- CEO
- Hidekuni Kuroda
- Full Time Employees
- 8,079
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Office equipment/Supplies
- Address
- 5-54 Ofuka-cho Osaka OS Japan 537-8686
- IPO Date
- Mar 1, 1971
- Business
- Kokuyo Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets office furniture, stationery products, and related services as a work and lifestyle company primarily in Japan, Asia, and select international markets. The company offers office furniture including desks, chairs, filing cabinets, and public space fixtures; stationery such as Campus notebooks, writing instruments, and paper products; office supplies via its Kaunet mail-order platform and Benri Net purchasing management system; spatial design and consultation services; interior retail; and household goods. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, Kokuyo operates through segments encompassing furniture, business supply distribution, stationery, and interior retail, with key subsidiaries including Kokuyo Camlin in India and Lamex in Asia. Geographically, it maintains strong positions in Japan, China, India, ASEAN countries including Singapore and Vietnam, and other regions through production, sales, and showroom networks. In recent developments, Kokuyo acquired HNI Office India Ltd. in 2025, rebranding it as Kokuyo Workplace India to bolster its office furniture presence and target threefold revenue growth in India over five years through expansions into residential real estate, lifestyle, and education segments; completed the 2022 acquisition of HNI Hong Kong (now Kokuyo Hong Kong) to enhance production for China and Asian markets; announced plans for a controlling stake in Vietnamese stationery firm Thien Long; and opened a consolidated showroom and office in Singapore on November 28, 2025, as an experience lab under its Unite for Growth 2027 medium-term plan aligned with the CCC 2030 vision targeting 500 billion yen in net sales.