{{Short description|Japanese delivery service company}}
{{Expand Japanese|ヤマト運輸|date=February 2009}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
| native_name = ヤマトホールディングス株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Yamato Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha
| logo = Yamato logo 2021.png
| logo_size = 150px
| logo_caption = One of two logos used since 2021
| image = Yamato Holdings headquarters, at Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo (2019-01-02) 06.jpg
| image_size = 260px
| image_caption =
| type = [[Public company|Public]] [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]]
| traded_as = {{tyo|9064}}
| foundation = 1919
| location = [[Ginza]], [[Chūō, Tokyo]], Japan
| key_people = Toshizo Kurisu, President
| industry = [[Courier]]
| products =
| revenue = [[Japanese yen|JP¥]] 1,625,315 million (2019)
[{{cite web |url=http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/investors/financials/results/pdf/4q_consolidated_2019_03.pdf |format=PDF |title=Annual Report 2019 |access-date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026014842/http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/investors/financials/results/pdf/4q_consolidated_2019_03.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |url-status=dead}}]
| operating_income = [[Japanese yen|JP¥]] 58,345 million (2019)
| net_income = [[Japanese yen|JP¥]] 54,259 million (2019)
| assets = [[Japanese yen|JP¥]] 1,123,659 million (2019)
| equity = [[Japanese yen|JP¥]] 565,841 million (2019)
| num_employees = 171,888 (2018)
| homepage = [http://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp]
| footnotes =
}}
{{Nihongo|The '''Yamato Transport Company, Ltd.'''|ヤマト運輸株式会社|Yamato Un'yu [[kabushiki gaisha]]|'''YTC'''}} is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%,[{{cite book|title=International Directory of Company Histories|chapter=Yamato Transport Co. Ltd|date=1992}}] competing closely with [[Sagawa Express]] and [[Nippon Express]]. Their head office is in [[Ginza]], Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express door-to-door delivery service, {{Nihongo|TA-Q-BIN|宅急便|takkyūbin}} was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of {{nihongo|''[[Kiki's Delivery Service (novel)|Kiki's Delivery Service]]''|魔女の宅急便|Majo no Takkyūbin| {{literally|Witch's Express Home Delivery}}}} (in which Yamato is a co-producer) instead of the generic term {{Nihongo||宅配便|takuhaibin}}. ''Takkyūbin'' is sometimes used in Japan as a generic term for all express home delivery services, but the company defends the trademark to avoid it becoming [[generic trademark|genericized]].
The company's logo is a yellow oval with a black [[cat]] carrying her [[kitten]] in her mouth, symbolizing the company's promise that they take care of items entrusted to them as though the items were their own family. The company is often colloquially referred to as 黒ねこ (''Kuroneko'') which means "black cat" in Japanese. The logo is as familiar in Japan as the [[Coca-Cola]] logo is in the United States. {{citation needed|date=October 2020}} The logo was developed by founder Yasuomi Ogura.[{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.yamatoeurope.com/about-us/|website=Yamato Transport Europe BV|access-date=July 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200043/http://www.yamatoeurope.com/about-us/|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}]
==Gallery==
Yamato Holdings headquarters, at Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo (2019-01-02) 04.jpg|The headquarters of Yamato Holdings and Yamato Transport.
Toyota QD200 201.JPG|A Yamato [[Toyota QuickDelivery]] delivery truck.
Suzuki Carry 007.JPG|A Yamato [[Suzuki Carry]] delivery truck.
Alexius East Timor Hilfslieferung Schulbus.jpg|Yamato Transport bus donated to East Timor; used as school bus.
Yamato Transport S6244 Hino Dutro.jpg|A Yamato [[Hino Dutro]] refrigerated delivery truck.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''[http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/kaisya/ir/irsiryo/pdf/ar2008/e/ar2008_00.pdf Yamato Holdings Annual Report 2008]'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226203745/http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/kaisya/ir/irsiryo/pdf/ar2008/e/ar2008_00.pdf |date=February 26, 2009}}
* ''[http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/investors/financials/results/pdf/4q_consolidated_2019_03.pdf Yamato Holdings Annual Report 2019]'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026014842/http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/investors/financials/results/pdf/4q_consolidated_2019_03.pdf |date=October 26, 2019}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Yamato Transport}}
*[http://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/en/ Yamato Transport]
*[http://www.yamatoamerica.com Yamato Transport USA]
*[http://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/english/ Yamato Holdings]
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[[Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Transport companies based in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Logistics companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Service companies based in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1919]]
[[Category:Japanese companies established in 1919]]