Sanyo vs Sinclair Research

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Sanyo is the older of the two, founded in 1947 — 26 years before Sinclair Research.

Founded: 1947; 1973
Status: Closed 2012; Closed 2025
Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; London, United Kingdom
Industry: electronics industry; electronics industry
Founders: Toshio Iue; Clive Sinclair
Legal form: kabushiki gaisha; private company limited by shares
Parent: Panasonic Holdings Corporation; Not recorded
Website: sanyo-av.com/language.php; sinclair-research.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Sanyo and Sinclair Research.