Komatsu Limited

Komatsu Ltd.

Komatsu Headquarters
Native name	株式会社小松製作所
Company type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 6301 TOPIX Large 70 Component
Industry	Heavy equipment (construction, mining and forestry), Defense technology
Founded	May 13, 1921; 103 years ago (1921-05-13)
Founder	Meitaro Takeuchi
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hiroyuki Ogawa [jp] (President and CEO) Tetsuji Ohashi [jp] (Chairman of the Board)
Products	Construction equipment Mining equipment Diesel engines Forestry equipment Industrial machinery Military vehicles Gearboxes Axles
Revenue	¥2.444 Trillion (2019)
Operating income	¥250.7 Billion (2019)
Net income	¥153.8 Billion (2019)
Number of employees	59,632 (Consolidated)[1]
Website	komatsu.jp/en

Komatsu Ltd. (株式会社小松製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Komatsu Seisakusho) or Komatsu (コマツ) (TYO: 6301) is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, forestry and military equipment, as well as diesel engines and industrial equipment like press machines, lasers and thermoelectric generators. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The corporation was named after the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, where the company was founded in 1921. Worldwide, the Komatsu Group consists of Komatsu Ltd. and 258 other companies (215 consolidated subsidiaries and 42 companies accounted for by the equity method).

Komatsu is the world's second largest manufacturer of construction equipment and mining equipment after Caterpillar. However, in some areas (Japan, China), Komatsu has a larger share than Caterpillar. It has manufacturing operations in Japan, Asia, Americas and Europe.

The word ko-matsu means "small pine tree" (小松) in Japanese.