The latter-half survey of the most popular companies among job seekers has published the top 300 companies chosen by students graduating in 2027. ITOCHU Corporation ranked first, while Marubeni and ANA Holdings placed fifth and fourth, respectively, and ranked highly among female, humanities and science students alike.
According to the results of the "Employment Brand Ranking Survey: Second Half" conducted by the Employment Information Research Institute of Bunka Broadcasting Career Partners, the survey covered 13,331 university and graduate students graduating in 2027 who were registered with the job-search site Bunnavi! The survey period ran from 16 March 2026 to 30 June 2026, and the results list the top 300 companies overall.
ITOCHU Corporation ranked first overall, retaining the top spot from the second half of the previous year. It ranked first among all groups of students graduating in 2027, receiving strong support regardless of academic discipline or gender. Marubeni newly entered the top 20, rising sharply from 32nd place the previous year to fifth. Marubeni ranked third among female students, fifth among humanities students, seventh among male students and 10th among science students.
The survey found that Sumitomo Corporation maintained seventh place, while Mitsubishi Corporation ranked 12th and Mitsui & Co. 18th, putting all five major general trading companies in the top 20. Toyota Tsusho Corporation also rose from 114th place the previous year to 29th, highlighting the strength of the general trading companies. The analysis also indicated that "the image of working" becomes more important in the latter half of the recruitment cycle.
Data on job offers was also reported alongside the survey results. A survey by Indeed Recruit Partners found that the job offer rate among students graduating in 2027 was 77.2% as of 1 June 2026.