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The Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released its ranking of the Kyushu-Okinawa companies with 10 billion yen in sales on a non-consolidated basis in 2009. There were 597 of these companies, 58 fewer than during the previous year. It was the second straight annual decline, and the first time since 1994 the total was below 600 companies. The aggregate sales for these companies was 22.3899 trillion yen, a 6.9% year-on-year decline. The leading company for the 33rd straight year was Kyushu Electric Power.