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Business Process Outsourcing industry map

Who earns the money in Business Process Outsourcing, and who keeps it. When a company spans several industries, only the relevant segment is counted.

FY2025 · 82 companies · ¥3.64T

Industry map

Companies ordered by revenue, connected by ownership (major shareholders). Arrows point from the shareholder to the investee.

Industry size (revenue)
¥3.64T

YoY +3.2%

Companies
82
Avg. salary(parent only)
¥5.7M

Avg. age 41.0

Industry weather
Sunny

Operating income +5.7%

TOPPAN Holdings[7911]

Information and communication

#1
Revenue
¥903.9B▲1.0%
Operating income
¥45B▼1.1%

Margin 5.0%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.81T · Net income ¥64.8B

Avg. salary ¥8.7M · 42.8(parent only)

Dai Nippon Printing[7912]

Smart communication

#2
Revenue
¥748.7B▲4.9%
Operating income
¥40B▲15.4%

Margin 5.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.51T · Net income ¥104B

Avg. salary ¥8.6M · 44.8(parent only)

transcosmos[9715]

Stand-alone service + 2 more

#3
Revenue
¥393.9B▲4.8%
Operating income
¥16.7B▲13.9%

Margin 4.2%

Whole company: Revenue ¥393.9B · Net income ¥13.1B

Avg. salary ¥5M · 37.0(parent only)

Pasona Group[2168]

BPO Solution,Expert Solution

#4
Revenue
¥269.3B▼4.3%
Operating income
¥9.76B▼15.7%

Margin 3.6%

Whole company: Revenue ¥309.2B · Net income -¥8.66B

Avg. salary ¥6.3M · 34.9(parent only)

株式会社ベルシステム24ホールディングス[6183]

CRM Business

#5
Revenue
¥145.6B▲1.6%
Operating income
—

Whole company: Revenue ¥145.8B · Net income ¥8.18B

Avg. salary ¥7M · 46.0(parent only)

Persol Holdings[2181]

BPO

#6▲
Revenue
¥135.4B▲24.3%
Operating income
¥10.3B▲54.9%

Margin 7.6%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.56T · Net income ¥42.7B

Avg. salary ¥8.8M · 40.9(parent only)

Secom[9735]

BPO & ICT

#7▼
Revenue
¥129.9B▲1.1%
Operating income
¥8.99B▼1.9%

Margin 6.9%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.26T · Net income ¥112.7B

Avg. salary ¥6.7M · 44.5(parent only)

Relo Group[8876]

Outsourcing Business

#8
Revenue
¥80.8B▲8.8%
Operating income
¥22.9B▲3.4%

Margin 28.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥151.1B · Net income ¥20.7B

Avg. salary ¥6.2M · 40.1(parent only)

Prestige International[4290]

Japan + 2 more

#9
Revenue
¥70.9B▲11.3%
Operating income
¥10.2B▲6.7%

Margin 14.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥70.9B · Net income ¥5.92B

Oisix ra daichi[3182]

Social service + 1 more

#10
Revenue
¥54.9B▼13.7%
Operating income
¥2.87B▼8.9%

Margin 5.2%

Whole company: Revenue ¥251.4B · Net income ¥4.53B

Avg. salary ¥6.9M · 41.1(parent only)

Pole To Win Holdings[3657]

#11
Revenue
¥48.8B▼6.5%
Operating income
-¥238.5MTurned to loss

Margin -0.5%

Avg. salary ¥8.4M · 48.7(parent only)

Tisi[3626]

Business Process Management

#12
Revenue
¥42.8B▲5.6%
Operating income
¥6.4B▲20.1%

Margin 14.9%

Whole company: Revenue ¥596.5B · Net income ¥46.6B

Avg. salary ¥8.3M · 40.0(parent only)

※ Card revenue and operating income cover only the segment in this industry; “Whole company” shows consolidated revenue and net income.

Other companies: Maruzen CHI Holdings · Bewith · Careerlink · Kyodo Printing · Shin Maint Holdings · Nakabayashi · HITO-Communications Holdings · DMS · Direct Marketing MiX · Systena · Crestec · Inest · Belluna · SENKO Group Holdings · S-Pool · KOSAIDO Holdings · E-Guardian · GIG Works · Ricoh Leasing Company · Business Brain Showaota · Nalnet Communications · Itfor · HONYAKU Center · CSS Holdings · Takara & Company · AKIBA Holdings · Wowow · Kycom Holdings · Rococo · F&M · Fullcast Holdings · ブリッジインターナショナルグループ株式会社 · Caster · Imura & · Systems Design · Sunnexta Group · creo · E-Supportlink · Senshukai · Dear Life …+30

The weather is derived mechanically from year-over-year totals of revenue and operating income (both up = sunny, both down = rainy).

Industry takeaways

AI summary (figures come from filings)

  • TOPPAN Holdings' information and communication segment leads with ¥903.9B in revenue, 26% of the listed total, and Dai Nippon Printing's smart communication segment follows with ¥748.7B.
  • Neither makes much on it: TOPPAN's operating margin is 5.0% and Dai Nippon Printing's is 5.3%, while Relo Group's outsourcing business reports 28.4%.
  • PERSOL Holdings' BPO segment grew revenue by +24.3%. Oisix ra daichi went the other way, at -13.7%.
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Who earns the money

Area = revenue from businesses in this industry. Color = operating margin.

LossHigh margin(middle = 0% margin)

Who makes a profit

Across = revenue (log scale), up = operating margin, bubble size = operating income.

Ranking and momentum

RankCompany (business)RevenueShareOp. marginCAGRFCF*
1TOPPAN HoldingsInformation and communication¥903.9B24.9%5.0%+0.4%-¥61.8B
2Dai Nippon PrintingSmart communication¥748.7B20.6%5.3%—-¥32.6B
3transcosmosStand-alone service + 2 more¥393.9B10.8%4.2%+2.7%¥16.3B
4Pasona GroupBPO Solution,Expert Solution¥269.3B7.4%3.6%—-¥14B
5株式会社ベルシステム24ホールディングスCRM Business¥145.6B4.0%—+0.0%¥15.5B
6▲1Persol HoldingsBPO¥135.4B3.7%7.6%—¥60.5B
7▼1SecomBPO & ICT¥129.9B3.6%6.9%+2.9%¥113B
8Relo GroupOutsourcing Business¥80.8B2.2%28.3%—¥15.5B
9Prestige InternationalJapan + 2 more¥70.9B1.9%14.4%+11.0%¥4.11B
10Oisix ra daichiSocial service + 1 more¥54.9B1.5%5.2%—¥7.41B
11Pole To Win Holdings¥48.8B1.3%-0.5%+9.3%-¥430.1M
12TisiBusiness Process Management¥42.8B1.2%14.9%+1.3%¥53.4B
13▲1Maruzen CHI HoldingsLibrary Supplies and Support Business¥39.3B1.1%7.7%+5.5%¥1.36B
14▼1Bewith¥36.4B1.0%2.9%+6.0%¥673M
15CareerlinkClerical human resources services¥35.5B1.0%9.9%-1.1%¥2.35B
16▲1Kyodo PrintingInformation and security Branch¥30.5B0.8%3.7%+4.9%¥1.66B
17▲2Shin Maint Holdings¥29.9B0.8%6.2%+16.2%¥1.65B
18▼2NakabayashiBusiness process solution¥29.6B0.8%3.8%-2.5%¥2.63B
19▲1HITO-Communications HoldingsOutsourcing¥25.8B0.7%2.5%-1.0%¥1.02B
20▲1DMSDirect mail¥24.8B0.7%7.4%—¥1.53B
21▲1Direct Marketing MiXMarketing business + 1 more¥22.7B0.6%14.9%-7.0%¥2.42B
22▲1SystenaITandDX Services Business¥21.9B0.6%14.4%—¥12.8B
23▲1CrestecSoutheast asia/South asia + 3 more¥18.8B0.5%7.0%+2.2%¥1.51B
24▲1Inest¥18.2B0.5%1.4%+31.8%-¥588M
25▲1BellunaDatabase utilization business¥17.9B0.5%25.2%+4.2%-¥15B
26▲1SENKO Group HoldingsBusiness Support¥17.6B0.5%15.5%+23.2%¥15B
27▲1S-PoolBusiness solution segment¥16.5B0.5%21.7%—¥3.69B
28▲1KOSAIDO HoldingsInformation¥15B0.4%4.4%-5.9%¥17.5B
29▲1E-Guardian¥11.3B0.3%13.3%+3.3%¥964.2M
30▲1GIG WorksOnDemand Economy¥10.3B0.3%6.6%-8.1%-¥26.2M
31▲2Ricoh Leasing CompanyService business¥10.3B0.3%10.7%+11.9%—
32▲3Business Brain ShowaotaBPO Services, Reportable segment¥10B0.3%9.1%+6.1%¥4.08B
33▲3Nalnet Communications¥9.93B0.3%8.2%+12.2%¥755.1M
34ItforRecurring¥9.43B0.3%20.2%+7.1%¥2.34B
35▼3HONYAKU CenterTranslation Business + 1 more¥9.42B0.3%7.0%+2.6%¥565.4M
36▲1CSS HoldingsSteward¥9.35B0.3%5.9%+29.2%¥646.3M
37▲1Takara & CompanyInterpretation and translation business¥7.92B0.2%4.9%+8.0%¥3.41B
38▲1AKIBA HoldingsTelecom Construction Tech¥7.79B0.2%5.1%—-¥91.9M
39▲1WowowTelemarketing¥7.02B0.2%1.3%—¥1.54B
40▲1Kycom HoldingsInformation technology business¥6.52B0.2%6.3%+7.4%¥243.9M
41▲1RococoITO and BPO business¥6.17B0.2%5.5%+9.2%¥616.5M
42▲1F&MAccounting service income¥5.5B0.2%34.0%+10.7%¥1.56B
43▲12Fullcast HoldingsSales support business¥5.05B0.1%4.9%+9.4%¥623M
44ブリッジインターナショナルグループ株式会社Inside sales outsourcing¥4.63B0.1%12.2%—¥385.8M
45Caster¥4.59B0.1%-8.3%—-¥381.9M
46▲4Imura &Mailing and Digital Solutions¥4.55B0.1%6.2%—-¥2.45B
47Systems DesignOutsourcing¥4.38B0.1%3.2%+2.2%¥718.4M
48Sunnexta GroupCorporate house management services¥4.37B0.1%27.1%+1.3%-¥144.6M
49▼3creoSupport Service Business¥4.28B0.1%6.4%-1.1%¥944M
50▲2E-SupportlinkOperations support business consignment¥4.02B0.1%32.6%+1.1%-¥378.6M

Showing the top 50. See all 82 in the list below

* FCF is company-wide (not disclosed by segment). CAGR covers the available years, up to five.

How they make money differently

Where each company's ¥100 of sales goes, and how much it keeps (company-wide).

Ownership links

From the major-shareholder section of annual securities reports.

The company on each card is a major shareholder of the companies listed under it (latest 'major shareholders' disclosure). 50%+ is labelled subsidiary and 20%+ affiliate, based on ownership alone. Stakes under 3% are omitted. Showing up to 24 shareholder cards.

Compare the leaders side by side

All companies in Business Process Outsourcing (by revenue)

All 83 companies in this industry, ranked by revenue in each company's latest fiscal year. For companies that belong through one business segment, the figure is that segment's revenue.

  1. TOPPAN Holdings¥903.9B · 5.0%
  2. Dai Nippon Printing¥748.7B · 5.3%
  3. transcosmos¥393.9B · 4.2%
  4. Pasona Group¥266.2B · 3.8%
  5. 株式会社ベルシステム24ホールディングス¥145.6B
  6. Persol Holdings¥135.4B · 7.6%
  7. Secom¥129.9B · 6.9%
  8. Relo Group¥80.8B · 28.3%
  9. Prestige International¥70.9B · 14.4%
  10. Oisix ra daichi¥54.9B · 5.2%
  11. Pole To Win Holdings¥48.8B · -0.5%
  12. Tisi¥42.8B · 14.9%
  13. Maruzen CHI Holdings¥39.3B · 7.7%
  14. Bewith¥36.3B · 3.2%
  15. Careerlink¥35.5B · 9.9%
  16. Kyodo Printing¥30.5B · 3.7%
  17. Shin Maint Holdings¥29.9B · 6.2%
  18. Scroll¥29.9B · 3.0%
  19. Nakabayashi¥29.6B · 3.8%
  20. HITO-Communications Holdings¥25.8B · 2.5%
  21. DMS¥24.8B · 7.4%
  22. Direct Marketing MiX¥22.7B · 14.9%
  23. Systena¥21.9B · 14.4%
  24. Crestec¥18.3B · 7.3%
  25. Inest¥18.2B · 1.4%
  26. Belluna¥17.9B · 25.2%
  27. SENKO Group Holdings¥17.6B · 15.5%
  28. S-Pool¥16.5B · 21.7%
  29. KOSAIDO Holdings¥15B · 4.4%
  30. E-Guardian¥11.3B · 13.3%
  31. GIG Works¥10.3B · 6.6%
  32. Ricoh Leasing Company¥10.3B · 10.7%
  33. Business Brain Showaota¥10B · 9.1%
  34. Nalnet Communications¥9.93B · 8.2%
  35. Itfor¥9.43B · 20.2%
  36. HONYAKU Center¥9.42B · 7.0%
  37. CSS Holdings¥9.35B · 5.9%
  38. Takara & Company¥8.3B · 5.6%
  39. AKIBA Holdings¥7.79B · 5.1%
  40. Wowow¥7.02B · 1.3%
  41. Kycom Holdings¥6.52B · 6.3%
  42. Rococo¥6.17B · 5.5%
  43. F&M¥5.5B · 34.0%
  44. Fullcast Holdings¥5.05B · 4.9%
  45. Sunnexta Group¥4.63B · 26.2%
  46. ブリッジインターナショナルグループ株式会社¥4.63B · 12.2%
  47. Caster¥4.59B · -8.3%
  48. Imura &¥4.55B · 6.2%
  49. Systems Design¥4.38B · 3.2%
  50. creo¥4.28B · 6.4%
  51. E-Supportlink¥4.02B · 32.6%
  52. Senshukai¥4.01B · 6.3%
  53. Dear Life¥3.94B · 2.0%
  54. Emergency Assistance Japan¥3.71B · 17.0%
  55. adish¥3.7B · 0.1%
  56. CDS¥3.49B · 24.2%
  57. Correc Holdings¥3.13B · 7.7%
  58. Uluru.¥2.85B · 11.8%
  59. virtualex holdings¥2.85B · 18.2%
  60. MITRA Group¥2.77B · 27.1%
  61. Ecomic¥2.35B · 7.4%
  62. Inbound Tech¥2.13B · 14.0%
  63. Repriority¥1.95B · 16.0%
  64. Epco¥1.93B · 15.1%
  65. Value HR¥1.81B · 17.7%
  66. EduLab¥1.52B · 24.8%
  67. Palma¥1.46B · 33.0%
  68. Ifis Japan¥1.41B · 7.1%
  69. Acmos¥1.38B · 3.3%
  70. Kawase Computter Supplies¥1.23B · 15.5%
  71. Resol Holdings¥1.05B · 12.3%
  72. Kyoritsu¥927.8M · 9.2%
  73. Riskmonster.com¥815M · 1.2%
  74. Future Link Network¥778.1M · 28.5%
  75. MetaReal¥708.7M · 17.6%
  76. Crops¥665M · -0.1%
  77. SD Entertainment¥653.8M · 18.4%
  78. Pharmarise Holdings¥647M · 15.5%
  79. Recomm¥573.9M · 2.0%
  80. Tosnetcorporation¥354.2M · 2.1%
  81. Image Information¥117.5M · 10.6%
  82. Acom¥102M · 303.9%
  83. Showa System Engineering¥79.6M · 14.3%

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