Denso

DENSO Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryAutomotive (Passenger/ Commercial Vehicle) parts
FoundedDecember 16, 1949; 74 years ago (1949-12-16)
HeadquartersKariya, Aichi, Japan
Key people
Koji Arima [jp][1] (chairman & CEO)
Shinnosuke Hayashi [jp] (president and COO)
Yasushi Matsui (vice president)
RevenueIncrease¥5,108.291 billion (2018)[2]
Increase ¥412.676 billion (2018)[2]
Increase ¥320.561 billion (2018)[2]
Total assetsIncrease ¥5,764.417 billion (2018)[2]
Total equityIncrease ¥3,447.082 billion (2017)[2]
OwnersToyota Motor (24.77%)[3]
Toyota Industries (8.72%)
Websitewww.denso.com Edit this at Wikidata

DENSO Corporation (株式会社デンソー, Kabushiki-Gaisha Densō) is a global automotive components manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[4]

After becoming independent from Toyota Motor, the company was founded as Nippon Denso Co. Ltd. (日本電装株式会社, Nippon Densō Kabushiki-Gaisha) in 1949. About 25% of the company is owned by Toyota.[5] Despite being a part of the Toyota Group of companies, as of the year ending March 2016, sales to the Toyota Group accounted for less than 50% of total revenue (44% of revenue originated from other car manufacturers in Japan, Germany, the U.S. and China).[6] In 2023, DENSO was the second largest auto parts supplier in the world.[7]

In 2022, DENSO was listed at #278 on the Fortune Global 500 list with a total revenue of $49.0 billion and 167,950 employees.[8]

As of 2021, DENSO consisted of 200 consolidated subsidiaries (64 in Japan, 23 in North America, 32 in Europe, 74 in Asia, and seven in Oceania and other regions).

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  5. ^ "Principal Shareholders". Global Denso. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  6. ^ "投資家情報｜デンソー" (PDF). www.denso.co.jp.
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  8. ^ "Global 500".