Subsidy Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Sony
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol SNE)
Headquartered in:
Japan
Major Industry:
electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry:
consumer electronics
Subsidy Summary | Subsidy Value | Number of Awards |
---|---|---|
State/Local | $147,239,962 | 65 |
Federal (grants and allocated tax credits) | $3,174,343 | 4 |
TOTAL | $150,414,305 | 69 |
Loan / Bailout Summary | Total Face Value | Number of Awards |
State/Local loans, bond financing and venture capital | $0 | 0 |
Federal loans, loan guarantees and bailout assistance (not including repayments) | $193,124 | 1 |
TOTAL | $193,124 | 1 |
Time Period for State and Local Awards:
Earliest year of data: 1996. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this parent company are for the period since 2012.
Time Period for Federal Awards:
FY2000 to the present
Notes:
Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
Links:
For a summary of this company's regulatory violations see its Violation Tracker summary page here.
Top 5 States for state/local awards | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
---|---|---|
Massachusetts | $63,974,937 | 4 |
New York | $27,899,867 | 5 |
Louisiana | $21,017,403 | 6 |
Pennsylvania | $13,873,460 | 3 |
New Mexico | $6,022,693 | 16 |
All other | $14,451,602 | 31 |
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Company | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value |
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Sony Pictures Animation | Texas | state | 2010 | $282,928 | cost reimbursement | |
MICRONICS INC | United States | federal | 2010 | $2,638,598 | federal grant | |
MICRONICS INC | United States | federal | 2008 | $249,998 | federal grant | |
MICRONICS INC | United States | federal | 2007 | $249,647 | federal grant | |
MICRONICS INC | United States | federal | 2010 | $36,100 | federal grant | |
Micronics, Inc. | United States | federal | 2010 | $193,124 | federal loan or loan guarantee | |
Sony Electronics, Inc. | Pennsylvania | state | $1,000,000 | grant | ||
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. | New Jersey | state | 2004 | $2,867,480 | grant | |
Sony Pictures Animation | Texas | state | 2011 | $815,878 | grant | |
Sony Online Entertainment LL | Texas | state | 2013 | $640,386 | grant | |
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $65,500 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2004 | $21,511 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2005 | $21,781 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2006 | $31,331 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2007 | $41,746 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2008 | $52,081 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2009 | $40,918 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2011 | $11,586,513 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2010 | $44,379 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Electronics, Inc. | Florida | state | 1996 | $1,120,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2011 | $30,337 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC | California | local | 2012 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. | Illinois | state | 2009 | $583,537 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. | Illinois | state | 2009 | $668,012 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. | Illinois | state | 2010 | $3,062,097 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $5,723,567 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony | Louisiana | state | 2009 | $14,163,328 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $5,887 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $184,069 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony | Louisiana | state | 2010 | $405,710 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2010 | $17,978 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2010 | $87,849 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2010 | $321,728 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $28,887 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $65,050 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $332,253 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $387,950 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $416,928 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $514,937 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $67,230 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $149,153 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $387,214 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2012 | $1,125,892 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2013 | $192,104 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2013 | $406,433 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Imageworks | New Mexico | state | 2013 | $1,521,107 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2012 | $19,044 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2013 | $12,739 | tax credit/rebate | |
Sony Music Entertainment | New Jersey | state | 2014 | $1,625,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
MICRONICS INC | Washington | state | 2014 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC | Washington | state | 2014 | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2014 | $15,546,926 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Louisiana | state | 2016 | $534,842 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC | Washington | state | 2015 | $464,309 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC | Washington | state | 2016 | $221,050 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2016 | $26,702,552 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (SONY/CO LUMBIA) | New York | state | 2016 | $11,468,797 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tristar Productions, Inc. (Sony) | New York | state | 2017 | $6,250,186 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tristar Productions, Inc. (SONY/COL UMBIA) | New York | state | 2016 | $5,292,244 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tristar Productions, Inc. (SONY) | New York | state | 2017 | $3,048,189 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (SONY) | New York | state | 2017 | $1,840,451 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC. | Washington | state | 2017 | $95,580 | tax credit/rebate | |
TriStar Productions Inc. | Pennsylvania | state | 2018 | $8,449,934 | tax credit/rebate | |
Tristar Productions, Inc. | Pennsylvania | state | 2019 | $4,423,526 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC. | Washington | state | 2018 | $126,920 | tax credit/rebate | |
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc | Massachusetts | state | 2019 | $10,138,946 | tax credit/rebate | |
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC. | California | state | 2007 | $50,118 | training reimbursement | |
SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. | California | state | 2008 | $44,213 | training reimbursement | |
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | California | state | 2009 | $210,562 | training reimbursement | |
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT | California | state | 2011 | $228,165 | training reimbursement | |
Sony DADC US INC. | Indiana | state | 2009 | $655,000 | training reimbursement | |
Sony DADC US INC. | Indiana | state | 2013 | $150,000 | training reimbursement | |
Sony ATV Music Publishing, LLC | Tennessee | state | 2013 | $159,000 | training reimbursement |
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