[citation needed] It is a family business listed in the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges and a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index.

The company is named after its founder Kisuke Shimizu, who was born in Koba Village, Etchu (now part of Toyama), and has nothing to do with the former city Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Kisuke Shimizu formed the company in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1804.

Shimizu Corporation is an international general contractor, publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nagoya Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.

[5] It has a network spanning Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa.