Lawson Inc operates within the Grocery stores sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Lawson Inc with three other companies in this sector in Japan: Life Corporation (2018 sales of 677.75 billion Japanese Yen [US$6.04 billion] of which 100% was Retai Business), United Super Markets Holdings Inc (692.25 billion Japanese Yen [US$6.17 billion] ), and Valor Holdings Co Ltd (544.02 billion Japanese Yen [US$4.85 billion] of which 64% was Supermarket Business).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended February of 2018, sales at Lawson Inc were ¥657.32 billion (US$5.86 billion). This is an increase of 4.1% versus 2017, when the company's sales were ¥631.29 billion. This was the fourth straight year of sales growth at Lawson Inc. Sales of Other saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 18.4% in 2018, from ¥54.23 billion to ¥64.18 billion. Not all segments of Lawson Inc experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Seijoishii fell 4.5% to ¥81.96 billion.