On 1st July, 1919,Kurihara Kogyosho was founded to provide Electrical Contracting services in Osaka, Japan. By 1942, the company extended its operations and opened branch offices in Tokyo, Nagoya and Hiroshima. In the same year, the Company was reorganised into Kurihara Kogyo, and formally registered with the construction Ministry in October 1949.

In November 1955, the company founder, Mr. Nobutora Kurihara was awarded the Medal of Honour - Yellow Ribbon, for Industrial Works.

Further Company development resulted in the opening of Branch Offices in Sakai (1962) and Matsuyama (1966).

In July 1979, the Company extended its operations internationally, with the formation of Kurihara Singapore Pte. Ltd. which was then followed by the establishment of Kurihara Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Singapore Branch) and Kurihara (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in 1983, and the establishment of Kurihara Viet Nam Co. Ltd. in May 1995.