Social Data

Social Data

Last Updated
28 May, 2026

Hiring and Treatment of Human Resources

Number of Employees (Canon Group)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan 70,924 69,455 68,532 70,126 69,627
Male - 55,454 54,463 54,051 53,174
Female - 14,001 14,069 16,075 16,452
Other - 0 0 0 1
Americas 15,066 15,771 15,945 14,606 14,313
Male - 10,633 10,762 9,423 9,538
Female - 5,131 5,166 5,167 4,695
Other - 7 17 16 80
Europe 22,363 22,214 22,651 22,569 22,332
Male - 15,591 15,959 15,842 15,731
Female - 6,553 6,674 6,672 6,550
Other - 70 18 55 51
Asia and Oceania 75,681 73,335 62,023 63,039 59,275
Male - 32,391 25,587 27,051 26,000
Female - 40,944 36,428 35,944 33,254
Other - 0 8 44 21
Total 184,034 180,775 169,151 170,340 165,547
Male - 114,069
(63.1%)
106,771
(63.1%)
106,367
(62.4%)
104,443
(63.1%)
Female - 66,629
(36.9%)
62,337
(36.9%)
63,858
(37.5%)
60,951
(36.8%)
Other - 77
(0.0%)
43
(0.0%)
115
(0.1%)
153
(0.1%)
  • * ( ) Percentage of total employees.

2025 Number of Employees by Employment Type (Gender) (Canon Group)

  Male Female Other Total
Regular Employees Full time 96,512 52,430 127 149,069
(90.0%)
Part time 1,296 1,930 4 3,230
(2.0%)
Non-regular Employees Full time 6,481 5,185 10 11,676
(7.1%)
Part time 154 1,406 12 1,572
(0.9%)
  • * ( ) Percentage of total employees.

2025 Number of Employees by Employment Type (Region) (Canon Group)

  Japan Americas Europe Asia and
Oceania
Total
Regular Employees Full time 66,901 14,109 19,673 48,386 149,069
Part time 857 140 2,152 81 3,230
Non-regular Employees Full time 434 58 394 10,790 11,676
Part time 1,435 6 113 18 1,572

Breakdown of Employees (Canon Inc.)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees 25,377 24,717 23,931 23,457 22,921
By gender Male 21,215 20,573 19,899 19,429 18,940
Female 4,162 4,144 4,032 4,028 3,981
By age group Under 30 3,072 2,897 2,617 2,489 2,328
30s 5,021 4,658 4,225 3,995 3,967
40s 7,196 7,120 6,968 6,819 6,582
50s 8,153 7,769 7,532 7,405 7,115
60 and over 1,935 2,273 2,589 2,749 2,929

Number of New Hires and Employees Leaving the Company (Canon Inc.)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Newly hired employees Male 305 271 257 367 337
Percentage of male 83.1 74.2 71.2 77.3 79.3
Female 62 94 104 108 88
Percentage of female 16.9 25.8 28.8 22.7 20.7
Total 367 365 361 475 425
Employees voluntarily leaving the company/Voluntary turnover rate Employees voluntarily leaving the company 448 474 485 424 387
Voluntary turnover rate 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9

Results of Employee Opinion Survey (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2018 2021 2023 2025
Percentage of positive responses* 47 49 50 53
  • * Percentage of positive responses for categories related to engagement, such as a sense of fulfillment, personal growth, and a comfortable working environment.

2025 Ratio of Internationalization (Canon Group Companies Outside Japan)

(%)

  Americas Europe Asia (excluding Japan)
Presidents 33 84 44
Managers 89 94 91
  • * Share of non-Japanese appointed as presidents and managers.
  • * Survey targeting major marketing companies in each region.

Average service years (Canon Inc.)

(year)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Male 19.8 19.9 20.0 20.0 20.0
Female 19.6 19.6 19.3 19.1 18.8
Percentage difference in average employment years for female to male employees -1.0 -1.5 -3.5 -4.5 -6.0

2025 Comparison of Canon's Minimum Wage to Local Minimum Wage

 

  Japan U.S. China
Local minimum monthly wage 184,000yen 2,151dollars 2,267renminbi
Canon Standard minimum monthly wage 202,000yen 2,340dollars 2,824renminbi
Ratio compared to local minimum wage 110 109 125
  • * Figures represent wages for leading manufacturing companies in each region, not average wages.

2025 Base Salary and Total Salary per Employee by Gender (Canon Inc.)

 

  Female : Male
Base pay Management 100 : 105
Non-management employees 100 : 113
Total pay Management 100 : 108
Non-management employees 100 : 121
  • * Compensation scheme is identical between male and female. Differences between male and female are due to roles, positions, and age distribution.

Percentage of Taking Paid Leave per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Percentage of Taking Paid Leave 82.0 90.5 88.5 88.0 94.5

Annual Hours Worked per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(Hrs)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total hours worked 1,745 1,740 1,734 1,730 1,708
  • * Regular/post-retirement employee survey data (Canon Inc.)

Average Monthly Overtime Hours per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(Hrs)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Average Monthly Overtime Hours 15.1 16.5 16.0 16.0 16.0

Percentage of Employee Membership in the Canon Workers' Union

(%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Canon Inc. 79 80 79 79 78
Key Group companies in Japan* 82 83 80 82 83
  • * 18 member unions of the Canon Group Workers' Union Conference

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Ratio of Female Employees by Position (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Employees 16.6 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.1
Managers 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.6
Executives 4.0 3.8 4.0 5.8 7.4

2025 Ratio of Female Employees (Canon Group)

 

  Japan Americas Europe Asia and Oceania
Employees 16,452 4,695 6,550 33,254
Percentage of employees 23.6 32.8 29.3 56.1
Managers 313 306 217 371
Percentage of managers 4.8 30.4 23.6 33.3
  • * Managers: global numbers and ratio for principal Group companies

Breakdown of Executives (Canon Inc.)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
By gender Male 48 50 48 49 50
Female 2 2 2 3 4

2025 Composition of Executives by Age (Canon Inc.)

  50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
By gender Male 7 34 7 1 1
Female 2 2 0 0 0

Number of Employees Taking Childcare and Nursing Care Leave (Canon Inc.)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Taking childcare leave 357 388 460 442 452
Male 242 296 361 337 359
Female 115 92 99 105 93
Rate of taking childcare leave Male 33.4 47.7 65.8 64.6 86.3
Female 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Using reduced work hours for childcare 119 100 106 140 125
Male 18 7 23 37 45
Female 101 93 83 103 80
Taking maternity leave 16 6 7 4 6
Working reduced hours due to pregnancy 0 0 3 1 0
Taking nursing care leave 15 25 29 17 24
Male 7 7 18 6 12
Female 8 18 11 11 12
Using reduced work hours for nursing care 4 13 17 3 10
Applications for Fertility Treatment Subsidy Program 182 132 40 41 32
  • * Number of employees in that year using the system for the first time.

Return/Retention Rates and Number of Employees Returning from Childcare/Nursing Care Leave (Canon Inc.)

 

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Returning from Childcare Leave Number of returning employees 368 383 473 435 482
Male 242 274 375 337 380
Female 126 109 98 98 102
Return rate 99 99 98 98 99
Male 98 98 97 98 99
Female 99 97 99 98 98
Retention rate* 98 98 98 96 97
Returning from Nursing Care Leave Number of returning employees 11 23 26 21 21
Return rate 100 100 88 80 100
  • * Retention rate: (The total number of employees who are registered as of 12 months after returning from childcare leave)÷ (The total number of employees who returned to work from childcare leave during a previous report period) × 100.

Number and Percentage of Employees with Disabilities (Canon Inc., Key Group Companies in Japan)

 

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Employees 1,063 1,057 1,077 1,041 1,123
Percentage of employees 2.39 2.44 2.53 2.64 2.74
  • * As of June 1 each year

Occupational Safety and Health Management

Numbers and Frequency of Occupational Accidents (Canon Inc., Key Group Companies in Japan)

 

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Accidents requiring time off work 16 21 21 18 20
Accidents not requiring time off work 96 78 100 101 91
Frequency rate*1 0.13 0.19 0.19 0.16 0.16
Severity rate*2 0.002 0.003 0.008 0.004 0.003
Frequency rate for the manufacturing industry 1.31 1.25 1.29 1.30 *3
Severity rate for the manufacturing industry 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.06
  • *1 The prevalence of occupational fatalities and injuries per 1 million working hours.
  • *2 The degree of the disaster with the labor loss days per 1,000 total of working hours.
  • *3 The data for the year ended December 2025 not published as of May 2026.

Health checkups (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Health checkup attendance rate 100 100 100 100 100
Rate of detailed examination after health checkups 94.6 95.6 98.9 95.2 97.4

Stress Check Results (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Stress check attendance rate 96.6 96.5 95.4 96.2 96.9
Rate of people who have high stress 10.6 11.4 10.9 10.5 10.0

Various health support measure (Canon Inc.)

 

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cancer screening attendance rate*1 44.4 48.7 51.6 52.0 -
Percentage of people with Normal BMI 67.9 67.6 67.7 67.7 67.4
Percentage of smokers 15.0 14.5 14.0 13.8 14.5
Percentage of people who have breakfast 82.8 82.2 81.5 81.7 81.9
Percentage of people who drink alcohol properly*2 79.0 79.4 80.0 80.5 89.6
Percentage of people who have the habit of regular exercise 25.6 26.4 27.9 28.7 30.2
Percentage of people who feel rested after sleep 69.5 68.5 67.4 67.0 66.6
Percentage of people who have stress release and relaxation methods 84.5 85.1 86.0 84.7 85.2
Employee Performance (Presenteeism)*3(%) 89.7 89.3 88.7 88.1 88.2
Absence from Work Due to Health Problems(Sick Leave) (Absenteeism) *4(day) 3.40 3.15 4.31 4.50 4.60
Work Engagement*5(point) 2.52 2.52 2.52 3.08 3.11
  • *1 Subjects 40 years of age or older. From April to March in each fiscal year.
  • *2 Percentage excluding alcohol consumers at levels defined as high‑risk by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • *3 Average of the results to the SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question). Question is the "On a scale to 100%, where 100% is the best job performance you could have at your job if unimpeded by sickness or injury, how would you rate your overall job performance over the past four weeks?". This measurement started from FYE 3/2023 to assess presenteeism.
  • *4 Average number of days of leave due to injury or illness (including temporary leave of absence and absenteeism) for employees based in Japan.
  • *5 Average of the results to health diagnostic interview program "(1) Do you feel energized when you work? (2) Are you enthusiastic about your work?
    (3) Are you absorbed in your work?", NO:0, hardly ever, several times a year or less: 1, rarely, once a month or less: 2, sometimes, several times a month: 3,
    often, once a week: 4, very often, several times a week: 5, always, every day: 6. Since the options have changed since 2024, data before 2023 are used as reference values.

Human Resource Development and Personal Growth

Average Training Hours per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(Hrs)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Training Hours 19.1 21.9 22.6 26.7 25.7

Average Training Costs per Employee

(yen)

  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Canon Inc. Approx. 161,000 Approx. 162,000 Approx. 165,000 Approx. 173,000 Approx. 167,000
Key Group Companies in Japan and Overseas Marketing Companies Approx. 83,000 Approx. 89,000 Approx. 93,000 Approx. 93,000 Approx. 99,000

Sociocultural Support Activities

Expenditure on Social Contribution Activities (Canon Inc. and Key Group Companies)

(Millions of yen)

  2025
Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief 164
Art, Culture, and Sports 225
Education and Science 413
Policy Research 1,100
Local Communities 108
Other 109
Total 2,119