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This study aimed to clarify the awareness of the contribution of agricultural corporations to regional agriculture and determine the influence of the attributes of agricultural corporations and their self–evaluations on their awareness of their contribution to regional agriculture. Using an original nationwide questionnaire survey, this study conducted a factor analysis and generalized linear model analysis to elucidate the factors influencing awareness of contribution to the local community. The analysis revealed the following. First, the factor analysis on the awareness of contribution to regional agriculture revealed “contribution to regional agriculture,” “contribution to the local economy,” and “contribution to solving farmland problem” as latent awareness structures with separate dimensions. Second, the results of the factor elucidation analysis of the consciousness of contribution to regional agriculture revealed that corporations in the growth stage of management had a high consciousness of contribution to economic revitalization and farmland problems, whereas those in the mature and decline stages had a low consciousness, suggesting that the perception of the management stage influences the consciousness of contribution. Finally, regarding self–evaluation, agricultural corporations that perceive “trust from clients and the community and the corporate brand,” “ICT utilization and information management,” and “management philosophy and management vision” as “strengths” have a higher awareness of contribution to agricultural and economic revitalization.