This is an excerpt from a ranking of 102 listed owner-controlled companies in the chemicals industry, scored using six metrics including market capitalization, revenue and operating profit margin. DIC ranked 8th and Kobayashi Pharmaceutical 6th, while the top-ranked company is revealed in the main article.
The number of owner-controlled companies in the chemicals industry is limited. The feature presents the rankings of 102 chemical companies from among 1,885 listed companies, scored using six metrics and converted into deviation scores. It explains that the limited number of owner-controlled companies is influenced by the scale of capital investment and the need to raise funds from the capital markets.
Unicharm is cited as a representative example. The company has a high market share in hygiene products, and its recent results showed declines in revenue and profit due to the impact of upfront investment. In the second quarter of 2026, however, it returned to revenue and profit growth, with revenue of ¥487.1 billion and core operating profit of ¥65 billion.
The ranking was prepared with the cooperation of the Editorial Committee for the White Paper on Family Businesses. Companies were evaluated using multiple indicators, including founder-family control, asset management and shareholding ratios. The rankings of 102 owner-controlled companies in the chemicals industry are published on the following page.
The following page also includes a chart of the top 20 companies in the ranking of 102 owner-controlled companies in the chemicals industry. The article confirms that DIC ranked 8th and Kobayashi Pharmaceutical 6th. It presents the current position of owner-controlled companies in the chemicals sector and examples of representative companies, with the name of the top-ranked company given in the main article.