Corporate Profile

Canada Corporate Profile

  • Company name
    • Daiso Sangyo Co., Ltd.
  • Representative
    • Seiji Yano President
  • Street address
    • 〒739-8501
      1-4-14 Higashi, Saijoyoshi, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
      ​
  • Establishment
    • December 1977
  • Capital
    • 2.7 billion yen
  • amount of sales
    • ¥501.5 billion (as of March 31, 2020)
  • Number of stores by country / region

    • Domestic Daiso stores: 3,493 stores (2,646 directly managed stores, 847 stores as agents)

      Other brands (300 yen SHOP)

      THREEPPY … 41 stores
      Plus Heart … 54 stores
      CouCou …34 stores

      (As of the end of February 2020)

    • overseas Daiso store: 2,248 stores (26 countries and regions)

      Other brands (300 yen SHOP)

      THREEPPY …3 stores

      (As of the end of February 2020)

  • number of employees
    • Full-time employees: 402 (as of the end of February 2020)
    • Number of temporary employees: 22,199 (8 hours a day) (as of the end of February 2020)
  • Main customer
    • Aeon, Izumi, Izumiya, Ito-Yokado, Okuwa, Sanrib, San-A, Tokyu Store, Tokyu Land, Don Quijote, Fuji, Heiwado, Maruetsu, Mitsui Real Estate, Uni,
      Other major mass retailers (in alphabetical order)

Japan Corporate Profile/History

  • Company name
    • Daiso Sangyo Co., Ltd.
  • Representative
    • Seiji Yano President
  • Street address
    • 〒739-8501
      1-4-14 Higashi, Saijoyoshi, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
      ​
  • Establishment
    • December 1977
  • Capital
    • 2.7 billion yen
  • amount of sales
    • ¥501.5 billion (as of March 31, 2020)
  • Number of stores by country / region

    • Domestic Daiso stores: 3,493 stores (2,646 directly managed stores, 847 stores as agents)

      Other brands (300 yen SHOP)

      THREEPPY … 41 stores
      Plus Heart … 54 stores
      CouCou …34 stores

      (As of the end of February 2020)

    • overseas Daiso store: 2,248 stores (26 countries and regions)

      Other brands (300 yen SHOP)

      THREEPPY …3 stores

      (As of the end of February 2020)

  • number of employees
    • Full-time employees: 402 (as of the end of February 2020)
    • Number of temporary employees: 22,199 (8 hours a day) (as of the end of February 2020)
  • Main customer
    • Aeon, Izumi, Izumiya, Ito-Yokado, Okuwa, Sanrib, San-A, Tokyu Store, Tokyu Land, Don Quijote, Fuji, Heiwado, Maruetsu, Mitsui Real Estate, Uni,
      Other major mass retailers (in alphabetical order)
  • 1972
    March

    • Founded Yano Shoten to sell household goods
  • 1977
    December

    • Daiso Sangyo Co., Ltd.
  • 1980
    November

    • Opened Tokyo Sales Office
  • 1981
    October

    • Kyushu Sales Office opened
  • 1983
    July

    • Increased capital to 50 million yen
  • 1986
    January

    • Opened Osaka Sales Office
  • 1987
    July
    December

    • Construction and relocation of new office building and new warehouse
    • Sapporo Sales Office opened
    • Launch of “100 Yen SHOP Daiso”
  • 1990
    August

    • Nagoya Sales Office opened
  • 1991
    April

    • Opened the first directly managed store, Takamatsu Store
    • Full-scale chain deployment of "100 yen SHOP Daiso"
  • 1994
    November

    • Won the New Business Award `` Excellence Award '' of the New Business Council
  • 1996
    September

    • Capital increased to 496.6 million yen
  • 1997
    November

    • Received the Minister of International Trade and Industry Award "Trade Contribution Company Award"
  • 2000
    January
    March

    • '99 Venture of the Year (Unlisted)
    • Increased capital to 900 million yen
  • 2001
    June
    August
    September

    • Increased capital to 2.7 billion yen
    • Advance to Taiwan
    • Advance to Korea
  • 2002
    March

    • Advance to Singapore
    • 2002 Business Manager Award
  • 2003
    June
    December

    • Advance to Thailand
    • Advance to Canada
  • 2004
    March
    July
    December

    • Enters UAE (United Arab Emirates)
    • Advance to Kuwait
    • Enter Qatar
    • Advance to Indonesia
  • 2005
    May
    August
    October
    December

    • Advance to Bahrain
    • Advance to Macau
    • Enters the United States (Seattle)
    • Advance to New Caledonia
    • Advance to Oman
  • 2006
    March
    December

    • Expansion into New Zealand
    • Entered the United States (San Francisco)
  • 2007
    November
    December

    • Advance to Romania
    • Advance to Mauritius
  • 2008
    March
    May
    June
    December

    • Advance to Saudi Arabia
    • Expansion into Vietnam
    • Advance to Malaysia
    • Advance to Lebanon
  • 2009
    January
    April

    • Advance to Jordan
    • Expansion into the Philippines
  • 2010
    May

    • Advance to Australia
  • 2011
    September

    • Expansion into Mexico
  • 2012
    March
    June
    July
    December

    • Advance to Myanmar
    • Entering China
    • Saitama RDC started operation
    • Osaka RDC started operation
    • Advance to Brazil
  • 2013
    March
    June
    October

    • Niigata RDC started operation
    • Kyushu RDC started operation
    • Nagoya RDC started operation
    • Hiroshima RDC started operation
  • 2014
    February
    March
    June

    • Hokkaido RDC started operation
    • Chiba RDC started operation
    • Advance to Cambodia
  • 2016
    December

    • Advance to Mongolia
  • 2017
    October

    • Advance to Laos
  • 2018
    July

    • Advance to Israel
  • 2018
    December

    • Advances to USA (Hawaii)