Click any row to open the company card. Sales, profit and price are what the seller listed, not official records; the asking price is not a sale price.
| Company | Location | Industry | Staff | Annual sales | Ordinary profit ≈ pre-tax profit | Asking price | Status |
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In one line
Most are small, still-profitable companies with no one to take over. Few staff, modest prices, and many listings no one keeps up to date. People who read the data and actually reach out have an edge.
Five key points
Narrowing down who to contact first
Financials exist only in Japan Finance Corporation listings, so the last two steps count only those.
Cheap is not always a bargain
Some listings are priced very low because the seller mainly wants someone to keep the business alive locally, and attaches conditions such as relevant experience or moving to the area. These are tagged "Comes with conditions" and can be filtered.
Which listings close most often
Share of relay listings marked closed, by industry. Closed includes both found a successor and withdrawn, so it is not the same as a completed deal.
| Industry | Listings | Closed | Open | Closed share |
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Analysis coming later
- How long listings stay up and which find a successor fastest (recorded daily; results in about 1–2 months)
- Which prefectures and industries are least represented (needs local company totals)
- Companies not yet listed that look like likely sellers
Asking prices by industry
Calculated from all Japan Finance Corporation listings, including anonymous ones. These are seller asking prices, not sale prices, which can differ a lot. "Price ÷ sales" uses the midpoint of the sales range and is only for comparison.
| Industry | Listings | Of which companies | Profitable share | Priced | Median asking price | Price ÷ sales | 50+ years old |
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Hotels and real estate show the highest multiples because land and buildings are included; wholesale is lowest. Medical and hair/beauty are most often profitable. Each company in the list is also tagged below, in line with, or above its peers.
By prefecture
"All listings" = every Japan Finance Corporation listing in the prefecture, including anonymous ones; "This list" = named, verified companies. Click a prefecture to see its companies.
| Prefecture | All listings | Of which companies | Of which profitable | This list |
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Where the data comes from
- Japan Finance Corporation (100% government-owned): public successor-wanted listings. Only companies that agreed to show their name.
- Okinawa Development Finance Corporation (government-affiliated lender): succession matching listings.
- relay: business succession platform working with local governments; public listings.
- Nihon Keigyo Bank: succession platform working with municipalities.
How we check the companies are real
We match each listing's company name and address against the National Tax Agency's public corporate number data (about 11 million entities), then check gBizINFO (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) for dissolution.
ConfirmedFull legal name and municipality both match; exactly one company.
Unique in prefectureFull name matches and is unique in the prefecture, but the registered city differs from the listing.
Probable matchListing gives only a shop name; a form like "Yugen Kaisha + name" matches exactly one company in that city.
Shop-name-only listings without a same-city match are excluded, as are anonymous listings; we do not guess.
ConfirmedFull legal name and municipality both match; exactly one company.
Unique in prefectureFull name matches and is unique in the prefecture, but the registered city differs from the listing.
Probable matchListing gives only a shop name; a form like "Yugen Kaisha + name" matches exactly one company in that city.
Shop-name-only listings without a same-city match are excluded, as are anonymous listings; we do not guess.
Things to keep in mind
- Sales, profit, net assets and asking price are ranges entered by the seller, not official data. "Ordinary profit" (keijo rieki) is a Japanese accounting term roughly equal to pre-tax profit.
- The asking price is the seller's figure. Whether it covers existing debt, and whether it is a share sale or an asset sale, must be confirmed with the seller.
- Buyer fees: Japan Finance Corporation matching is free; relay charges the buyer 8% of the deal value on closing (minimum ¥350,000, excl. tax); see each platform for others.
- This page only compiles public Japanese data. It is not affiliated with any government agency or platform and does not guarantee any listing.
- "Closed" includes both found a successor and withdrawn.
- To contact a seller, open the original listing from the company card and apply through that platform.
- Private Japanese M&A platforms carry many more anonymous listings that are not included here.