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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 94 89 78
Aomori 8 7 8
Iwate 4 6 4 6
Miyagi 16 19 14 20
Akita 9 6 9 6
Yamagata 3 12 3 12
Fukushima 5 29 5 28
Ibaraki 41 90 43 95
Tochigi 18 43 21 44
Gunma 47 97 51 107
Saitama 136 341 127 341
Chiba 117 251 116 270
Tokyo 1,614 772 1,651 766
Kanagawa 159 246 166 253
Niigata 16 15 15 14
Toyama 32 52 34 52
Ishikawa 17 19 18 19
Fukui 13 17 13 19
Yamanashi 25 35 25 36
Nagano 31 40 30 41
Gifu 49 80 49 81
Shizuoka 60 141 61 137
Aichi 144 150 147 153
Mie 48 64 48 67
Shiga 25 49 25 48
Kyoto 85 88 82 90
Osaka 760 714 774 703
Hyogo 156 175 160 179
Nara 38 53 37 51
Wakayama 23 48 23 45
Tottori 9 7 9 7
Shimane 3 10 3 10
Okayama 37 58 32 57
Hiroshima 34 38 33 36
Yamaguchi 7 7 6 6
Tokushima 17 19 17 21
Kagawa 34 42 33 42
Ehime 46 66 50 69
Kochi 17 15 13 14
Fukuoka 171 142 171 151
Saga 13 23 12 21
Nagasaki 12 13 13 15
Kumamoto 39 38 40 41
Oita 19 23 18 18
Miyazaki 15 16 16 16
Kagoshima 22 20 22 21
Okinawa 48 66 97 84
Total 4,324 4,357 4,432 4,398

Demographic Survey by MHLW