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Marketing License Holders and Manufacturing License Holders (by prefecture)

October 29, 2024

6. Marketing License Holders and Manufacturing License Holders

According to the MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) statistics as of the end of March 2023, there are 4,243 marketing license holders for cosmetics and 4,222 cosmetic manufacturing license holders. The number of marketing license holders has continuously increased since 2006, while the number of cosmetic manufacturing license holders has been on an upward trend since 2011, following a few years of decline. (Fig.11)

Figure11 : Marketing License Holders and Manufacturing License Holders
Fig.11 Marketing License Holders and Manufacturing License Holders

Number of Marketing License Holders and
Manufacturing License Holders

Prefecture As of March 31, 2022 As of March 31, 2023
Marketing
License
Holders		 Manufacturing
License
Holders		 Marketing
License
Holders		 Manufacturing
License
Holders
Hokkaido 90 89 88 77
Aomori 8 6 6 8
Iwate 3 6 3 6
Miyagi 13 18 14 21
Akita 7 5 8 6
Yamagata 3 12 3 12
Fukushima 7 29 5 27
Ibaraki 37 91 39 95
Tochigi 18 42 20 45
Gunma 44 91 44 95
Saitama 133 337 139 344
Chiba 104 231 112 241
Tokyo 1,580 743 1,602 749
Kanagawa 145 237 149 234
Niigata 14 13 16 15
Toyama 31 48 31 50
Ishikawa 19 18 18 19
Fukui 15 18 14 18
Yamanashi 27 29 25 31
Nagano 31 39 31 39
Gifu 49 68 49 79
Shizuoka 65 139 64 143
Aichi 136 140 142 146
Mie 45 63 48 64
Shiga 23 46 24 47
Kyoto 85 86 86 89
Osaka 691 656 694 664
Hyogo 153 171 154 173
Nara 36 51 36 53
Wakayama 21 45 21 47
Tottori 9 8 9 7
Shimane 3 10 3 10
Okayama 34 53 36 57
Hiroshima 35 35 32 35
Yamaguchi 7 5 8 7
Tokushima 17 18 16 18
Kagawa 33 38 34 40
Ehime 44 59 43 62
Kochi 17 15 17 15
Fukuoka 166 133 166 138
Saga 12 22 13 23
Nagasaki 13 12 12 12
Kumamoto 39 40 40 40
Oita 18 20 18 20
Miyazaki 16 16 15 16
Kagoshima 21 19 23 21
Okinawa 81 73 73 64
Total 4,198 4,143 4,243 4,222

Demographic Survey by MHLW