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Characteristics of Leasing Companies
In Japan, various companies such as financial institutions, wholesaling and retailing, manufacturing, transportation, telecommunication, construction, electric power, and gas enter the leasing industry, establishing new leasing companies or doing leasing businesses in-house.
At present, affiliated companies to JLA are 281 and the ones to Japan Automotive Lease Association are approximately 400.
JLA conducts 'survey of current circumstances of the member companies' annually. They are categorized in terms of size of capital and employee size based on the latest result from the survey.
| Size of Capital (in million yen) |
Regular Members |
Percentage (%) |
Associated Members |
Percentage (%) |
Total |
Percentage (%) |
| 1. 50 and less |
25
| 23.6
| 67
| 38.7
| 92
| 33.0 |
| 2. over 50〜100 |
23
| 21.7
| 28
| 16.2
| 51
| 18.3 |
| 3. over 100〜300 |
11
| 10.4
| 29
| 16.8
| 40
| 14.3 |
| 4. over 300〜1000 |
14
| 13.2
| 24
| 13.9
| 38
| 13.6 |
| 5. over 1000〜10000 |
21
| 19.8
| 14
| 8.1
| 35
| 12.5 |
| 6. over 10000 |
12
| 11.3
| 11
| 6.4
| 23
| 8.2 |
| Total |
106
| 100.0
| 173
| 100.0
| 279
| 100.0 |
※2 non-life insurance companies are excluded from 281 member companies as of October 1, 2005.
| Employee Size |
Regular Members |
Percentage (%) |
Associated Members |
Percentage (%) |
Total |
Percentage (%) |
| 1. 30 and less
| 27
| 25.7
| 134
| 78.4
| 161
| 58.3 |
| 2. 31〜50
| 26
| 24.8
| 13
| 7.6
| 39
| 14.1 |
| 3. 51〜100
| 17
| 16.2
| 16
| 9.4
| 33
| 12.0 |
| 4. 101〜300
| 12
| 11.4
| 0
| 0.0
| 12
| 4.3 |
| 5. 301〜500
| 9
| 8.6
| 1
| 0.6
| 10
| 3.6 |
| 6. 501〜1000
| 11
| 10.5
| 3
| 1.8
| 14
| 5.1 |
| 7. more than 1001
| 3
| 2.9
| 4
| 2.3
| 7
| 2.5 |
| Total |
105
| 100.0
| 171
| 100.0
| 276
| 100.0 |
| Number of Employees |
26,516 (21,354)
| 45,710 (30,862)
| 72,226 (52,216) |
※3 companies whose number of employees are unannounced and 2 non-life insurance companies are excluded from 281 member companies as of October 1, 2005.
※The companies which have a leasing section in-house are separated as to employee size in that section.
※The numbers on the left side in Number of Employees mean the total number of employees. As concerns the companies which announced the number of employees in a leasing section, the figures in brackets is put together from that number.
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