BizReach

What BizReach does

BizReach is a Japanese HR technology company founded in April 2009 and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Visional Inc. The company operates a dual-sided business combining a direct recruitment marketplace for mid-to-senior-level professional talent (the core BizReach platform, members-only since 2009) with a comprehensive cloud HR SaaS suite (HRMOS series) spanning applicant tracking, talent management, attendance tracking, expense management, payroll, learning, and — most recently — internal talent mobility. As of February 2026, the HRMOS series had accumulated over 120,000 client companies, sonar ATS by HRMOS (acquired via Thinkings in October 2025) served over 2,400 organizations, and the BizReach recruitment platform had over 9,700 registered headhunters and 14,000+ companies using BizReach AI features.

The technology backbone is BizReach AI, a proprietary generative AI system trained on approximately 17 years and over 3.29 million Japanese recruitment market data records. This AI powers multiple production features including resume auto-creation, job posting auto-creation, scout message personalization, resume proofreading, internal candidate search, and the standalone Onboard AI service launched April 2026. BizReach holds the No. 1 generative AI patent portfolio in Japan per Chizai Zukan (July 2025), with granted patents including Patent No. 7792042 (Resume Proofreading AI) and Patent No. 7822511 (HRMOS Learning Skill-tag Matching). The company also operates BizReach Campus, a university OB/OG visit network with 118 partner universities, 409,000+ students, and 118,000+ alumni.

Revenue is generated primarily through subscription-based SaaS pricing across the HRMOS product family (HRMOS勤怠 from 100 yen/employee/month; HRMOS労務 from 48,000 yen/month including HRMOS採用) and membership-based fees on the BizReach recruitment marketplace. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales (Panasonic Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Okasan Securities), inside sales for mid-market, self-serve for SMB, and event-driven demand generation including BizReach Conference (5,000 attendees in 2026) and HR SUCCESS SUMMIT. The company is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, with branch offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Shizuoka, and Hiroshima, and operates as a key subsidiary within the Visional Group portfolio.

Name

BizReach

Legal name

株式会社ビズリーチ

Website

https://bizreach.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

BizReach is a Japanese HR technology company operating a direct recruitment marketplace for mid-to-senior professionals and the HRMOS cloud HR SaaS suite (ATS, talent management, payroll, learning), serving over 120,000 client companies with proprietary generative AI trained on 17 years of Japanese recruitment data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Resources Technology (HR Tech) / Recruitment Software

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Augmented Analytics & AI-Assisted BI (NLQ/NLG, Insights) (HDAEAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dashboarding & KPI/Performance Management (HDAEAMAF)

Keywords

• HR tech platform
• Recruitment marketplace
• Talent management software
• HR SaaS solutions
• Direct recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. BizReach Recruitment Marketplace (Subscription/Fee-based): BizReach operates as a recruitment marketplace connecting companies with job seekers and headhunters. The platform charges companies for access to candidate databases and direct scouting capabilities. The platform is described as a 'members-only' service for mid-to-senior-level talent.
2. HRMOS Series SaaS Subscriptions: HRMOS series products (HRMOS Talent Management, HRMOS ATS, HRMOS勤怠, HRMOS経費, HRMOS Payroll) operate as cloud-based SaaS subscriptions. The series has accumulated over 120,000 client companies (as of February 2026). Pricing for HRMOS勤怠 starts from 100 yen per employee per month. HRMOS労務 is priced from 48,000 yen per month.
3. sonar ATS by HRMOS: Recruitment management system (ATS) serving large enterprises and public institutions, with over 2,400 companies using the service (as of December 2025).
4. BizReach Campus (OB/OG Network): Online OB/OG visit network service for university students, connecting students with alumni for career guidance. Revenue model not explicitly disclosed but operates as part of the broader BizReach platform ecosystem.
5. Onboard AI: AI-powered onboarding service that supports new hire productivity and management. Part of the HRMOS product ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BizReach operates a direct recruitment marketplace connecting mid-to-senior level professionals and headhunters with enterprises across Japan, supported by an integrated suite of cloud-based HR SaaS products (the HRMOS series) covering applicant tracking, talent management, attendance, expense, payroll, learning, internal mobility, and AI-powered onboarding. It also runs BizReach Campus, an OB/OG networking platform adopted by 118+ universities, and leverages BizReach AI, a proprietary generative AI trained on approximately 17 years of recruitment market data, to automate resume creation, job posting generation, scout message customization, resume proofreading, talent matching, and onboarding workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HRMOS（ハーモス）シリーズ: 人財活用プラットフォーム。採用管理、タレントマネジメント、勤怠、経費精算、労務・給与などの機能をella提供。
• ビズリーチ・キャンパス
• Onboard AI
• sonar ATS by HRMOS
• BizReach AI（ビズリーチAI）

Products and services

• BizReach (Direct Recruitment Marketplace) Direct recruitment marketplace connecting companies with mid-to-senior level professional talent and registered headhunters. Operates as a members-only subscription service where companies access a passive candidate database of 3.29 million resumes, send direct scouts, and leverage BizReach AI features including resume auto-creation, job posting auto-creation, scout message AI customization, and resume proofreading AI. Used by enterprises seeking to hire executive and experienced professional talent without traditional agency intermediation.
• 社内版ビズリーチ by HRMOS (Internal BizReach by HRMOS) Internal talent mobility platform for enterprises that uses BizReach AI to auto-generate internal resumes from employee data, auto-generate position descriptions, perform natural-language semantic search across employee skills, and enable department-initiated internal scouting. Designed to combat internal talent attrition by improving visibility of internal career opportunities. Customers include Panasonic Group (e Matching system), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Okasan Securities Group.
• HRMOS Talent Management (HRMOSタレントマネジメント) Cloud-based human capital utilization / talent management system for enterprises. Provides integrated employee data, skill management, evaluation records, and target management functions. Part of the HRMOS series serving 120,000+ cumulative client companies.
• HRMOS採用 (HRMOS ATS) Cloud-based applicant tracking system (ATS) for new graduate and mid-career recruitment, supporting both 新卒 (new graduate) and 中途 (mid-career) hiring. Part of the HRMOS series serving 120,000+ cumulative client companies. Targeted at HR departments across SMB to enterprise.
• HRMOS勤怠 (HRMOS Attendance) Cloud-based time and attendance management system. Pricing starts from 100 yen per employee per month (excluding tax). Includes Web pay slip function and year-end tax adjustment function as free options. Positioned for SMB and mid-market companies seeking affordable compliant attendance tracking.
• HRMOS経費 (HRMOS Expense) Cloud-based expense settlement system for employee expense reimbursement and management, part of the HRMOS series for SMB and mid-market HR operations.
• HRMOS労務給与 (HRMOS Payroll and Labor Management) Cloud-based payroll and labor management system. Priced from 48,000 yen per month (excluding tax) and inclusive of HRMOS採用, targeting small companies (30 or fewer employees) seeking an affordable integrated payroll and recruitment solution. Includes initial setup fees in addition to monthly subscription.
• sonar ATS by HRMOS Cloud-based recruitment management system (ATS) acquired via the Thinkings Corporation acquisition in October 2025, serving large enterprises and public institutions including new graduate recruitment for large enterprises and SMBs. Over 2,400 companies use sonar ATS (as of December 2025). First product integration with BizReach Campus launched February 2026.
• BizReach Campus (ビズリーチ・キャンパス) Online OB/OG visit network service connecting university students with alumni for career guidance. Adopted as the official OB/OG visit platform by 118+ Japanese universities including Chiba University, Keio University, Waseda University, Nagasaki Prefectural University, Meijo University, Kanagawa University, and Toyo University. Over 409,000 students and 118,000 OB/OG professionals registered (as of January 2026). Includes AI-powered profile auto-generation feature launched February 2026.
• Onboard AI AI-powered onboarding support service that uses the proprietary ACE (Ability/Culture/Expectation) framework to conduct role-play dialogues with AI avatars, generate quiz content, and provide daily/weekly/monthly report feedback for new hires. Designed to replace routine training tasks for managers and accelerate new member productivity. Onboarding Survey feature (comparing member vs. manager self-assessment) launched June 2026. Co-developed with Rikkyo University Associate Professor Tanaka Satoshi.
• HRMOS Learning (HRMOSラーニング) Learning management system that provides skill-gap analysis per internal position, AI-tagged course recommendations, centralized internal/external training tracking, and automatic resume skill-tag updates upon course completion to support learning-history-informed internal placement decisions. Includes GLOBIS 学び放題 and Udemy Business content partnerships.

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies using BizReach AI features: over 14,000 (as of January 2026)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor, flagship and standard.

• OIST (沖縄科学技術大学院大学)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 November 2025Partnership for accelerating startup creation, connecting OIST researchers with business professionals for deep tech commercialization support.
• NEC Corporation and Assured (株式会社アシュアード)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 October 2025Partner companies in the cyber security career education event for middle/high school students (March 2026), co-hosted by BizReach. NEC and Assured provided cyber security expertise and specialists for student workshops and interviews.
• Thinkings Corporation (Thinkings株式会社)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025BizReach completed full acquisition of Thinkings in October 2025, integrating sonar ATS by HRMOS into the product portfolio. First product integration launched February 2026, connecting BizReach Campus student activity data with sonar ATS recruitment management data for optimized campus recruiting.
• HR SUCCESS AWARD Partner Companies (HR SUCCESS SUMMIT)standardGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 July 2025Annual HR conference and award program featuring partner companies and client organizations. 2025 winners included Toyota Motor, Sharp, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, NTT Docomo.
• Sankei Shimbun, Money Forward, RaksulstandardGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 June 2025BizReach participated as a partner company in the Sankei Shimbun online seminar 'AI-Powered Accounting Transformation' (July 28, 2026), alongside Money Forward and Raksul, to introduce services streamlining accounting operations.
• Yamada Sutaining D&I Foundation (公益財団法人山田進太郎D&I財団)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2024Partnership to promote women's participation in STEM fields. Joint career events for parents of middle/high school girls, aiming to increase the 19% female STEM university enrollment rate toward the OECD average of 28%. BizReach provides career data and recruitment platform support for the initiative.
• Japan Foundation (公益財団法人日本財団)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2024Partnership to solve marine environment challenges by recruiting business professionals for ocean conservation projects. BizReach provides free job posting services on its platform for marine environment project managers, supporting Japan Foundation's Setouchi Oceans X initiative. Applications exceeded 700 for sustainability-related positions on the platform.
• Kansai University (関西大学)standardStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2023Partnership for university startup ecosystem support, connecting researchers with business professionals.
• Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 October 2023Partnership for deep tech startup creation, matching researchers with business professionals for technology commercialization.
• GLOBIS (ジャパンビジネス)27 July 2023
• Winter Industry Regeneration Organization (一般財団法人冬季産業再生機構)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2023Partnership for recruiting 'Winter Industry SDGs Producers' (part-time/secondary job) to support snow resource conservation and sustainable winter sports industry development. Target: Nagaoka ski resort area as a model case for approximately 400 ski resorts nationwide.
• Kobe University (神戸大学)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2023Partnership for university startup ecosystem support, connecting researchers with business professionals for deep tech commercialization. Business professionals can serve as part-time/secondary job EIRs for university-founded startups.
• Keio University (慶應義塾大学)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2022Partnership for the 'Keio EIR Model' (Visiting Entrepreneur Model) to support deep tech startups from Keio University. BizReach matches Keio researchers with business professionals who can lead commercialization. First cohort: 190 applicants, 2 EIRs selected (CFO-type and tech business development). Subsequent cohorts include research in 3D printing architecture, artificial kidney devices, and AI for dementia care.
• Fukutake Foundation (公益財団法人福武財団)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2022Joint research partnership to study how art appreciation contributes to business professional development and new business creation. Research period: November 2022 to October 2023. Fukutake Foundation provides dialogue-based art appreciation programs for business professionals, with BizReach providing access to its member base for research participation.
• JAXA (国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2022Partnership to expand talent in the space industry through career education events. JAXA and BizReach co-host career seminars for university students on space business careers, leveraging the BizReach Campus platform. The partnership aims to address space industry talent shortages by attracting non-space-major students to space industry careers.
• 118 Japanese Universities (BizReach Campus Partner Universities)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 October 2016118 universities across Japan have adopted BizReach Campus as their official OB/OG visit platform, including Chiba University (first national university in Kanto), Keio University, Waseda University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kanagawa University, Meijo University, Nagasaki Prefectural University, and others. Universities provide student access while alumni serve as volunteer OB/OG mentors.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Recruit Holdings: Recruit Holdings is the dominant Japanese HR services and HR tech conglomerate, operating Indeed globally and multiple Japan-native platforms (Rikunabi, Townwork, Airレジ). It competes directly with BizReach in mid-to-senior recruitment and increasingly in HR SaaS through AirビジネスTools, with far larger scale and global reach.
• LinkedIn (Microsoft): LinkedIn is the global professional network and recruitment platform, owned by Microsoft, and a direct competitor in the Japanese mid-to-senior talent segment. LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Learning overlap with BizReach's marketplace and HRMOS Learning offerings, with greater international reach and Microsoft-backed AI capability.
• Mynavi Corporation: Mynavi is one of Japan's largest recruitment and job media companies, with strong presence in new graduate and mid-career segments through Mynavi/Nekopoke. It is a direct Japanese competitor in the same hiring market that BizReach targets, particularly for early-career and campus recruiting.
• en Japan: en Japan operates multiple Japanese job platforms (en転職, en中途, etc.) and is a direct mid-career recruitment competitor. Its focus on job-seeker-first listings and high-volume hiring overlaps with BizReach's mid-to-senior marketplace, particularly in the SME and mid-market segments.
• Wantedly, Inc. Wantedly operates a Japanese professional networking and recruitment platform with a strong focus on startups and venture-stage companies. It overlaps with BizReach's mid-career marketplace in the tech and startup hiring segments and represents direct competition for younger professional candidates.

Broad incumbents

• Persol Holdings: Persol Holdings is one of Japan's largest staffing and HR services conglomerates, providing temporary staffing, placement, and HR consulting. As a broad incumbent with significantly larger scale than BizReach, it competes across multiple segments including direct placement that overlaps with BizReach's marketplace.
• Indeed: Indeed is a global job search engine operated by Recruit Holdings and a broad incumbent in Japanese online recruitment. While its job-aggregator model differs from BizReach's curated mid-to-senior marketplace, it competes for the same enterprise recruiting budget and increasingly uses AI for candidate matching.
• Pasona Group: Pasona Group is a major Japanese staffing, HR services, and outsourcing company. As a broad incumbent with established enterprise relationships and BPO capabilities, it competes with BizReach in permanent placement and increasingly in HR digital transformation services.

Emerging players

• SmartHR, Inc. SmartHR is a leading Japanese cloud HR and labor-management SaaS provider focused on SME and mid-market payroll, onboarding, and employee data management. While its scope overlaps with HRMOS勤怠/HRMOS労務給与, it does not directly compete in the recruitment marketplace.
• HRBrain, Inc. HRBrain provides Japanese HR SaaS solutions for talent management, performance evaluation, and employee engagement. Its HR analytics and people-management capabilities overlap with HRMOSタレントマネジメント, particularly for mid-market enterprises.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors16 records

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M&A1 record

Investments4 records

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