Kintetsu Group Holdings

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社, Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaisha),[2] referred to as Kintetsu GHD (近鉄GHD),[3] is a Japanese railway holding company which primarily owns the Kintetsu Railway as well as Kintetsu World Express, Kintetsu Department Store, and its other 141 corporations, which are collectively known as Kintetsu Group.

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Native name
近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社
Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyKintetsu Corporation
Company typePublic KK
IndustryGround Transport
GenrePassenger Transportation
Predecessor
FoundedSeptember 16, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-09-16) in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Founder
  • Mataichirō Kanamori (for the Osaka Electric Tramway Co. branch)
  • Kiyochika Iwashita (for the Osaka Electric Tramway Co. branch)
  • Isamu Saeki (former CEO of Kintetsu Railway)
Headquarters6-1-55, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku,
Osaka
,
Japan
Number of locations
4 offices
Area served
Key people
Brands
  • Kintetsu
ServicesAdministration of Kintetsu Group
Revenue
  • Decrease ¥1,217,995 million (FY2015) [* 1]
  • Decrease ¥1,233,798 million (FY2014) [* 2]
  • Increase ¥1,246,360 million (FY2013) [* 3]
  • Decrease ¥932,156 million (FY2012) [* 4]
  • Decrease ¥942,790 million (FY2011) [* 5]
  • Increase ¥64,736 million (FY2015)[* 1]
  • Increase ¥56,425 million (FY2014)[* 2]
  • Increase ¥54,623 million (FY2013)[* 3]
  • Increase ¥47,452 million (FY2012)[* 4]
  • Increase ¥40,209 million (FY2011)[* 5]
  • Increase ¥28,956 million (FY2015)[* 1]
  • Increase ¥27,864 million (FY2014)[* 2]
  • Increase ¥24,598 million (FY2013)[* 3]
  • Increase ¥20,001 million (FY2012)[* 4]
  • Decrease ¥8,666 million (FY2011)[* 5]
Total assets
  • Decrease ¥1,930,906 million (FY2015)[* 1]
  • Decrease ¥1,946,725 million (FY2014)[* 2]
  • Increase ¥1,959,128 million (FY2013)[* 3]
  • Increase ¥1,925,815 million (FY2012)[* 4]
  • Decrease ¥1,839,572 million (FY2011)[* 5]
Total equity
  • Increase ¥349,668 million (FY2015)[* 1]
  • Increase ¥335,452 million (FY2014)[* 2]
  • Increase ¥304,555 million (FY2013)[* 3]
  • Increase ¥216,486 million (FY2012)[* 4]
  • Increase ¥192,338 million (FY2011)[* 5]
Number of employees
29,048 [* 6] (FY2015)
Subsidiaries
  • Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Kintetsu Bus holdings Co., Ltd.
  • The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd. (14.2% 30.4%)
  • Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
  • Kintetsu Real Estate Co., Ltd.
  • Kintetsu Leisure Service, Inc.
  • Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Company, Limited
  • Iga Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Yoro Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Kintetsu Hotel Systems Co., Ltd.
  • KNT-CT Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • Kintetsu World Express, Inc.
  • Mie Kotsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Footnotes / references
  1. ^ a b c d e 平成28年3月期決算短信(連結) [Brief note of the Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2016] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Group Holdings. May 13, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e 平成27年3月期決算短信(連結) [Brief note of the Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2015] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Group Holdings. May 14, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e 平成26年3月期決算短信(連結) [Brief note of the Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. May 13, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e 平成25年3月期決算短信(連結) [Brief note of the Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. May 10, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e 平成24年3月期決算短信(連結) [Brief note of the Financial Results for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. May 11, 2012.
  6. ^ 第105期有価証券報告書・内部統制報告書 [Annual Securities Report and Internal Control Report for the 105th Term] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Group Holdings. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

Its subsidiaries operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation Kinki Sharyo which produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.

History

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Kinki Nippon Railways Co., Ltd. (近畿日本鉄道株式会社, Kinki nippon tetsudo kabushiki gaisha), a passenger rail transit company in Kinki and Tokai regions, was founded after Kansai Express Railways merged with Nankai Railways on June 1, 1944. Kinki Nippon Railways changed its legal name in English to Kintetsu Corporation on June 28, 2003. On April 1, 2015, the corporation, was restructured into a holding company, splitting its railway, real estate, logistics and retail, and recreation service divisions. Kintetsu Corporation also changed the legal name to Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. on the same day.[4]

Portfolio—subsidiaries

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Passenger Transportation

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Kintetsu Nara Station, where trains for Namba and Kyoto await departure
 
Kintetsu Bus (a subsidiary of Kintetsu Bus holdings Co., Ltd.)

Transportation and Logistics

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Retail

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Recreation Facilities and Services

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References

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Official website (in Japanese)