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Total number of business establishments in the municipality (2021 Economic Census). A measure of the scale of industrial concentration, not the size of any single establishment.
Source: e-Stat 経済センサス-活動調査（事業所・従業者）
In 2021, Osaka, Osaka recorded the highest Establishments (228,648establishments) and Futaba-machi, Fukushima the lowest (5establishments) among 1,909 municipalities in Japan. The national average is 3,835establishments. Source: e-Stat 経済センサス-活動調査（事業所・従業者）.
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▲ The top 5 are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber. Ties share a rank (standard competition ranking).
The same metric at prefecture level lives at /ranking/muni_establishments. For each municipality’s trend and detail, open its page from the municipality index.
Note: trend charts live on each municipality page (/municipality/{code}). This page does one thing — line up the whole country on a single axis.