| 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 |
| Type: | Public KK |
| Location: | Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key People: | Toshizo Kurisu, President |
| Industry: | Courier |
| Revenue: | JP¥ 1,625,315 million (2019)[1] |
| Operating Income: | JP¥ 58,345 million (2019) |
| Net Income: | JP¥ 54,259 million (2019) |
| Assets: | JP¥ 1,123,659 million (2019) |
| Equity: | JP¥ 565,841 million (2019) |
| Num Employees: | 171,888 (2018) |
| Homepage: | www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp |
is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%,[2] competing closely with Japan Post Service and Sagawa Express, Nippon Express. Their head office is in Ginza, Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express door-to-door delivery service, was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of (in which Yamato is a co-producer) instead of the generic term . 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 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. The logo was developed by founder Yasuomi Ogura.[3]
Yamato Transport has a business alliance with United Parcel Service (UPS),[4] and in principle, UPS packages arriving in Japan will be delivered by Yamato Transport.