Like
Basic Information
- Stock Code
- 2462
- Industry
- Services
- Category Detail
- Recruitment & Staffing Services
- Prefecture
- Osaka Prefecture
- Establishment Year
- September 1993
- Listing Year
- December 2005
- Official Website
- https://www.like-gr.co.jp/
- TSE Information
- TSE Information
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- Yahoo! Finance
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Overview
Like Co., Ltd. is a leading services company headquartered in Osaka, established in 1993, offering comprehensive human resource services, childcare support, and nursing care services.
Current Situation
Like recorded net sales of approximately ¥60.5 billion and operating profit of approximately ¥3.3 billion for the fiscal year ending May 2024, establishing a stable revenue base. Its core comprehensive human resource services feature strengths in a wide range of dispatched operations, including mobile phone sales support, while nursing care-related services and childcare support businesses are also driving growth. Through group subsidiaries, it provides nursery operations and in-home nursing care services, leveraging synergies. It diversifies risks through multi-segment management with minimal industry overlap. As a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market-listed company, it has earned investor trust and is promoting digitalization and operational efficiency. It also focuses on environmental and social contribution activities, expanding support for child-rearing generations in local communities. Moving forward, it aims for business expansion and service quality improvement, targeting sustainable growth toward 2030.
Trivia
Interesting Facts
- One of Japan's largest staffing providers specialized in the mobile phone industry.
- Former name Jcom Holdings unrelated to cable TV business.
- Headquarters in Umeda Twin Towers North, Osaka, with bases in major cities.
- Rare comprehensive service structure covering both childcare support and caregiving.
- Boasts stable management among Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime staffing companies.
- Group company names included Jcom, but unrelated to J:COM.
- Actively promoting IT utilization in caregiving and childcare for efficiency gains.
- Strengthened security through subsidiary acquisition of Digital Defense.
- Track record of promotion from Tokyo Mothers to Prime Market.
- Provides wide range of childcare support services consistently within own group.
Hidden Connections
- Gained attention as a victim company in the Jcom misorder incident, but unrelated to the cable company.
- Shares personnel development between childcare support and caregiving domains to strengthen business collaboration.
- Successfully advanced DX in both caregiving and childcare services through collaboration with IT subsidiary.
- Grew from mobile sales dispatch origins into a diversified human resource services company.
- Pursued unique brand strategy by changing name to avoid confusion with J:COM.
- Active support activities in collaboration with local governments through community-based elderly care services.
- Subsidiary dispatch services extensively support in-store sales for major mobile carriers.
- Actively acquiring subsidiaries like Digital Defense to strengthen IT services.
Future Outlook
Growth Drivers
- Increasing caregiving demand in aging society
- Expanding childcare support needs and rising dual-income households
- Stable demand base in mobile phone sales support
- Efficiency gains from digitalization and DX promotion
- Market expansion through diverse staffing services
Strategic Goals
- Strengthen nationwide expansion of childcare support and caregiving services
- Service innovation using IT solutions
- Maintain Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime listing and enhance corporate value
- Promote ESG management emphasizing sustainability
- Maximize group synergies for revenue growth
Business Segments
Comprehensive Staffing Services
- Overview
- Staffing business responding to human resource needs in mobile sales and various industries.
- Competitiveness
- Established high trust through specialized know-how in mobile phone sales dispatch.
- Customers
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- Mobile phone retail stores
- Retail stores
- Logistics companies
- Manufacturers
- Offices
- Products
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- Sales staff dispatch
- Administrative staff dispatch
- Sales support staff
- Logistics operation support
- Outsourcing services
Nursing Care and Welfare Services
- Overview
- Supports provision of caregiving personnel for the elderly and nursing facility operations.
- Competitiveness
- Improves customer satisfaction through community-based caregiving services.
- Customers
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- Nursing homes
- Welfare facilities
- Medical institutions
- In-home care providers
- Products
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- Caregiving staff dispatch
- Visiting care services
- Nursing facility operation support
- Training and education services
Childcare Support Business
- Overview
- Provides personnel and education to enhance childcare workers and child-rearing support.
- Competitiveness
- Strengthened collaboration through diverse childcare support services within the group.
- Customers
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- Nursery operators
- Educational institutions
- Corporate welfare departments
- Products
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- Childcare worker dispatch
- Child-rearing support services
- Childcare-related education
Multimedia Business
- Overview
- Supports corporate IT transformation and digital marketing.
- Competitiveness
- Provision of IT solutions for diverse industries.
- Customers
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- IT companies
- Advertising agencies
- Small and medium enterprises
- Products
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- System development contracting
- IT consulting
- Advertising and marketing support
Competitive Advantage
Strengths
- Specialized dispatch know-how for mobile sales
- Diversified business portfolio
- Reliability from Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime listing
- Community-rooted childcare and nursing care services
- Enhanced group synergies
Competitive Advantages
- Strong transaction relationships with mobile carriers' stores
- Differentiation through integrated caregiving and childcare services
- Extensive human resource network across diverse customer bases
- Risk diversification through sustainable multi-business operations
- Operational efficiency improvements via digitalization
Threats
- Challenges in securing personnel due to labor shortages
- Changes in legal regulations and staffing industry
- Instability in human resource demand due to economic fluctuations
- Intense price competition with competitors
- Risks from fluctuations in societal caregiving needs
Innovations
2024: Digital Defense Subsidiary Acquisition
- Overview
- Made cyber security-related company a consolidated subsidiary to strengthen IT security.
- Impact
- Realizes safe DX promotion for the group
2022: Absorption Merger of Like Works
- Overview
- Conducted group reorganization by absorbing and merging IT-related subsidiary for efficiency.
- Impact
- Concentrates management resources for improved business efficiency
2020: Full Subsidiary Conversion
- Overview
- Strengthened integration of childcare support business by making LikeKids a wholly-owned subsidiary.
- Impact
- Improved management efficiency and customer service in childcare business
Sustainability
- Strengthening regional collaboration for child-rearing generation support
- Improving quality and safety management in caregiving services
- Business efficiency and reduced environmental impact through digitalization
- Promoting measures to improve employee work-life balance
- Building a symbiotic society through collaboration with local communities