Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.

Is Yanmar publicly traded?

No. Yanmar Holdings is a private company. It voluntarily publishes consolidated results showing JPY 1.08 trillion in sales for the fiscal year ended March 2025.

Who owns Yanmar?

The company remains under the control of founding Yamaoka family interests. Takehito Yamaoka serves as president of the holding company.

When was Yanmar founded?

Magokichi Yamaoka founded the company in Osaka in March 1912 as the Yamaoka Engine Workshop. The holding company structure dates to April 2013.

What does Yanmar make?

Tractors, combines, and rice transplanters; mini excavators and compact equipment; industrial and marine diesel engines; energy systems; and components.

Where is Yanmar headquartered?

At the YANMAR FLYING-Y Building, 1-32 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Does Yanmar own other tractor companies?

Yanmar holds a 30 percent stake in International Tractors Limited of India, maker of Sonalika, Solis, and Summit tractors.

Did Yanmar make John Deere tractors?

Yes. Yanmar manufactured compact utility tractors for John Deere under an OEM relationship beginning in the late 1970s and running for decades.

Magokichi Yamaoka founded Yamaoka Hatsudoki Kosakusho, the Yamaoka Engine Workshop, in Osaka in March 1912, initially building gas and oil engines for farming use. The company name Yanmar combined his surname with "yanma," Japanese for dragonfly, a traditional symbol of abundant harvests.

The 1933 launch of the HB model, the world's first practical small horizontal water-cooled diesel engine, made the company. Compact diesel power let Yanmar dominate Japanese agricultural mechanization after the war with tillers, tractors, and combines, and pushed its engines into fishing boats, generators, and construction equipment worldwide.

International expansion ran through the second half of the century: marine and industrial engines exported globally, tractors and mini excavators sold in Western markets, and a long OEM relationship building John Deere's compact utility tractors beginning in the late 1970s. In 2005 Yanmar took a 12 percent stake in India's Sonalika tractor maker, increased to 30 percent by 2016.

The group adopted its current holding company structure on April 1, 2013. For the fiscal year ended March 2025 it reported consolidated net sales of JPY 1,079.6 billion, ordinary profit of JPY 41.0 billion, and net income attributable to the parent of JPY 10.8 billion, with overseas markets supplying roughly 59 percent of sales.