Japan Machinery Orders by Sector
Machinery orders received by ordering sector before seasonal adjustment, together with sales of machinery and the order backlog.
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | 07-2023 | |
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| Total orders4 | 3,807,843 | 4,683,497 | 3,771,347 | 3,790,707 | 6,361,078 | 3,416,276 | 3,309,805 | 4,574,551 | 2,859,799 | 2,795,558 | 3,793,970 | 2,692,774 | 2,783,667 | 3,258,726 | 2,686,124 | 2,838,040 | 4,872,253 | 3,020,172 | 2,708,072 | 3,264,988 | 2,643,647 | 3,101,926 | 3,335,621 | 2,565,772 | 2,833,380 | 3,196,854 | 2,773,356 | 2,821,914 | 4,952,794 | 2,540,267 | 2,268,246 | 3,183,789 | 2,387,790 | 2,377,518 | 3,222,900 | 2,221,819 | 2,573,303 | |
| Total orders excluding ships | 3,607,202 | 4,378,630 | 3,650,818 | 3,691,196 | 5,565,570 | 3,226,442 | 3,193,335 | 4,288,315 | 2,744,147 | 2,735,433 | 3,660,375 | 2,600,360 | 2,696,742 | 3,075,483 | 2,509,641 | 2,679,549 | 4,457,923 | 2,941,490 | 2,578,367 | 2,921,918 | 2,577,368 | 3,005,816 | 3,112,284 | 2,358,526 | 2,535,699 | 2,845,257 | 2,544,263 | 2,669,150 | 4,579,438 | 2,374,586 | 2,168,428 | 3,026,655 | 2,203,841 | 2,258,693 | 3,041,256 | 2,150,862 | 2,480,475 | |
| Orders from overseas | 2,187,786 | 2,790,185 | 1,965,998 | 2,016,035 | 3,163,693 | 1,681,222 | 1,838,463 | 2,267,734 | 1,350,172 | 1,264,947 | 1,895,488 | 1,470,878 | 1,205,108 | 1,518,401 | 1,211,817 | 1,228,354 | 1,693,758 | 1,273,194 | 1,285,050 | 1,546,585 | 1,210,681 | 1,233,798 | 1,374,120 | 1,251,185 | 1,520,161 | 1,611,318 | 1,373,904 | 1,228,200 | 1,549,023 | 1,102,342 | 1,144,686 | 1,435,543 | 1,191,833 | 1,132,723 | 1,395,567 | 1,036,349 | 1,090,309 | |
| Domestic orders2 | 1,448,603 | 1,725,775 | 1,675,870 | 1,618,249 | 3,024,607 | 1,597,430 | 1,338,986 | 2,164,808 | 1,369,085 | 1,378,736 | 1,760,899 | 1,106,813 | 1,425,678 | 1,596,081 | 1,345,373 | 1,484,151 | 3,036,689 | 1,632,890 | 1,305,794 | 1,598,960 | 1,298,393 | 1,737,938 | 1,830,856 | 1,204,955 | 1,181,928 | 1,469,613 | 1,295,379 | 1,473,476 | 3,264,256 | 1,319,777 | 1,010,569 | 1,620,817 | 1,072,161 | 1,115,710 | 1,714,325 | 1,068,836 | 1,367,874 | |
| Orders from the public sector | 255,889 | 339,313 | 249,493 | 381,367 | 1,058,921 | 502,767 | 347,190 | 653,094 | 463,554 | 373,738 | 437,461 | 233,271 | 344,737 | 365,976 | 332,360 | 419,387 | 1,249,519 | 631,282 | 465,191 | 473,816 | 385,087 | 699,350 | 679,496 | 374,956 | 259,416 | 340,683 | 242,722 | 389,482 | 1,503,714 | 450,328 | 250,523 | 379,408 | 244,797 | 242,821 | 508,190 | 216,744 | 247,346 | |
| Orders from the private sector3 | 1,192,714 | 1,386,462 | 1,426,377 | 1,236,882 | 1,965,686 | 1,094,663 | 991,796 | 1,511,714 | 905,531 | 1,004,998 | 1,323,438 | 873,542 | 1,080,941 | 1,230,105 | 1,013,013 | 1,064,764 | 1,787,170 | 1,001,608 | 840,603 | 1,125,144 | 913,306 | 1,038,588 | 1,151,360 | 829,999 | 922,512 | 1,128,930 | 1,052,657 | 1,083,994 | 1,760,542 | 869,449 | 760,046 | 1,241,409 | 827,364 | 872,889 | 1,206,135 | 852,092 | 1,120,528 | |
| Private-sector orders excluding ships | 1,170,142 | 1,377,670 | 1,414,395 | 1,233,006 | 1,930,714 | 1,089,181 | 988,327 | 1,420,623 | 893,830 | 1,002,164 | 1,320,385 | 846,137 | 1,060,989 | 1,221,636 | 1,011,088 | 1,057,053 | 1,776,188 | 998,537 | 829,484 | 1,088,172 | 909,616 | 1,030,976 | 1,148,755 | 828,440 | 920,216 | 1,106,752 | 1,047,835 | 1,067,304 | 1,709,152 | 863,813 | 756,649 | 1,211,830 | 819,053 | 867,829 | 1,203,402 | 844,225 | 1,113,084 | |
| Manufacturing | 496,458 | 573,976 | 386,666 | 526,365 | 749,913 | 487,556 | 352,705 | 531,168 | 344,112 | 419,048 | 570,834 | 366,382 | 411,835 | 450,574 | 405,722 | 466,046 | 672,386 | 365,353 | 347,598 | 441,255 | 398,984 | 405,564 | 438,653 | 350,628 | 394,521 | 447,488 | 396,159 | 426,110 | 661,616 | 344,459 | 305,784 | 440,715 | 346,004 | 377,068 | 457,503 | 385,338 | 386,235 | |
| Non-manufacturing2 | 696,256 | 812,486 | 1,039,711 | 710,517 | 1,215,773 | 607,107 | 639,091 | 980,546 | 561,419 | 585,950 | 752,604 | 507,160 | 669,106 | 779,531 | 607,291 | 598,718 | 1,114,784 | 636,255 | 493,005 | 683,889 | 514,322 | 633,024 | 712,707 | 479,371 | 527,991 | 681,442 | 656,498 | 657,884 | 1,098,926 | 524,990 | 454,262 | 800,694 | 481,360 | 495,821 | 748,632 | 466,754 | 734,293 | |
| Non-manufacturing excluding ships | 696,216 | 811,053 | 1,029,461 | 709,812 | 1,212,255 | 606,800 | 638,841 | 892,138 | 553,274 | 585,173 | 751,849 | 493,761 | 656,900 | 775,583 | 607,050 | 592,643 | 1,106,660 | 635,596 | 484,972 | 649,827 | 514,209 | 627,869 | 711,561 | 479,132 | 527,779 | 660,784 | 653,638 | 642,595 | 1,051,366 | 523,002 | 452,957 | 773,092 | 474,121 | 493,083 | 747,812 | 460,183 | 729,148 | |
| Non-manufacturing excluding ships and electric power | 480,541 | 583,834 | 411,904 | 561,295 | 908,788 | 488,160 | 436,984 | 587,051 | 422,103 | 483,398 | 533,212 | 376,832 | 454,536 | 538,272 | 408,250 | 474,072 | 867,372 | 415,228 | 347,228 | 516,985 | 419,139 | 396,907 | 550,036 | 368,607 | 425,909 | 468,689 | 384,079 | 455,570 | 759,671 | 425,655 | 358,864 | 476,903 | 393,449 | 382,694 | 581,340 | 358,882 | 368,744 | |
| Orders through agencies | 171,454 | 167,537 | 129,479 | 156,423 | 172,778 | 137,624 | 132,356 | 142,009 | 140,542 | 151,875 | 137,583 | 115,083 | 152,881 | 144,244 | 128,934 | 125,535 | 141,806 | 114,088 | 117,228 | 119,443 | 134,573 | 130,190 | 130,645 | 109,632 | 131,291 | 115,923 | 104,073 | 120,238 | 139,515 | 118,148 | 112,991 | 127,429 | 123,796 | 129,085 | 113,008 | 116,634 | 115,120 | |
| Sales of machinery1 | 3,135,751 | 3,717,067 | 2,505,623 | 2,936,065 | 5,452,231 | 2,941,687 | 2,793,825 | 3,703,255 | 2,481,149 | 2,453,533 | 3,204,365 | 2,101,297 | 2,609,915 | 3,188,666 | 2,163,700 | 2,265,376 | 4,934,315 | 2,595,005 | 2,263,612 | 3,382,033 | 2,312,112 | 2,474,635 | 3,217,710 | 2,271,739 | 2,344,581 | 2,966,333 | 2,189,244 | 2,071,425 | 4,745,695 | 2,325,811 | 2,022,288 | 3,225,949 | 2,207,692 | 2,146,274 | 3,105,336 | 1,958,044 | 2,084,755 | |
| Sales of machinery excluding ships | 2,925,077 | 3,533,261 | 2,392,972 | 2,792,147 | 5,157,222 | 2,812,703 | 2,636,654 | 3,515,705 | 2,351,118 | 2,316,550 | 2,983,187 | 1,968,201 | 2,481,679 | 2,949,319 | 2,074,492 | 2,152,580 | 4,721,348 | 2,469,961 | 2,126,995 | 3,219,014 | 2,215,288 | 2,332,139 | 3,037,819 | 2,175,313 | 2,224,832 | 2,817,835 | 2,083,285 | 1,950,538 | 4,505,103 | 2,230,894 | 1,938,031 | 3,019,221 | 2,103,248 | 2,048,053 | 2,955,189 | 1,896,540 | 1,975,726 | |
| Order backlog1 | 52,857,998 | 52,191,545 | 50,927,979 | 49,684,484 | 48,701,247 | 47,678,643 | 46,540,339 | 47,232,137 | 45,730,097 | 45,203,448 | 44,907,263 | 44,109,986 | 43,568,466 | 43,363,673 | 43,210,521 | 42,798,960 | 42,228,345 | 42,063,136 | 41,587,861 | 41,210,652 | 41,079,280 | 40,702,530 | 40,089,233 | 40,195,589 | 39,960,882 | 39,304,494 | 38,982,140 | 38,361,927 | 37,605,636 | 37,280,755 | 37,024,794 | 36,835,507 | 36,825,420 | 36,697,468 | 36,559,834 | 35,734,316 | 35,466,853 | |
| Order backlog excluding ships | 46,729,023 | 46,067,451 | 44,971,422 | 43,743,709 | 42,733,548 | 42,257,733 | 41,197,145 | 41,835,817 | 40,477,582 | 39,992,135 | 39,622,967 | 38,772,254 | 38,164,709 | 37,909,293 | 37,759,152 | 37,430,261 | 36,926,905 | 37,010,850 | 36,519,821 | 36,139,332 | 36,231,826 | 35,857,628 | 35,241,673 | 35,364,065 | 35,257,694 | 34,791,783 | 34,718,305 | 34,238,951 | 33,539,385 | 33,364,806 | 33,207,829 | 33,045,088 | 33,015,085 | 32,982,569 | 32,865,206 | 32,743,880 | 32,494,407 |
Latest reading
Total orders stood at 3,807,843 million yen in Jul 2026. That is −18.7% from Jun 2026 and +36.8% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Apr 2005 to Jul 2026. Source: Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office – Orders Received for Machinery.
- Latest
- 3,807,843 million yen
- Jul 2026
- vs previous period
- −18.7%
- Jun 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +36.8%
About this data
Machinery orders received by ordering sector before seasonal adjustment, together with sales of machinery and the order backlog. Source: Orders Received for Machinery, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office. Unit: million yen.