1933

• March

  Founded original Daimaru Kogyo Ltd. (capital: 5 million yen)

1937
~43

• Opened 28 branches and sub-branches in China, and 17 in the ASEAN region (closed in 1941 at the end of World War II)

1943

• July

  Merged with The Daimaru, Inc. (dissolved original Daimaru Kogyo Ltd.)

1948

• August

  Established Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd. (headquarters: Osaka, capital: 1 million yen)

1949

• January

  Started handling chemical raw materials and industrial chemicals

1951

• September

  Opened Tokyo Branch (current Tokyo Headquarters)

1957

• September

  Started imports of frozen meat

1959

• Started automotive business

1961

• March

  Opened Nagoya Sub-branch (current Nagoya Office)

1983

• July

  Started electronics business

1988

• August

  Opened Taipei Branch (current Taiwan Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd.)

1991

• March

  Opened Quality Control Center in Ota-ku, Tokyo

1994

• March

  Opened Hong Kong Branch

1997

• October

  Established Shanghai Daimaru Kogyo International Trading Co., Ltd. (current Daimaru Kogyo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)

1999

• March

  Acquired trading business of The Daimaru, Inc., and accompanying this opened Myanmar Branch (current Yangon Office)

2003

• November

  Opened Nansha Office (Guangzhou, Guangdong Province)

2007

• February

  Opened Bangkok Office (current Daimaru Kogyo (Thailand) Co., Ltd.)

2008

• March

  Switched from a fully-owned subsidiary of The Daimaru, Inc. to a fully-owned subsidiary of J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd., a joint holding company created through management integration of The Daimaru, Inc. and Matsuzakaya Co., Ltd.

2009

• January

  Opened Jakarta Office

• February

  Acquired business of Tokiwa Shokai Co., Ltd. (an insurance agency), an affiliated company of the J. Front Retailing Group

2010

• March

  Entrusted with operation of liquor sales floors at Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, and started liquor business combining import, wholesale, and retail

2012

• January

  Established Daimaru Kogyo (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

2015

• January

  Established Taiwan Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd.

2017

• April

  Established Grand Cercle, an online shopping site for wine

• August

  Issued press release for Landex Coat Flame Retardant Clear®, a flame-retardant coating jointly developed with Dainichi Giken Kogyo and Teijin(began sales on September 1, Disaster Prevention Day)

2018

• June

  Established PT. Daimaru Kogyo Indonesia

2020

• October

  Opened Hanoi Office

2022

• December

  Dissolved Taiwan Daimaru Kogyo, Ltd.

2023

• May

  Dissolved PT. Daimaru Kogyo Indonesia

• July

  Closure of Nagano (Chikuma) office