Overview
ORIX Corporation is a diversified financial-services group founded in Japan in 1964. Its business has expanded from leasing into financing and investment, insurance, real estate, infrastructure and energy, asset management, and services involving automobiles, equipment, ships and aircraft.[1][2] Its stated purpose is “Finding Paths. Making Impact,” with an emphasis on contributing to sustainable development.[3]
Headquartered in Japan, ORIX operates across around 30 countries and regions.[4] For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, it reported total revenues of ¥3.33 trillion; it had 37,286 employees as of that date.[5][6] [7][8][5][1][2][3][4][6][1][2][3][4][6]
Products & services
ORIX’s offerings include corporate financing and fee-based services such as business-succession support and M&A brokerage, alongside auto leasing, rentals, car sharing and used-car sales. ORIX Rentec rents electronic measuring instruments, ICT equipment and power transformers, and offers services involving robotics and 3D printing.[9][10][11]
Its real-estate services cover development, leasing, management and asset management, as well as hotel and inn operations. Environment and energy offerings include renewable-power generation, retail electricity, energy-saving services (ESCO), solar-panel sales, recycling and waste management. ORIX also invests in and operates airports and other public infrastructure, and provides private-equity investment and portfolio-company support.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Other services include life insurance distributed through agents, financial institutions, in-person consulting and online channels; real-estate investment loans and consumer finance; aircraft leasing, sales and asset management; ship finance and brokerage; and investment management and advisory services. The latest annual filing covers the year ended March 31, 2026. Its disclosures report segment and product-category revenue amounts, but do not provide a consolidated product-mix percentage breakdown.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][11]
Geographic presence
ORIX reports operations in around 30 countries and regions. Its overseas network spans the Americas, East Asia, South-East Asia, South Asia, Oceania and Europe, alongside its substantial operations in Japan.[27] As of March 31, 2026, it reported 37,286 employees, including 28,269 in Japan and 9,017 outside Japan.[28][6]
For FY2026, ORIX reported total segment revenue of ¥3,326,146 million. Regional segment revenue was ¥272,219 million for ORIX USA (about 8.2% of the total), ¥291,086 million for ORIX Europe (about 8.8%), and ¥243,414 million for Asia and Australia (about 7.3%). These are segment revenue shares, not a country-by-country breakdown of sales.[29] [29][29][29][29][28][27][6]
Business segments
For the year ended 31 March 2026, ORIX reported 10 business segments. The percentages below are each segment’s approximate share of total segment revenue; in parentheses, its share of total segment profit.[30]
Corporate Financial Services and Maintenance Leasing — financing, auto leasing and rental, and Rentec leasing and services: 14.7% of revenue (13.8% of segment profit). Real Estate — property operations, asset management, development and investment: 16.0% (10.7%). PE Investment and Concession — private equity investment and concession businesses, including airports: 13.3% (17.1%). Environment and Energy — energy businesses, including solar and other renewable energy: 6.3% (15.8%). Insurance — life insurance: 19.3% (14.0%). Banking and Credit — banking and credit services: 2.3% (3.7%). Aircraft and Ships — aircraft leasing and ship-related financing, operations and investment: 3.9% (9.1%).[31][32][33]
ORIX USA — financing, asset management and private equity: 8.2% of revenue (0.1% of segment profit). ORIX Europe — asset management: 8.8% (8.6%). Asia and Australia — financing, asset management and investment activities: 7.3% (7.0%).[31][32][33] ORIX also uses broader Finance, Operation and Investments categories and presents a separate new-segment-organization view; these are additional analytical views rather than replacements for its 10-segment financial reporting.[34][35] [30][31][32][33][34][35]
Company history
ORIX was founded in Osaka in April 1964 as Orient Leasing Co., Ltd., initially focused on equipment leasing. It began expanding overseas in 1971 and entered ship leasing and investment that year, followed by corporate finance in 1973. In 1973, it listed on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges.[36]
The company broadened its business into private-equity investment, business revitalization and venture capital in 1983, and real estate in 1986. It changed its name from Orient Leasing to ORIX in 1989. Later expansions included life insurance in 1991, environment and energy in 1995, banking in 1998, asset management in 2010, and infrastructure concessions in 2016.[37][36] [36][37][36][37]
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