What Pleiades does

Pleiades Inc. (株式会社プレアデス) is a privately-held Japanese recruitment and staffing company founded in April 2006 and headquartered at the Shiodome Sumitomo Building 14F in Minato-ku, Tokyo, with a regional office in Osaka. The company operates a portfolio of seven specialized job portal platforms — Hoiku Job (childcare/welfare), Eiyōshi Tensyoku Navi (nutritionists/dietitians), Mechanic Shūkatsu Navi (automotive mechanics), Driver Shūkatsu Navi (truck and logistics drivers), Taxi Shūkatsu Navi (taxi drivers/passenger transport), Kensetsu Jinzai Bank (construction and facility management), and Food Shūkatsu Navi (restaurant/supermarket staff) — each combining SEO-driven self-serve job-posting functionality with dedicated industry-specialized career consultant support. Underlying technology is operational rather than proprietary: Salesforce serves as the core CRM platform (self-implemented and adopted company-wide) for managing client relationships, candidate pipelines, and operational workflows, supplemented by agency-managed paid digital advertising for top-of-funnel acquisition. There is no in-house AI/ML or proprietary matching engine described; matching is consultant-led.

Name

Pleiades

Legal name

株式会社プレアデス

Website

https://pleiades-net.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pleiades is a Japanese recruitment company operating seven specialized job portal platforms focused on essential worker sectors including childcare, automotive mechanics, drivers, construction, food service, and nutritionists across Tokyo and Osaka.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialized Recruitment & Staffing Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

Keywords

• Specialized recruitment services
• Essential worker staffing
• Human resources placement
• Job matching platforms
• Temporary staffing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Higashi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. 人材紹介サービス (Fee-based Recruitment/Placement Services): The company generates revenue through placement fees charged to client companies when candidates are successfully placed. This includes career consultant services that provide matching between job seekers and employers, from initial consultation through placement and post-placement follow-up.
2. 人材派遣サービス (Staffing/Dispatch Services): The company operates under general worker dispatch (一般労働者派遣事業) and registered support organization (登録支援機関) licenses, providing temporary staffing services where the company dispatches workers to client companies, earning margin on hourly rates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pleiades operates seven specialized vertical job-matching portals and career consulting services focused on essential worker sectors in Japan, including childcare, nutritionists, automotive mechanics, drivers/logistics, taxi drivers, construction/facilities, and food service. The company also provides licensed temporary staffing/dispatch services and recruitment consulting to corporate clients, combining self-serve online job platforms with high-touch career advisor support for both job seekers and employers.

Product overview

Pleiades is a comprehensive human resources service platform offering specialized job matching and staffing services across essential worker sectors. The portfolio consists of seven distinct specialized job sites: Hoiku Job (childcare/welfare), Eiyōshi Tensyoku Navi (nutritionists/dietitians), Mechanic Shūkatsu Navi (automotive mechanics), Driver Shūkatsu Navi (drivers/logistics), Taxi Shūkatsu Navi (taxi drivers), Kensetsu Jinzai Bank (construction/facilities), and Food Shūkatsu Navi (food service). Each service combines job posting portal functionality with career advisor agent support, providing end-to-end recruitment services including job matching, interview support, and post-hiring retention support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• メカニック転職ナビ: Automotive mechanic specialist job site offering placement and temp staffing services
• ドライバー転職ナビ
• ほいくジョブ
• 栄養素転職ナビ
• フード転職ナビ
• タクシー転職ナビ
• 建設人材バンク

Products and services

• Hoiku Job (ほいくジョブ) Specialized job matching and staffing service for the childcare and welfare sector, covering nursery teachers, kindergarten teachers, and child development support managers. Offers a wide range of job information regardless of employment type, serving childcare facilities and job seekers nationwide.
• Eiyoushi Tensyoku Navi (栄養士転職ナビ) Specialized job matching service for registered dietitians, dietitians, and cooks, matching professionals with childcare facilities, nursing care facilities, medical facilities, and general companies nationwide for career support.
• Mechanic Shūkatsu Navi (メカニック転職ナビ) Specialized job matching and staffing service for automotive mechanics, covering auto mechanics, vehicle inspectors, service front staff, and bodywork/painting specialists, matching with auto dealers, repair shops, gas stations, car goods stores, and construction/agricultural/heavy equipment manufacturers.
• Driver Shūkatsu Navi (ドライバー転職ナビ) Specialized job matching and staffing service for drivers and logistics industry, covering truck drivers and other logistics professionals, with industry-specialized consultants providing support from job matching to post-hiring retention.
• Taxi Shūkatsu Navi (タクシー転職ナビ) Specialized job matching and staffing service for taxi drivers and passenger transport sector, combining job posting functionality with agent support. Passenger-transport-specialized career advisors match job seekers' vision with diverse taxi company opportunities.
• Kensetsu Jinzai Bank (建設人材バンク) Specialized job matching service for construction and facility management, covering construction management engineers, building managers, electrical chief engineers, and electricians, matching with general contractors, building management companies, equipment companies, and developers.
• Food Shūkatsu Navi (フード転職ナビ) Specialized job matching and staffing service for restaurant and supermarket industries, covering chefs, hall staff, and seafood/meat processing specialists, with industry-specialized consultants providing career support.
• Temporary Staffing/Dispatch Services (人材派遣サービス) Licensed temporary staffing and dispatch services under general worker dispatch (一般労働者派遣事業) and registered support organization (登録支援機関) licenses, placing workers in client organizations with ongoing management of the employment relationship and margin on hourly rates.
• Recruitment Advisory / Career Consulting Services Consultative career consulting and recruitment advisory services in which dedicated consultants match job seekers with appropriate opportunities and provide ongoing support throughout the hiring and placement lifecycle. Career consultants handle 40-50 new job seekers monthly and serve as primary relationship managers for corporate clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,200 corporate clients served across Japan
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR services conglomerate operating Indeed, Rikunabi, and staffing brands across all major verticals. Directly comparable as a recruitment and staffing platform, though vastly larger and more diversified than Pleiades.
• RGF Talent Solutions Japan (Recruit Global): Recruit's global staffing arm operating in Japan, offering mid-to-senior level placement and dispatch. Comparable on the consultant-led placement model, with significantly broader international reach and brand.
• Mynavi Corporation: One of Japan's largest job-portal and recruitment agencies covering new graduates, mid-career, and temporary staffing. Comparable on the placement and portal business, with significantly broader scale and brand.
• Persol Holdings: Major Japanese staffing and HR services group with strong presence in temporary dispatch and professional placement. Comparable on the dispatch and placement business model, with broader geographic and vertical reach than Pleiades.
• Pasona Group: Japanese staffing and HR solutions provider with placement, temporary staffing, and BPO services. Comparable on the staffing and placement business model, though Pasona is much larger and more diversified.

Direct peers

• Dip Corporation: Japanese HR tech company operating the Baitai.com job-board platform for blue-collar and SME hiring. Closely comparable to Pleiades' vertical job-portal and staffing model in essential-worker segments.
• Will Group: Japanese staffing firm focused on domestic and overseas dispatch and placement, with multiple specialized subsidiaries. Directly comparable on the multi-vertical staffing and placement model targeting skilled and semi-skilled workers.
• en Japan: Japan-focused recruitment company operating multiple job-board brands (en Haken, en Tenshoku) and permanent placement services. Comparable mid-size recruitment model with similar dual placement/dispatch revenue mix.
• Careerlink: Japanese staffing company providing temporary dispatch, placement, and BPO services focused on clerical, manufacturing, and logistics sectors. Comparable on the dispatch and placement business model serving essential-worker verticals.

Emerging players

• Hito-Bridge (Hito-Communications): Mid-sized Japanese HR company operating specialist placement and dispatch services. Comparable in scale and segment focus, with a similar consultant-led placement model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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