# HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

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## Overview

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based global mobility and manufacturing company whose principal businesses are motorcycles, automobiles, financial services, and power products. Its products include motorcycles and scooters, Honda- and Acura-brand vehicles, and power equipment such as generators, lawn mowers and outboard engines. [1](https://global.honda/en/businesses/)[2](https://global.honda/en/motorcycle/)[3](https://global.honda/en/automobiles/)[4](https://global.honda/en/powerproducts/)

Honda’s stated fundamental beliefs are “Respect for the Individual” and “The Three Joys”—the joy of buying, selling and creating. [5](https://global.honda/en/about/philosophy/) For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, consolidated revenue was ¥21,796.6 billion. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605847) Honda’s company overview lists 195,109 consolidated associates and 346 group companies as of March 31, 2025, reflecting a substantial international operating footprint. [7](https://global.honda/en/about/overview.html)
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## Products & services

Honda’s automobile range includes cars and SUVs such as the CR-V and its CR-V e:HEV hybrid. Honda’s e:HEV uses a two-motor hybrid system. Automobiles generated ¥13,863.3 billion, about 64% of total sales revenue, in FY2026. [1](https://global.honda/en/businesses/)[8](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2025/4251009eng.html)[9](https://global.honda/en/tech/two_motor_hybrid_system_honda_eHEV/)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605847) Its motorcycle range includes Cub, CBR and Gold Wing models, as well as electric motorcycles. The WN7 has a 50 kW water-cooled motor, 100 Nm of torque, a 9.3 kWh battery, a stated WMTC range of 140 km and fast charging from 20% to 80% in about 30 minutes. The UC3, launched in Thailand, uses a fixed lithium iron phosphate battery and a 6 kW motor, with a stated range of 122 km per charge. Motorcycles generated ¥4,018.8 billion, about 18% of FY2026 sales revenue. [10](https://global.honda/en/motorcycle/brand/)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P152923190)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P152923192)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605847)

Honda’s power products include engines, tillers, generators, lawn mowers, pumps and outboard engines; its offerings also include portable batteries. The FY2026 financial table reports ¥384.9 billion for “Other Businesses,” which groups power products with other activities rather than reporting a separate power-products figure. [1](https://global.honda/en/businesses/)[4](https://global.honda/en/powerproducts/)[13](https://global.honda/en/mobilepowerpack/)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605847) In aviation, Honda Aircraft’s HondaJet Elite II is a very light business jet. Its Emergency Autoland capability can select a diversion airport and autonomously navigate, land and brake if the pilot is incapacitated; the capability is offered for new aircraft and as after-sales support for existing Elite II customers. [14](https://www.hondajet.com/en/Products/HondaJet-Elite-II)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P152923223) Honda also provides financial services, mainly retail loans and leases that support automobile sales. [16](https://global.honda/en/investors/library/financialresult/main/08/teaserItems3/018/linkList/03/link/FYE202603_4Q_financial_presentation_e_3.pdf)
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## Geographic presence

In FY2026 (year ended March 31, 2026), Honda’s reported regional revenue was concentrated in North America (¥13,108.3 billion; 50.9% of the ¥25,761.5 billion regional total), followed by Japan (¥5,584.5 billion; 21.7%), Asia (¥4,896.3 billion; 19.0%), Other Regions (¥1,226.2 billion; 4.8%) and Europe (¥946.2 billion; 3.7%). These percentages use the regional total before ¥4,072.8 billion of reconciling items; reconciled consolidated revenue was ¥21,688.8 billion. [17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605944) Honda’s unit sales also vary by product: about 85% of motorcycles were sold in Asia, while automobile sales were concentrated in North America (47%), Asia (27%) and Japan (18%); power-product sales were led by Asia (36%), North America (26%) and Europe (20%). [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P152922134)

Honda’s listed principal manufacturing facilities span Japan, the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina and Brazil. Those sites include automobile, motorcycle, engine and power-product manufacturing, as well as aircraft and aircraft-engine facilities in the United States. The employee counts shown for these listed facilities total 78,707; this is a facility-list total, not Honda’s company-wide workforce. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605921) Its major subsidiaries also evidence sales and manufacturing operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Brazil, alongside Japanese research and development and finance entities. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17605920)
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## Business segments

Honda reports four business segments. In FY2026, ended March 31, 2026, the Motorcycle Business (motorcycles) generated ¥3,220,168 million in sales to external customers, approximately 15.8% of consolidated revenue; the Automobile Business generated ¥13,567,565 million, approximately 66.4%; and the Financial Services Business generated ¥3,248,808 million, approximately 15.9%. Financial-services activities include consumer finance, finance leases, and dealer financing. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17606202)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17606317) The Power Products and Other Businesses segment, covering power products and other businesses, generated ¥392,261 million, approximately 1.9%. Consolidated external-customer revenue was ¥20,428,802 million; segment shares are calculated from these reported figures. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17606202)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P152922136)
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## Company history

Soichiro Honda established the Honda Technical Research Institute in 1946, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. was founded in Hamamatsu on September 24, 1948. The company’s early products included the 1947 A-Type motorized bicycle and the 1949 Dream D-Type motorcycle; the Super Cub followed in 1958. [24](https://global.honda/en/about/history-digest/75years-history/chapter1/section1/)[25](https://global.honda/en/heritage/episodes/1947atype.html)[26](https://global.honda/en/heritage/episodes/1949dtype.html)[27](https://global.honda/en/Cub/models/1958_super-cub-c100/)

Honda established American Honda Motor Co. in 1959, its first subsidiary outside Japan. It entered automobile manufacturing in 1963 with production of the T360 truck and S500 sports car, and began automobile production outside Japan in Taiwan in 1969. In 1973, Honda and Takeo Fujisawa stepped down from leadership, and Kiyoshi Kawashima became president. Honda began Accord production in Ohio in 1982, then introduced its first hybrid, the Insight, in 1999 and unveiled ASIMO in 2000. Toshihiro Mibe became president in 2021; in 2025 Honda announced that cumulative worldwide motorcycle production had reached 500 million units. [28](https://global.honda/en/about/history-digest/75years-history/chapter2/section2/)[29](https://global.honda/en/heritage/episodes/1982theworldssmallestwelding.html)[30](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2016/c161222eng.html)[31](https://global.honda/en/about/history-digest/75years-history/chapter1/section2/)[32](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/worldnews/2003/c031125.html)[33](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/worldnews/1999/4990906c.html)[34](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2000/c001120b-eng.html)[35](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2021/c210219aeng.html)[36](https://global.honda/en/newsroom/news/2025/c250522aeng.html)
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