Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation
Native name
住友商事株式会社
Sumitomo Shōji kabushiki gaisha
Company typePublic
IndustryGeneral trading
Founded24 December 1919 (1919-12-24), in Osaka, Japan
HeadquartersŌtemachi, ,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kazuo Ohmori (chairman)
Masayuki Hyodo (president and CEO)
ServicesMetal
Construction
Transportation
Infrastructure
Chemicals
Energy
Mineral resources
Food
Consumer Goods
Revenue$ 32.16 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 3,317 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
$ 2.16 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 220.06 billion JPY) (FY 2019)
OwnerSumitomo Group
Number of employees
72,642 (consolidated as of March 31, 2020)
SubsidiariesSCSK
TBC Corporation (50%)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references

Sumitomo Corporation (Japanese: 住友商事株式会社, Hepburn: Sumitomo Shōji kabushiki gaisha) is one of the largest worldwide sōgō shōsha general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group.

It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges (Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka) and is a constituent of the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 stock indices. Today, the company is one of the top three sōgō shōsha companies in the world.