# SHIMIZU CORP

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## Overview

Shimizu Corporation is a Japanese construction and engineering company whose core activities are architectural construction and civil engineering. Its broader businesses include real-estate development, engineering, green energy and building life-cycle services. Founded in 1804, the company operates in Japan and internationally; its overseas construction work has extended to more than 60 countries. [1](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/business/index.html) [2](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/history/)

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Shimizu reported consolidated net sales of ¥2,057.8 billion. As of that date, it had 22,278 consolidated employees, including 11,434 at Shimizu Corporation. Its stated management principles emphasize innovation and a customer-focused approach. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P142041237) [4](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/index.html) [5](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/philosophy/index.html)
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## Products & services

Shimizu’s work includes architectural construction and civil engineering. Examples cited by the company include the Building A project in the Uchisaiwaicho 1-Chome redevelopment and the Alexandra Hospital redevelopment for architectural construction, and the Chuo Shinkansen Oi Tunnel No. 2 and Okuma District Interim Storage for civil engineering. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P142037618) Its services also extend to real estate development, engineering, green-energy development, and building life-cycle services. [1](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/business/index.html)

Shimizu’s construction technologies include Shimizu Smart Tunnel, which uses ICT, IoT and AI to collect and analyze site, equipment and worker data and provide guidance to the site; its mountain-tunneling capabilities include robotic construction, construction management and automated safety alerts. [7](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/topics/civil/item04/index.html) Shimizu Smart Site links building information modeling (BIM) with AI-equipped robots: Robo-Welder welds steel columns, Robo-Buddy carries out ceiling and floor work, and Robo-Carrier transports materials. [8](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/topics/construction/item12/) Aomi Construction’s services include marine and onshore civil engineering, ground improvement, dredging and reclamation, regional, urban and marine development, environmental improvement and pollution prevention, and investigation and development related to mineral, energy and marine resources. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P142037723)
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## Geographic presence

Shimizu is headquartered in Japan and operates through 47 domestic bases and 75 overseas offices. Its overseas construction record spans more than 60 countries across Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe and North America, with projects primarily in Southeast Asia. The company also identifies Southeast Asia, India and North America as important markets. [4](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/index.html) [10](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/network/overseas/) [11](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/business/) [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P144466611)

For FY2025, reported overseas construction sales were ¥99.2 billion in building and ¥33.1 billion in civil engineering. These figures are overseas construction categories, not a full country-by-country or consolidated regional revenue breakdown. As of March 31, 2026, Shimizu reported 11,434 employees at the parent company and 22,278 on a consolidated basis; an overseas employee breakdown was not provided. [13](https://www.shimz.co.jp/company/ir/library/segment/) [4](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/index.html)
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## Business segments

For FY2026, Shimizu reported consolidated net sales in two revenue categories, rather than providing a consolidated revenue contribution for each operating business: construction contracts generated ¥1,845.3 billion, approximately 89.7% of total net sales, and real estate development and other generated ¥212.5 billion, approximately 10.3% of the ¥2,057.8 billion total.[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T16238522) Construction activity includes building construction, civil engineering, and overseas construction.[11](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/business/)

The company also identifies Real Estate Development, Engineering, Green Energy Development, Building Life Cycle, and Frontier businesses as business areas.[11](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/business/) The FY2026 consolidated sales breakdown does not separately quantify those additional areas, so they are not assigned individual revenue percentages here.[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T16238522)
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## Company history

Shimizu Corporation traces its origins to 1804, when carpenter Kisuke Shimizu I established a carpentry business called Shimizuya in Edo (now Tokyo). The business changed its name in 1881 and moved its head office to Yokohama in 1883, returning it to Tokyo in 1892. [2](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/history/)

In 1915 it was reorganized as Shimizu Gumi, Ltd.; in 1937 Shimizu Gumi Co., Ltd. was established, absorbing the former partnership. The company adopted the name Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd. in 1948, went public in 1961 and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s First Section in 1962. In 1987 it changed its English name to Shimizu Corporation. [2](https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/company/about/outline/history/)
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## Sources

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