Companies based in Kitakyushu

Japanese toilet and plumbing fixtures company

, styled as StarFlyer, is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. It describes itself as a "hybrid airline" providing a higher level of service than low-cost carriers while having operating costs lower than full-service legacy carriers. Although the airline's IATA code is 7G, domestically it has also used the code MQ (which is designated outside Japan by the IATA to Envoy Air) for its flights.

Japanese manufacturer of robots and related components

operator of monorail service

is a Japanese map publishing company. Founded in 1948 as the in Beppu, Kyūshū, the company is known as a maker of residential maps and software used in personal computers and automotive navigation systems. It is a leading Japanese company in the production of mapping software.