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Canon Inc.

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Japanese multinational imaging corporation

Canon Inc. (Japanese: キャノン株式会社; Hepburn: Kyanon kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

4.0TRevenue, fiscal 20225
244.0BNet income, fiscal 20225
1937Founded1

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  • TickerCAJPY on OTC1
  • Industryelectrical industry, electronics1
  • HeadquartersOta1
  • Founded inOta1
  • Websiteglobal.canon
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
  • Incorporated inJapan6
  • Business address30 2 Shimomaruko 3 Chome, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo Japan, M0 000006
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer6

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Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons7

Canon Inc. (Japanese: キャノン株式会社; Hepburn: Kyanon kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from. Figures are in JPY, the currency the company reports in.

Key numbers, fiscal 2022

45.3%Gross margin5
8.8%Operating margin5
6.1%Net margin5
14.7%Revenue growth, 20225
7.8%Return on equity5
74.1B JPYFree cash flow5

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2022

  • Cost of revenue55¢2.2T JPY
  • Research and development8¢306.7B JPY
  • Selling, general and admin29¢1.2T JPY
  • Interest0¢1.0B JPY
  • Income tax2¢92.4B JPY
  • Profit6¢244.0B JPY

Out of 4.0T JPY in revenue.5

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2022

  • Capital spending61¢188.5B JPY
  • Dividends paid39¢119.3B JPY

Out of 262.6B JPY of cash from operations. Spending exceeded cash from operations; the rest came from savings or borrowing.5

Financial statements

Revenue8910111254.0T JPY in 2022+6% since 2015
02.0T JPY4.0T JPY6.0T JPY2015: 3.8T JPY3.8T JPY20152016: 3.4T JPY3.4T JPY2016−10%2017: 4.1T JPY4.1T JPY2017+20%2018: 4.0T JPY4.0T JPY2018−3%2019: 3.6T JPY3.6T JPY2019−9%2020: 3.2T JPY3.2T JPY2020−12%2021: 3.5T JPY3.5T JPY2021+11%2022: 4.0T JPY4.0T JPY2022+15%
Gross profit8910111251.8T JPY in 2022−6% since 2015
0500.0B JPY1.0T JPY1.5T JPY2.0T JPY2015: 1.9T JPY1.9T JPY20152016: 1.7T JPY1.7T JPY2016−14%2017: 2.0T JPY2.0T JPY2017+19%2018: 1.8T JPY1.8T JPY2018−8%2019: 1.6T JPY1.6T JPY2019−12%2020: 1.4T JPY1.4T JPY2020−15%2021: 1.6T JPY1.6T JPY2021+18%2022: 1.8T JPY1.8T JPY2022+12%
Operating income891011125353.4B JPY in 2022−1% since 2015
0100.0B JPY200.0B JPY300.0B JPY400.0B JPY2015: 355.2B JPY355.2B JPY20152016: 216.4B JPY216.4B JPY2016−39%2017: 321.6B JPY321.6B JPY2017+49%2018: 342.5B JPY342.5B JPY2018+6%2019: 174.4B JPY174.4B JPY2019−49%2020: 110.5B JPY110.5B JPY2020−37%2021: 281.9B JPY281.9B JPY2021+155%2022: 353.4B JPY353.4B JPY2022+25%
Net income891011125244.0B JPY in 2022+11% since 2015
0100.0B JPY200.0B JPY300.0B JPY2015: 220.2B JPY220.2B JPY20152016: 150.7B JPY150.7B JPY2016−32%2017: 241.9B JPY241.9B JPY2017+61%2018: 252.4B JPY252.4B JPY2018+4%2019: 125.0B JPY125.0B JPY2019−50%2020: 83.3B JPY83.3B JPY2020−33%2021: 214.7B JPY214.7B JPY2021+158%2022: 244.0B JPY244.0B JPY2022+14%
Fiscal year20152016201720182019202020212022
Revenue3.8T JPY83.4T JPY94.1T JPY104.0T JPY113.6T JPY123.2T JPY53.5T JPY54.0T JPY5
Cost of revenue1.9T JPY81.7T JPY92.1T JPY102.1T JPY112.0T JPY121.8T JPY51.9T JPY52.2T JPY5
Gross profit1.9T JPY81.7T JPY92.0T JPY101.8T JPY111.6T JPY121.4T JPY51.6T JPY51.8T JPY5
Research and development328.5B JPY8306.5B JPY9333.4B JPY10315.8B JPY11298.5B JPY12272.3B JPY5287.3B JPY5306.7B JPY5
Selling, general and admin1.3T JPY81.1T JPY91.3T JPY101.2T JPY111.1T JPY12993.0B JPY51.1T JPY51.2T JPY5
Operating income355.2B JPY8216.4B JPY9321.6B JPY10342.5B JPY11174.4B JPY12110.5B JPY5281.9B JPY5353.4B JPY5
Interest584.0M JPY81.1B JPY9818.0M JPY10797.0M JPY111.0B JPY12854.0M JPY5647.0M JPY51.0B JPY5
Income tax116.1B JPY882.7B JPY998.0B JPY1096.0B JPY1156.1B JPY1234.3B JPY571.9B JPY592.4B JPY5
Net income220.2B JPY8150.7B JPY9241.9B JPY10252.4B JPY11125.0B JPY1283.3B JPY5214.7B JPY5244.0B JPY5
Earnings per share202 JPY/shares8138 JPY/shares9223 JPY/shares10234 JPY/shares11117 JPY/shares1279 JPY/shares5205 JPY/shares5237 JPY/shares5
Earnings per share (diluted)202 JPY/shares8138 JPY/shares9223 JPY/shares10234 JPY/shares11117 JPY/shares1279 JPY/shares5205 JPY/shares5237 JPY/shares5

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The story

Founded by Takeshi Mitarai in 1937, in Ota.1

Leadership

Who has led Canon Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • camcorder
  • camera
  • digital camera
  • office supply
  • photocopier
  • printer
  • single-lens reflex camera
  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Canon (Canada)
  • Canon (France)
  • Canon (Netherlands)
  • Canon (United Kingdom)
  • Canon (United States)
  • Canon Computer Systems
  • Canon Electronics
  • Canon Marketing Japan
  • Canon Medical Systems Corporation
  • Canon Norge
  • Canon Tokki
  • IRIS Group
  • Oita Canon Inc.
  • Yokohama Canon Eagles

Also owns

  • Canon

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Dec 19, 2016Acquired Canon Medical Systems Corporation1

Employees over time

Canon Inc. employees by year1194.2K in 2013−2% since 2011
050.0K100.0K150.0K200.0K2011: 198.3K198.3K20112012: 197.0K197.0K2012−1%2013: 194.2K194.2K2013−1%
  • 2013194,1511
  • 2012196,9681
  • 2011198,3071

Timeline

  1. 1937Founded Founded in Ota1

Recent filings

  1. Mar 7, 202415F-12B
  2. Feb 26, 20246-K
  3. Feb 9, 20246-K
  4. Feb 2, 2024SC 13G/A
  5. Jan 30, 20246-K
  6. Jan 30, 20246-K
  7. Nov 13, 20236-K
  8. Oct 26, 20236-K
  9. Sep 29, 20236-K
  10. Sep 26, 20236-K
  11. Sep 7, 20236-K
  12. Aug 29, 20236-K
  13. Aug 24, 20236-K
  14. Aug 10, 20236-K
  15. Aug 10, 20236-K

Every filing from the last three years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.2

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