Internet Infinity
Basic Information
- Stock Code
- 6545
- Industry
- Services
- Category Detail
- Lifestyle Services
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Establishment Year
- May 2001
- Listing Year
- March 2017
- Official Website
- https://iif.jp/
- TSE Information
- TSE Information
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Overview
Internet Infinity is a growing company founded in 2001 that specializes in care prevention services for the elderly, centering on its rehabilitation day service franchise business while operating a wide range of care-related services and information platforms.
Current Situation
Internet Infinity, with 364 employees in the fiscal year ending March 2024, is expanding care-related businesses centered on the rehabilitation day service 'Record Book' franchise. Although sales figures are not publicly disclosed, it holds strengths in the elderly care prevention sector within the industry and is expanding its service network nationwide, primarily from Tokyo. In 2022, it acquired a subsidiary for welfare equipment sales and a housing renovation company to diversify its business. In private care insurance and elderly food sectors, it has formed capital and business alliances with Daido Life Insurance and Kewpie, developing services to meet diverse customer needs. Moving forward, against the backdrop of increasing needs in an aging society, it aims to establish competitive advantages by enhancing care manager information sites and work-life balance support services, pursuing growth in the Growth Market. On the ESG front, it focuses on improving care welfare and regional contribution activities, aiming to deepen community-based services.
Trivia
Interesting Facts
- Rapid growth through franchising of rehabilitation day service business.
- Care manager dedicated portal site enjoys high support within the industry.
- Strengthened collaboration in care and food sectors through capital and business alliances with Daido Life Insurance and Kewpie.
- Actively entered welfare equipment sales and housing renovation businesses since 2022.
- In 2024, spun off Record Book business to advance specialization.
- Entered care sector soon after founding and built expertise early on.
- Head office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, settled in current location after multiple relocations.
- Owns numerous care service-related subsidiaries, advancing multifaceted service deployment.
- Information platform business connecting care managers and providers is a mainstay.
- Achieves improved customer satisfaction through linkage of care prevention and welfare equipment sales.
- Independently developed and launched work-caregiving balance support service.
- Post-IPO, actively expanding business using fundraising from Growth Market.
- Business model focused on niche and specialized areas in welfare sector.
- Gained social recognition with business centered on improving elderly QOL.
- Relocated head office from Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo to Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku in 2023.
Hidden Connections
- Care Management Online plays a cross-industry important role as an information network in the care sector.
- Alliance with Daido Life Insurance enables services linked with care insurance products.
- Collaboration with Kewpie allows approach to elderly market also from food sector.
- Realizes comprehensive service provision by owning multiple care-related subsidiaries and group companies.
- Strengthening collaboration with medical and care industries centered on paid nursing home referrals.
- By making Full Care a subsidiary for welfare equipment rental and sales, controls care product distribution in-house.
- Acquisition of Shoko Giken for housing renovation has strengthened setup for care environment housing modifications.
- Positioned as one of the growth stocks in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market as a listed company.
Future Outlook
Growth Drivers
- Rapid aging in Japan and increasing care demand
- Expansion of care prevention service market and continued government support
- Care efficiency improvement and information platform enhancement via IT technology
- Diversification of products and services through capital and business alliances
- Expansion of visiting care services accompanying increase in in-home care needs
- Growth in elderly food market and rising health consciousness
- Increasing demand for housing renovations and barrier-free modifications
- Growing importance of care staff support services amid labor shortages
- Expansion of work-caregiving balance support service market
- Strengthening social demand for patient/user-centered care services
Strategic Goals
- Aim to multiply the number of care franchise stores nationwide
- Achieve top domestic share in online care management platforms
- Revenue expansion through development of elderly foods and related products
- Establishment of sustainable community-based care models
- Strengthening linkage of welfare equipment and housing renovation services
- Continuous improvement in talent development inside and outside the company and workplace environments
- Promotion of DX in care services and efficiency gains
- Flexible service deployment responding to diverse customer needs
- Demonstrating leadership in environment, society, and governance
- Gradual entry into overseas markets and business model deployment
Business Segments
Services for Care Facilities
- Overview
- Provides comprehensive operational support and information to care facilities and related organizations.
- Competitiveness
- High-value services combining care expertise and IT
- Customers
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- Care facility operators
- Welfare facilities
- Medical institutions
- Local governments
- Products
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- Rehabilitation day service operation support
- Specialized information site provision
- Care staff referrals
- Welfare equipment supply
Elderly Food Development Business
- Overview
- Plans, develops, and provides elderly foods in collaboration with Kewpie.
- Competitiveness
- Differentiated product lineup through collaboration with food technology
- Customers
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- Food manufacturers
- Distributors
- Elderly facilities
- Products
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- Joint development of care foods
- Nutritional supplements
- Health maintenance foods
Private Care Insurance Sector
- Overview
- Promotes dissemination of care insurance products through capital and business alliance with Daido Life Insurance.
- Competitiveness
- Support for integration of insurance and care services
- Customers
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- Life insurance companies
- Insurance agencies
- Care providers
- Products
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- Sales support for care insurance products
- Care service provision support
Information Site Operation Business
- Overview
- Operates an online information platform specialized for care professionals.
- Competitiveness
- Convenience and reliability specialized in care expertise
- Customers
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- Care managers
- Care providers
- General users
- Products
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- Care Management Online
- Care information services
Housing Modification and Renovation Business
- Overview
- Provides housing renovation services to support elderly living.
- Competitiveness
- Enhanced collaboration with welfare equipment sales
- Customers
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- Elderly households
- Care welfare facilities
- Local governments
- Products
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- Barrier-free renovation
- Safety modification work
Competitive Advantage
Strengths
- Business focused on elderly care prevention
- Nationwide expansion of rehabilitation day service franchises
- Industry network through care specialized information site operation
- Business diversification and stable partnerships via capital and business alliances
- One-stop service for welfare equipment sales and housing modifications
- Exclusive information platform for care managers
- Stable customer base through region-specific sales expansion
- Differentiated product lineup through joint development of elderly foods
- Business expansion through subsidiaries and group companies
- Growth orientation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market
Competitive Advantages
- Expertise and track record in rehabilitation day services
- Market-dominant position in care manager portals
- Customer convenience through linkage of diverse care-related businesses
- Strong social needs backed by growth in healthcare and care markets
- Credibility and resource utilization through alliances with major companies
- Comprehensive services covering in-home care, welfare equipment, and housing renovations
- Quick market introduction of services compliant with care insurance system
- Region-optimized service operation structure
- Uniqueness through synergy of care prevention and work-life balance services
- High customer retention via specialized information sites
Threats
- Changes in business environment due to revisions in care insurance system and other laws
- Challenges in securing care staff amid labor shortages
- Intensifying competition in the elderly market
- Price competition pressure from increasing new entrants
- Changes in care demand due to economic fluctuations
- Business impacts and increased response costs during infectious disease outbreaks
- Supply-demand gaps arising from regional differences
- Revenue pressure risks from care reimbursement revisions
- Decline in competitiveness due to delays in digitalization
- Risks of failing to meet diversifying elderly needs
Innovations
2024: Launch of Independent Operation of Record Book Business via Company Split
- Overview
- Spun off rehabilitation day service business into Record Book Co., Ltd. to enhance specialization.
- Impact
- Improved business efficiency and clearer brand value
2023: Full Subsidiary of Welfare Equipment Sales Subsidiary Full Care
- Overview
- Acquired shares in welfare equipment rental and sales business to make it a subsidiary, realizing service expansion.
- Impact
- Expanded service areas and increased synergy effects
2022: Full Subsidiary of Housing Renovation Company Shoko Giken
- Overview
- Further strengthened elderly barrier-free renovation response, aiming to expand housing modification services.
- Impact
- Improved customer satisfaction through one-stop service provision
2021: Enhanced Functions of Care Manager Dedicated Portal Site
- Overview
- Introduced IT tools to promote information gathering and business efficiency for care support professionals.
- Impact
- Expanded customer base and improved retention rate
2020: Launch of Work-Caregiving Balance Support Service
- Overview
- Started providing an online platform to support balance between workplace and caregiving.
- Impact
- Opened new markets and increased social recognition
Sustainability
- Strengthening care prevention services centered on elderly independence support
- Regular hosting of welfare events for local communities
- Promotion of environmentally considerate housing renovations
- Efforts to improve workplace environments for care workers
- Service deployment tailored to diverse customer needs
- Promotion of digitalization and information sharing in care sector
- Deployment of work-life balance support services through work style reforms
- Building elderly support systems for disasters
- Health management for employees and workplace environment improvements
- Advancement of comprehensive welfare services through regional collaboration