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Key Figures

FOUNDED
1872
COUNTRIES AND REGIONS SERVED
Approx.
120
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES*1
Approx.
32,000
NATIONALITIES EMPLOYED*2
Approx.
100
POSITION AMONGST GLOBAL
MANUFACTURERS*3
NO. 8
POSITION AMONGST JAPAN AND
ASIA COSMETICS MANUFACTURERS*3
NO. 1
PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE LEADERS*4
  • Japan 43.3 %
  • Global 60.3 %
CONSOLIDATED NET SALES*5
970.0 BILLION YEN
CORE OPERATING PROFIT*5
44.5 BILLION YEN
CORE OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN*5
4.6 %
ROIC*5, *6
- 2.0 %
ROE*5
- 6.6 %
R&D SITES
5
PRODUCTION SITES
10
NUMBER OF RESARCHERS*7
Approx.
1,100
AWARDS RECEIVED AT IFSCC
CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES*8
33
  • *1 The number of employees includes full-time employees and temporary employees. Temporary employees include part-time workers. Dispatched employees are excluded. As of the end of December 2025.
  • *2 As of January 2026
  • *3 WWD Beauty Inc‘s The 2024 Top 100 Beauty Companies
  • *4 As of January 1, 2026
  • *5 As of the end of December 2025
  • *6 Operating profit × (1 - Statutory tax rate) / (Interest-bearing debt (average of the beginning and the ending balances, including lease liabilities) + Equity attributable to owners of parent (average of the beginning and the ending balances)
  • *7 As of January 1, 2026 (including research staff)
  • *8 The International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. The IFSCC supports activities for the development of safe and beneficial cosmetic products; its congresses and conferences bring together cosmetic engineers from all around the world to present the results of their recent research.(as of September 2025)
 

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