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Cybersecurity industry map

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

FY2025 · 45 companies · ¥913.7B

Industry map

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

Industry size (revenue)
¥913.7B

YoY +7.3%

Companies
45
Avg. salary(parent only)
¥6.9M

Avg. age 39.5

Industry weather
Sunny

Operating income +19.7%

Trend Micro[4704]

Japan + 3 more

#1
Revenue
¥276B▲1.2%
Operating income
¥57B▲18.0%

Margin 20.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥276B · Net income ¥34.5B

Avg. salary ¥9.9M · 40.3(parent only)

Macnica Holdings[3132]

Cybersecurity and Other IT Solutions Business

#2
Revenue
¥174.2B▲13.1%
Operating income
¥17.2B▲29.2%

Margin 9.9%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.21T · Net income ¥27.8B

Avg. salary ¥16.3M · 50.3(parent only)

Secom[9735]

BPO & ICT

#3
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)

Techmatrix[3762]

Information infrastructure

#4
Revenue
¥51.6B▲13.2%
Operating income
¥6.58B▲24.9%

Margin 12.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥71.7B · Net income ¥5.18B

Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 38.0(parent only)

GMO internet group[9449]

Internet securities

#5
Revenue
¥21.4B
Operating income
¥1.35B

Margin 6.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥285.3B · Net income ¥16.7B

Avg. salary ¥8.4M · 39.0(parent only)

GMO GlobalSign Holdings[3788]

Digital Certificate and eSignature

#12▼
Revenue
¥12.8B▲7.6%
Operating income
¥1.34B▲16.7%

Margin 10.5%

Whole company: Revenue ¥20.7B · Net income ¥1.01B

Avg. salary ¥6.2M · 40.8(parent only)

  • GMO internet group owns 52.0%

Soliton Systems[3040]

ITsecurity BU

#6▼
Revenue
¥18.5B▲5.9%
Operating income
¥3.72B▲17.3%

Margin 20.1%

Whole company: Revenue ¥19.8B · Net income ¥2.3B

Avg. salary ¥6.8M · 43.0(parent only)

No.1[3562]

#7▲
Revenue
¥17.5B▲23.4%
Operating income
¥1.33B▲28.1%

Margin 7.6%

Avg. salary ¥5.5M · 35.1(parent only)

Ascentech[3565]

#8▼
Revenue
¥17.3B▲18.3%
Operating income
¥2.84B▲227.3%

Margin 16.5%

Avg. salary ¥6.3M · 39.6(parent only)

Softcreate Holdings[3371]

It solution business

#9
Revenue
¥16.3B▲13.7%
Operating income
¥3.23B▲7.8%

Margin 19.8%

Whole company: Revenue ¥34.4B · Net income ¥4.17B

Avg. salary ¥6.9M · 35.6(parent only)

Digital Hearts Holdings[3676]

AGEST Group

#10▼
Revenue
¥15.9B▼1.2%
Operating income
¥380.6M▼22.1%

Margin 2.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥38.9B · Net income ¥1.18B

Avg. salary ¥8M · 46.3(parent only)

Intelligent Wave[4847]

#11▼
Revenue
¥15.6B▲7.4%
Operating income
¥1.85B▼9.0%

Margin 11.9%

Avg. salary ¥7.2M · 39.2(parent only)

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

Other companies: Computer Engineering & Consulting · Global Security Experts · Hennge · Digital Arts · Terilogy Holdings · Cybertrust Japan · Focus Systems · Toyo · Broadmedia · BroadBand Security · Amiya · Cyber Security Cloud · Fronteo · FFRI Security · i3 Systems · Asgent · Grcs · Fuva Brain · CyberSolutions · Tobila Systems · Eltes · Heroz · S&J · Caulis · VLC Security · Suncorporation · Accrete · SecuAvail · ZenmuTech · D.I.System · Nippon Techno LAB · Valtes Holdings · Cyberlinks

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)

  • Macnica Holdings is the largest. Its cybersecurity and IT solutions business brought in ¥174.2B, 21% of the listed-company total.
  • Trend Micro follows, led by its Japan segment at ¥87.8B, with its other regions close behind.
  • Digital Arts runs a 44.2% operating margin and CyberSolutions 42.5%, while Macnica sits at 9.9% and Techmatrix at 12.7%.
  • FFRI Security grew 54.1%; Trend Micro's Americas segment went the other way, down 6.2%.
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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*
1Trend MicroJapan + 3 more¥276B30.2%20.6%+9.7%¥41.8B
2Macnica HoldingsCybersecurity and Other IT Solutions Business¥174.2B19.1%9.9%—¥15.8B
3SecomBPO & ICT¥129.9B14.2%6.9%+2.9%¥113B
4TechmatrixInformation infrastructure¥51.6B5.6%12.8%+20.2%¥11.9B
5newGMO internet groupInternet securities¥21.4B2.3%6.3%—¥43.5B
6▼1Soliton SystemsITsecurity BU¥18.5B2.0%20.1%+3.2%¥3.38B
7▲3No.1¥17.5B1.9%7.6%+5.9%¥431.2M
8▼1Ascentech¥17.3B1.9%16.5%—¥6.52B
9Softcreate HoldingsIt solution business¥16.3B1.8%19.8%+14.0%¥3.68B
10▼4Digital Hearts HoldingsAGEST Group¥15.9B1.7%2.4%—¥2.44B
11▼3Intelligent Wave¥15.6B1.7%11.8%+8.7%¥2.59B
12▼1GMO GlobalSign HoldingsDigital Certificate and eSignature¥12.8B1.4%10.5%+14.4%¥1.25B
13Computer Engineering & ConsultingSolution Segment¥11.1B1.2%17.5%—¥5.01B
14Global Security Experts¥11B1.2%20.3%—¥1.09B
15▲1Hennge¥10.9B1.2%16.4%+22.5%¥2.66B
16▼4Digital Arts¥10.8B1.2%44.2%+4.6%¥7.12B
17▼2Terilogy Holdings¥10.6B1.2%5.2%+23.3%¥1.41B
18▲1Cybertrust Japan¥8.36B0.9%19.7%+9.9%¥603.1M
19▼2Focus SystemsInnovation¥8.14B0.9%13.8%+3.7%¥2.41B
20▼2ToyoInformation and Communications Technologies/Information Securities¥8.12B0.9%8.5%—¥1.32B
21BroadmediaTechnology Services¥6.24B0.7%14.5%+14.0%¥493.1M
22▼2BroadBand Security¥6.1B0.7%4.2%+8.9%¥15.3M
23AmiyaNetwork security business unit + 1 more¥5.94B0.6%34.2%—¥1.26B
24Cyber Security Cloud¥5.08B0.6%21.7%——
25▼3FronteoRisk management¥4.02B0.4%15.1%—-¥568.2M
26▲4FFRI SecurityCyber Security¥3.99B0.4%35.9%+28.0%¥1.29B
27i3 SystemsCLOMO business¥3.63B0.4%25.6%—¥772.5M
28▼2Asgent¥3.43B0.4%4.3%+2.0%¥86.4M
29▼4Grcs¥3.33B0.4%-2.0%—-¥77.2M
30▲3Fuva BrainIT Tool Business¥3.22B0.4%9.3%+32.5%¥214.8M
31▼3CyberSolutions¥3.13B0.3%39.4%+13.8%¥1.03B
32Tobila SystemsSecurity business + 1 more¥2.81B0.3%53.1%—¥1.62B
33▼2EltesDigital Risk¥2.73B0.3%36.3%+9.2%-¥243.6M
34▼5HerozAI Security business¥2.67B0.3%29.6%—-¥200.2M
35▼1S&J¥2.33B0.3%23.8%+22.1%¥527.6M
36Caulis¥1.4B0.2%29.1%+22.1%¥140.3M
37▼2VLC Security¥1.37B0.1%-28.4%-8.3%-¥430.2M
38▼1SuncorporationGlobal Data Intelligence Division¥1.29B0.1%10.9%—¥1.37B
39▲4Accretesolution¥1.2B0.1%-2.9%—-¥749.1M
40▼1SecuAvailInformation security business¥1.03B0.1%25.0%+5.7%¥35.7M
41▼1ZenmuTech¥851.9M0.1%16.9%+39.0%-¥73.6M
42▼1D.I.SystemEducation and Security solution business¥760M0.1%—+32.3%¥112.5M
43▲1Nippon Techno LABSecurity¥613.9M0.1%30.3%+11.6%¥37.5M
44▲1Valtes HoldingsEREMENT03¥290.5M0.0%13.3%—¥795.3M
45▲1CyberlinksTrust service business¥147M0.0%-41.5%+11.5%¥399M

* 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.

Compare the leaders side by side

All companies in Cybersecurity (by revenue)

All 47 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. Trend Micro¥276B · 20.6%
  2. Macnica Holdings¥174.2B · 9.9%
  3. Secom¥129.9B · 6.9%
  4. Techmatrix¥51.6B · 12.8%
  5. GMO internet group¥21.4B · 6.3%
  6. Soliton Systems¥18.5B · 20.1%
  7. No.1¥17.5B · 7.6%
  8. Ascentech¥17.3B · 16.5%
  9. Intelligent Wave¥17.2B · 12.0%
  10. Softcreate Holdings¥16.3B · 19.8%
  11. Digital Hearts Holdings¥15.9B · 2.4%
  12. GMO GlobalSign Holdings¥12.8B · 10.5%
  13. Computer Engineering & Consulting¥11.1B · 17.5%
  14. Global Security Experts¥11B · 20.3%
  15. Hennge¥10.9B · 16.4%
  16. Digital Arts¥10.8B · 44.2%
  17. Terilogy Holdings¥10.6B · 5.2%
  18. Cybertrust Japan¥8.36B · 19.7%
  19. Focus Systems¥8.14B · 13.8%
  20. Toyo¥8.12B · 8.5%
  21. BroadBand Security¥6.78B · 7.5%
  22. Broadmedia¥6.24B · 14.5%
  23. Amiya¥5.94B · 34.2%
  24. Cyber Security Cloud¥5.08B · 21.7%
  25. i3 Systems¥4.44B · 28.4%
  26. Fronteo¥4.02B · 15.1%
  27. FFRI Security¥3.99B · 35.9%
  28. CyberSolutions¥3.53B · 42.5%
  29. Asgent¥3.43B · 4.3%
  30. Grcs¥3.33B · -2.0%
  31. Fuva Brain¥3.22B · 9.3%
  32. Heroz¥2.84B · 32.7%
  33. Tobila Systems¥2.81B · 53.1%
  34. Eltes¥2.73B · 36.3%
  35. S&J¥2.33B · 23.8%
  36. Caulis¥1.4B · 29.1%
  37. VLC Security¥1.37B · -28.4%
  38. Suncorporation¥1.29B · 10.9%
  39. Accrete¥1.2B · -2.9%
  40. Showcase¥1.15B · 29.8%
  41. SecuAvail¥1.03B · 25.0%
  42. ZenmuTech¥851.9M · 16.9%
  43. D.I.System¥760M
  44. Nippon Techno LAB¥613.9M · 30.3%
  45. abc¥606.8M · 8.9%
  46. Valtes Holdings¥290.5M · 13.3%
  47. Cyberlinks¥147M · -41.5%

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