As of March 31, 2023, Japan counted approximately 63.13 thousand trucking businesses, formally called 'freight motor vehicle transport businesses'. There exist various trucking business classifications. These include 'general freight motor vehicle transport businesses' and their subcategories 'special mixed-load transport businesses' or 'hearse businesses'. A separate common carrier category is the 'designated freight motor vehicle transport business', which transports cargo for one specific client. In practice, it substitutes a private carrier (carrier and freight belong to the same legal person).
Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
fiscal years 2013 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
as of fiscal year's end; not including private carriers and 'light freight motor vehicle transportation businesses'*
Supplementary notes
*Cargo transport businesses using light motor vehicles or two-wheeled vehicles. In contrast to other common carriers, this business only requires reporting and no license. Figures have been rounded.
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MLIT (Japan). (December 8, 2023). Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/
MLIT (Japan). "Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/
MLIT (Japan). (2023). Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/
MLIT (Japan). "Number of Freight Motor Vehicle Transport Businesses in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/
MLIT (Japan), Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Number of freight motor vehicle transport businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], MLIT (Japan), December 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276107/japan-number-freight-motor-vehicle-transportation-businesses/
