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Canon Inc.

Japanese multinational imaging corporation
Organization multinational_corporation Q62621

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
multinational corporation, public company, camera manufacturer, business[8][9][10]
Inception
August 10, 1937, 1937[27][28]
Founder
Takeshi Mitarai[11]
Headquarters location
Ota, Krefeld[13][14]
Country
Japan[7]
Official website
global.canon, csa.canon.com, bisstores.in.canon, imagesquare.in.canon, canon.jp, www.canon.com.cn, www.cla.canon.com[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Child organization or unit
Canon (Netherlands), Canon (United States), Canon (United Kingdom), Canon (Canada), Canon Marketing Japan, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Canon (France), Canon Norge, Canon Computer Systems[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Different from
Wikidata item[53]
Director / manager
Fujio Mitarai[37]
Employees
166k (166k–198k, n=4)[46][47][48][49]
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent
Industry
electrical industry, electronics[25][26]
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha[50]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tokyo[6]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Location of formation
Ota[29]
MAC Address Block Large ID
0030C4, 000085, 001E8F, 00BBC1, 180CAC, 2C9EFC, 60128B, 84BA3B, 888717, 9C32CE, D8492F, F48139, F4A997, F80D60
Member of
Linux Foundation, Wi-Fi Alliance, SD Association, Wireless Power Consortium, Camera & Imaging Products Association[1][2][3][4][5]
Named after
Guan Yin[12]
Owner of
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Canon[51][52]
P14541
jOuBN
P14750
4D83-552A-77E9-46F7-7B2C
Product or material produced
single-lens reflex camera, camera, photocopier, digital camera, camcorder, printer, office supply, software[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Social media followers
100k (98k–100k, n=3)
Stock exchange
New York Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange[24]
Show all 25 facts +1
Total revenue
+3401000000000[54]
🏷️ Also known as
en Canon Kabushiki Kaisha en Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho en Johann von Straschiripka en Canon K.K. en CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Tokyo) en Canon en Canon Inc. ar كانون cs Canon Inc. da Canon Inc. de Canon Inc. el Canon Inc. es Canon fa کانن fi Canon Inc. fr Canon Inc. he קנון hu Canon Inc. id Canon Inc. it Canon Inc.
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ROR ID
05gg0gh87
ISNI
0000000106715048
Legal Entity Identifier
529900JH1GSC035SSP77
VIAF cluster ID
148919054
Library of Congress authority ID
n80145262
GND ID
2062526-1
OpenAlex ID
I1320697193
GRID ID
grid.471046.0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Canon HQ2.jpg ↗
Boijmans artist ID
26374
Central Index Key
0000016988
CiNii Research ID
1140282266765995392
Show all 56 identifiers +44
Consumer Rights Wiki article ID
875
Contact page URL
www.usa.canon.com
Cooper Hewitt person ID
18048835
Corporate Number (Japan)
6010801003186
Crunchbase organization ID
canon
Domain name
canon.jp
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
534641
Facebook username
CanonItaliaSpA
Fandom article ID
apple:Canon
Freebase ID
/m/01bvx1
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Canon
ICANNWiki page ID
Canon
ISIN
JP3242800005
Instagram username
canonfrance
Japan Search name ID
キヤノン
Justia Patents company ID
canon
KISTI ID
K000228900
Lex ID
Canon
ManualsLib brand ID
canon
Media Arts Database ID
C46645
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1320697193
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
9845
Museum-digital ID
765
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13347838
NDL Authority ID
00628417, 00289827
OpenCorporates ID
jp/6010801003186
PermID
4295877413
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
13638
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
327009
PnP vendor ID
CAI
Quora topic ID
Canon-company
Ringgold ID
11776
Scilit organization ID
61449
Subreddit
canon
The Times of India topic ID
Canon
The Top Tens ID
17273
Topic's main category
Category:Canon Inc.
USB vendor ID
04a9
Wikirate Company ID
44141
WordLift URL
data.thenextweb.com
X (Twitter) username
CanonUSA, CanonUSABiz
Yale LUX ID
group/a2f22450-2d41-4822-a2b6-21ea27a9756f
YouTube channel ID
UCioaAd3Aec1qZ2jvGUXV7qA
Zhihu topic ID
19556394

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Public · NYSE/NASDAQ
CIK 0000016988
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Bibliothèque nationale de France IDP268
130802014 2026-10-01 isni_public (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
isni_public
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
Bronze
manifest sha256 56776a77b0fa0416…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
📋 Recent SEC Filings · last 8
15F-12B
2024-03-07
15F-12B
 6-K
2024-02-26
FORM 6-K
 6-K
2024-02-09
FORM 6-K
 SC 13G/A
2024-02-02
 6-K
2024-01-30
FORM 6-K
 6-K
2024-01-30
FORM 6-K
 6-K
2023-11-13
FORM 6-K
 6-K
2023-10-26
FORM 6-K
🔗 Connections
← Manufacturer 196
Canon EOS, Canon EOS 400D, Canon EOS 300D, Canon EOS 350D, Canon EOS 600D, Canon EOS 1000D, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS 40D +188 more
← Affiliated with 156
A. Abdelghafar, Aakash Patel, A. Ehara, Aina Ikezaki, Alison O’Neil, Antanas Kascenas, Aymantarek Abdelahafar, Ayumi Uranishi +148 more
Product or material produced 8
software, printer, camera, digital camera, photocopier, single-lens reflex camera, camcorder, office supply
← Developer 5
Canon RF lens mount, Digital Photo Professional, BBeB, DRYOS, CaPSL
Member of 4
Linux Foundation, Wi-Fi Alliance, Camera & Imaging Products Association, SD Association
← Brand 4
Canon EOS, Canon EF 40mm lens, Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM, Canon TS-E 17 mm
Instance of 3
business, multinational corporation, public company
Has works in the collection 2
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent
Industry 2
electronics, electrical industry
Owned entities 2
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Brief Cam
← Parent organization or unit 2
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Yokohama Canon Eagles
Child organization or unit 1
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Country 1
Japan
Director / manager 1
Fujio Mitarai
Employees / affiliates 1
Fumio Teraoka
Headquarters location 1
Ota
Legal form 1
kabushiki gaisha
Location of formation 1
Ota
Named after 1
Guan Yin
Owner of 1
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Stock exchange 1
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Topic's main category 1
Category:Canon Inc.
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Canon Inc.
← Publisher 1
image.canon
← SNARC ID 1
Olive Thomas
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Canon Inc. was founded on August 10, 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai. The organization operates under the legal form of a kabushiki gaisha. It is headquartered in Ota[1]. In 2013, the company had 194k employees[2].

Related Entities

Brief Cam business Canon BJ-200EX Canon BJC-240 Canon BJC-70 Canon CanoScan 3000 Canon CanoScan 9950F Canon PIXMA Canon PIXMA MP810 CaPSL DIGIC DIGIC 2 DIGIC 3 DIGIC 4 DIGIC 5 DIGIC 5+ DIGIC 6 DIGIC 7 DIGIC 8 DIGIC X Digital Photo Professional DRYOS electronics Fumio Teraoka Japan printer public company software Tokyo Stock Exchange

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Usuario1001 · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → {'amount': '+194151'}, {'amount': '+196968'}, {'amount': '+198307'} +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Employees: 165,547"
  2. 10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 4D83-552A-77E9-46F7-7B2C
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 4D83-552A-77E9-46F7-7B2C, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer Rights Wiki article ID → 875
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Canon, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → jOuBN
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 18w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Canon"
  6. 18w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Child organization or unit → Canon (Netherlands), Canon (United States), Canon (United Kingdom) +6
    Image purged license → —
    Member of → Linux Foundation, Wi-Fi Alliance, SD Association +2
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ ICANNWiki page ID: Canon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322840|Canon (#294322840)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
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