On the Record · Canon
Canon competitors, on the record
The companies Canon names as competitors in its annual reports, 2020 to 2022, and the companies that name Canon, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Canon names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| ASML Holding N.V. | 2022 |
| Brother Industries, Ltd. | 2022 |
| FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. | 2022 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 2022 |
| General Electric Company | 2022 |
| Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 2022 |
| HP Inc. | 2022 |
| Konica Minolta Inc. | 2022 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 2022 |
| Lexmark International, Inc. | 2022 |
| Nikon Corporation | 2022 |
| Panasonic Corporation | 2022 |
| Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 2022 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation | 2022 |
| Siemens Healthineers AG | 2022 |
| Sony Group Corporation | 2022 |
| United Imaging Healthcare Co. Ltd. | 2022 |
| Xerox Corporation | 2022 |
In its own words
ASML Holding N.V.
Word for word“The main competitors in these markets are Nikon Corporation, for semiconductor and FPD lithography equipment, and ASML Holding N.V., for semiconductor lithography equipment.” 20-F for 2022
Brother Industries, Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation
Word for word“Canon’s primary competitors in the inkjet printer market are HP Inc., Seiko Epson Corporation and Brother Industries, Ltd. - Imaging Business Unit – Canon has continued to invest aggressively in competitive new products and intends to maintain its position in this market.” 20-F for 2022
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., HP Inc., Konica Minolta Inc., Lexmark International, Inc., Ricoh Company, Ltd., Xerox Corporation
Word for word“Canon’s primary competitors in the production print and business print market are Xerox Corporation ; FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. ; Ricoh Company, Ltd.; Konica Minolta Inc.; HP Inc.; and Lexmark International, Inc.” 20-F for 2022
FUJIFILM Corporation, General Electric Company, Koninklijke Philips N.V., Siemens Healthineers AG
Word for word“- Medical Business Unit – Canon’s primary competitors in the diagnostic medical imaging market are General Electric Company, Siemens Healthineers AG, Koninklijke Philips N.V., and FUJIFILM Corporation.” 20-F for 2022
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation
Word for word“Canon’s primary competitors are Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Corporation.” 20-F for 2022
Nikon Corporation, Sony Group Corporation
Word for word“Canon’s primary competitors in the interchangeable-lens digital camera market are Sony Group Corporation and Nikon Corporation.” 20-F for 2022
United Imaging Healthcare Co. Ltd.
Word for word“Canon has also new competitors such as United Imaging Healthcare Co. Ltd., a Chinese vendor.” 20-F for 2022
Who names Canon
Companies whose own annual reports name Canon as a competitor.
Word for word“Our super-wide and wide format industrial digital inkjet printers compete with printers produced by Agfa, Durst, Canon, Hewlett-Packard (“HP”), Inca, Mimaki, Roland, and Mutoh throughout most of the world.” 10-K for 2018
Word for word“In the industries we serve, we believe our primary global competitors include Siemens Healthineers, Philips Healthcare, United Imaging, Mindray, and Canon, among others.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“We compete against established, well-known camera manufacturers such as Canon Inc. and Nikon Corporation, as well as large, diversified electronics companies such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corporation, and specialty companies such as Arashi Vision Inc. (Insta360), SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd, Garmin Ltd., and the Ricoh Company, Ltd.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our primary competitors include Brother Industries, Ltd., Canon Inc., Pantum International Limited, Seiko Epson Corporation, The Ricoh Company Ltd., and Xerox Corporation Ltd.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Key competitors are Fuji, EC03, HP, Canon, Ricoh and Screen.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“While the advanced packaging lithography market is served by various competitors, our primary competitors are Ushio, Inc. (“Ushio”) and Canon, Inc. (“Canon”).” 10-K for 2026
Word for word“Our primary competitors are companies that are much larger than us and have substantially greater capital, manufacturing, marketing and research and development resources than we do, including companies such as Siemens, Philips and Canon.” 10-K for 2016
Word for word“The larger competitors in our print business include Brother, Canon, FUJIFILM Business Innovations Corp., HP Inc., Konica Minolta, Kyocera and Ricoh.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“The larger competitors in our print business include Brother, Canon, FUJIFILM Business Innovations Corp., HP Inc., Konica Minolta, Kyocera and Ricoh.” 10-K for 2025
Read from Canon’s annual reports (20-F for 2022, 20-F for 2021, 20-F for 2020) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2023-03-30. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.