Japan Corporate Profits and Capex, SA q/q
Seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter percentage change in sales, operating profits, ordinary profits and investment in plant and equipment (excluding and, from July-September 2001, including software), for all industries excluding finance and insurance, manufacturing and non-manufacturing, from July-September 1985 (X-12-ARIMA, revised every quarter).
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | Q4-2023 | Q3-2023 | Q2-2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales2 | 2.75 | 1.8 | 0.81 | 0.29 | -1.64 | 1.25 | 0.59 | 0.5 | 2.02 | -0.59 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.95 | |
| Manufacturing | 1.09 | 3.48 | 1.19 | 0.12 | -0.43 | 0.2 | 0.33 | 1.12 | 3.98 | -3.11 | 1.02 | 0.74 | 4.23 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.48 | 1.08 | 0.65 | 0.36 | -2.15 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.24 | 1.21 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | -0.41 | |
| Operating profits2 | 6.83 | 8.86 | 0.7 | 6.82 | -5.03 | 2.78 | 9.03 | -6.37 | 7.24 | 2.46 | -0.17 | 8.3 | 3.99 | |
| Manufacturing | -0.13 | 35.99 | 13.23 | 3.44 | -10.29 | -4.47 | 6.32 | -1.32 | 10.44 | -3.45 | -0.88 | 19.48 | 9.36 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 10.66 | -1.91 | -3.53 | 8.02 | -3.03 | 5.85 | 10.22 | -8.43 | 6 | 4.97 | 0.13 | 4.12 | 2.12 | |
| Ordinary profits2 | 10.99 | 5.88 | 3.68 | 6.22 | -2 | -2.64 | 15.79 | -10.77 | 3.75 | 6.03 | -0.76 | 4.38 | 4.81 | |
| Manufacturing | 12.12 | 14.11 | 15.35 | 15.12 | -8.17 | -17.35 | 40.69 | -20.08 | 5.62 | 5.31 | -3.62 | 6.75 | 11.85 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 10.21 | 0.89 | -2.31 | 2.16 | 1.09 | 6.88 | 3.88 | -5.5 | 2.71 | 6.43 | 0.9 | 3.04 | 1.23 | |
| Investment in plant and equipment (excluding software)2 | 2.86 | -3.16 | 3.71 | 0.32 | -1.93 | 4.84 | -0.06 | 2.15 | -0.02 | 0.41 | 7.26 | 1.39 | -2.02 | |
| Manufacturing | 1.73 | -0.32 | -0.28 | -4.83 | 4.57 | 0.96 | 1.57 | 8.83 | -7.5 | -2.09 | 11.96 | 0.58 | -0.25 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 3.48 | -4.64 | 5.94 | 3.43 | -5.48 | 7.08 | -0.98 | -1.27 | 4.3 | 1.92 | 4.62 | 1.85 | -3 | |
| Investment in plant and equipment (including software)2 | 1.45 | -1.83 | 3.28 | -1.11 | 0.01 | 3.95 | 0.27 | 3.02 | -0.79 | -3.13 | 9.54 | 2.2 | -1.26 | |
| Manufacturing | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.09 | -4.93 | 3.98 | 1.02 | 1.63 | 8.9 | -6.73 | -2.63 | 11.17 | -0.11 | 0.7 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 2 | -3.1 | 4.98 | 1.07 | -2.12 | 5.58 | -0.47 | 0.06 | 2.5 | -3.41 | 8.67 | 3.49 | -2.32 |
Latest reading
Ordinary profits stood at 10.99% in Q2 2026. That is +5.1 pp from Q1 2026 and +13.0 pp from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q3 1985 to Q2 2026.
- Latest
- 10.99%
- Q2 2026
- vs previous period
- +5.1 pp
- Q1 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +13.0 pp
About this data
Seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter percentage change in sales, operating profits, ordinary profits and investment in plant and equipment (excluding and, from July-September 2001, including software), for all industries excluding finance and insurance, manufacturing and non-manufacturing, from July-September 1985 (X-12-ARIMA, revised every quarter). Source: Ministry of Finance, Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry.
