Suzuyo in Figures

Here is an introduction to Suzuyo in numbers related to history, group companies, hubs/locations, facilities and human resource information.

Company information

    • History

      Founded in

      1801

      First founded over 200 years ago as a domestic shipping wholesaler in the port of Shimizu.

  • Sales

    JPY147.7billion

  • Employees

    974

  • Suzuyo Group consolidated sales

    • Sales

      JPY492billion

    • Employees

      12,800

    As of July 2023

    • Locations

      Domestic locations

      141locations

      A Premium Top-class network among Japanese logistic business enterprises has been developed throughout Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu

    • International locations

      22locations in13countries

      Covering over 200 countries/areas globally under a strategic alliance with UPS

      We have our own entities in rapidly developing Asia, the USA where UPS is based, and Mexico where the automotive business is booming.

    As of July 2023

Business / Services

  • Warehouse area

    960,000m2

    We have warehouse space equivalent to 20 Tokyo Domes throughout Japan.

    As of July 2023

  • Owned trucks

    2,200units

    We offer a diverse range of transportation services using various types of vehicles including trailers, large-size vehicles and 4-ton trucks, etc.

    As of August 2022

  • Our logistic specialists

    Licensed customs
    brokers

    225

    Licensed logistic
    technical managers

    26

    Our specialists in export/import & logistics provide optimal proposals to solve problems for customers.

    As of August 2022

  • IT specialist

    1,000

    Our IT specialists including those of our group companies support customers to resolve issues and overcome challenges.

    As of August 2022

Employee information

At Suzuyo, we consider working to further improve employee engagement, hiring diverse human resources and respecting human rights as an important factor.
As a part of engagement improvement, we are working with the provision to create a friendly workplace environment, to uphold the maintenance of institutional systems and to invest in human resource education and development with the goal to realize employee 'Well-Being' and better job satisfaction. In addition to this we are also working to promote the development of various systems that can support the balancing of work and parenting/childcare and the employment of diverse human resources.

  • Average number of
    paid leave days taken per year

    12.6days/year

    As of August 2022

  • Average years of service

    14.6years

    As of August 2022

  • Average seminar time held in a year

    14,390hours/year

    As of August 2022

  • Average seminar time
    per person a year

    14.8hours/year

    As of August 2022

Employee status

2020 2021 2022
Number of male employees 801 774 759
Number of female employees 234 233 215

Diversity of employee

2020 2021 2022
Ratio of female employee (%) 22.6 23.1 22.1
Ratio of female managers (%) 2.2 2.5 3.2

Support formation

2020 2021 2022
Average ratio of paid leave taken (%) 55.3 52.8 62.3
Number of employees taking maternity leave 25 17 17
Ratio of employees taking maternity leave (%) 2.4 1.7 1.7
Number of employees taking childcare leave 29 35 28
Ratio of employees taking childcare leave (%) 2.8 3.5 2.9
Number of employees using the reduced hours working system 50 54 63
Return to work rate after taking childcare leave (%) 100 96 100
Return to work retention after taking childcare leave (%) 100 100 100

Education

2020 2021 2022
Cost of seminar (JPY/person) 102,415 55,611 82,136
Ratio of participation to seminar (%) 59.9 55.3 55.1