Here are a few of the most interesting Rakuten statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these AddThis stats come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%

Rakuten Facts

• Website: global.rakuten.com/corp
• Year Founded: 1997
• Founders: Hiroshi Mikitani
  
• Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
• Key Subsidiaries and Products: Aquafadas, Daily Grommet, eBates, Wuaki, Viber, Viki

Rakuten Statistics

How many people use Rakuten?

about 90 million registered users

Last updated 6/22/17

Number of Rakuten employees:

more than 17,214 employees

Last updated 1/1/19

Rakuten net income (annual):

• 2018: 141 billion yen
• 2017: 110 billion yen
• 2016: 38 billion yen
• 2015: 45 billion yen
• 2014: 71 billion yen
• 2013: 43 billion yen
• 2012: 21 billion yen
• 2011: 2 billion yen loss
• 2010: 34 billion yen
• 2009: 53 billion yen

Rakuten revenue (annual):

• 2018: 1.101 trillion yen
• 2017: 944.7 billion yen
• 2016: 781.9 billion yen
• 2015: 713.5 billion yen
• 2014: 598.5 billion yen
• 2013: 518.5 billion yen
• 2012: 400.4 billion yen
• 2011: 379.9 billion yen
• 2010: 346.1 billion yen
• 2009: 298.2 billion yen

Rakuten global gross transaction value for 2017:

12.9 trillion yen

Number of countries and regions Rakuten operates in:

29

Last updated 10/22/18

Number of Rakuten merchants:

40,000 sellers

Last updated 10/22/14

Number of people Rakuten products and subsidiaries reach:

1.2 billion

Last updated 10/22/18

What is Rakuten?

Rakuten, Inc. (TSE’s first section: 4755) is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. (source)