8.38B · 5.8%
- Pharma Foods International¥8.18B · 15.3%
- Hokuto¥8B · 6.4%
- Asahimatsu Foods¥7.69B · 1.1%
- Como¥7.32B · 2.4%
- Pietro¥7.09B · 21.7%
- Kuze¥6.92B · 12.6%
- O'will¥6.6B · 6.4%
- Higashimaru¥5.59B · -1.9%
- J Frontier¥5.38B · -0.8%
- Royal Holdings¥5.04B · 9.0%
- Seihyo¥4.8B · 0.7%
- Sokensha¥4.75B · 0.4%
- Morishita Jintan¥4.72B · -2.1%
- Chikaranomoto Holdings¥4.42B · 12.7%
- Jelly Beans Group¥3.52B · 10.7%
- Kitoku Shinryo¥3.43B · 1.1%
- Fruta Fruta¥3.14B · 3.0%
- Shinozakiya¥2.94B · 2.0%
- Akatsuki¥2.56B · 18.5%
- OSG¥2.49B · -5.4%
- Umenohana Group¥2.09B · -9.1%
- Marusan-Ai¥2.03B · 6.6%
- Ukai¥1.99B · 11.1%
- Hotland Holdings¥1.92B · 5.2%
- Soiken Holdings¥1.69B · 19.5%
- Hirota Group Holdings¥1.57B · -4.3%
- Niitaka¥1.35B · 15.7%
- THE Nihon Seima¥1.28B · -2.4%
- Ifuji Sangyo¥1.21B · 7.3%
- Muromachi Chemicals¥1.19B · 1.5%
- Wel-Dish.¥1.14B · 18.7%
- Thermae-Yu Holdings¥647.1M · -2.8%
- Rokko Butter¥641.3M · 0.4%
- sanrin¥377M · 2.1%
- Nichimo¥289M · 3.8%
- Takachiho¥266.7M · 22.5%
- Fantasista¥137.8M · -0.8%
- Omikenshi¥135M · -56.3%
- IKK Holdings¥115.8M · -34.7%
- Shinwa-holdings¥114.5M · 25.0%
- Intertrade¥104.7M · -48.8%
- Pepper Food Service¥53M · 0.0%
- Abist¥49.6M · 46.4%
- Asulina¥27.2M · -91.4%
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