JDE

Name

JDE

Legal name

株式会社ジェー・ディー・イー

Website

https://jde-net.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mechanical Engineering Design Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

IT & Software Engineering Staffing (BPACADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) / Industrial Maintenance Staffing (BPACAEAH)

Keywords

• Mechanical design services
• Engineer dispatch services
• Automotive parts design
• CAD design outsourcing
• Aircraft engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineer Dispatch (エンジニア派遣): JDE employs engineers as regular employees and dispatches them to client sites under worker dispatch contracts. The company receives dispatch fees from client companies; engineers are paid wages. This is a recurring revenue model tied to headcount deployed at client sites.
2. Design Outsourcing / Commissioned Design (設計受託業務): JDE accepts commissioned design work from automotive parts manufacturers. Work is performed at JDE's own facilities or at the client's premises. Revenue is project-based or recurring depending on the scope.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

JDE is a Nagoya-based engineering services company providing two core offerings: Engineer Dispatch Services (エンジニア派遣), which places JDE's full-time engineers at client sites under dispatch contracts, and Design Contracting Services (設計受託業務), which accepts outsourced mechanical design projects performed at JDE's facilities or at the client's premises. All 50 employees are engineers specializing in automotive parts (seats, interior components, structural parts) and aircraft design, serving Japanese OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers primarily in the Toyota City / Greater Nagoya region.

Product overview

JDE (株式会社ジェー・ディー・イー) is a Nagoya-based engineering services company providing two core offerings: Engineer Dispatch Services (エンジニア派遣) and Design Contracting Services (設計受託業務). All 50 employees are engineers specializing in automotive parts and aircraft design. The Engineer Dispatch Service places JDE's full-time engineers at client sites, while the Design Contracting Service handles design projects at JDE facilities or client locations. Technical support spans development coordination, product design, production preparation, and testing/evaluation across mechanical, electrical/electronic, and software disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineer Dispatch Services (エンジニア派遣) JDE hires engineers as full-time regular employees and dispatches them to client sites under worker dispatch contracts. Engineers perform design work on the client's premises for the duration of the contract. The offering is a recurring service with billing tied to headcount deployed.
• Design Contracting Services (設計受託業務) JDE accepts outsourced mechanical design projects from automotive parts manufacturers and other clients. Work covers product design, 3D modeling, and drawing documentation, performed at JDE's own offices or at the client's site. Revenue is project-based or recurring depending on scope.

Quantifiable outcome

• Engineers have progressed from CAD operator roles to full product designers owning their own components on production vehicles

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sony Life (ソニー生命)minorOthersJDE employees receive Club Off membership (クラブオフ) providing access to approximately 470 domestic resorts, 550 business hotels, 270 international hotels, and various discounts nationwide.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Meitec Corporation: Japan's largest dedicated mechanical design engineer dispatch and outsourcing firm, also serving automotive OEMs and Tier-1s (including Toyota group) with CATIA-based design engineers. Closest direct comparable to JDE's engineer dispatch and commissioning design model.
• NEO Engineering Inc. Japanese mechanical design and engineer dispatch firm focused on automotive, aerospace, and industrial equipment OEMs; operates the same dual dispatch/contract design model as JDE.
• Tristate Holdings: Japanese engineering services company specializing in outsourced design and development for automotive, industrial, and aerospace customers — overlaps JDE on automotive design commissions and dispatch.
• TechnoPro Holdings: Largest engineering staffing company in Japan; dispatches mechanical, electrical, and IT engineers to automotive and manufacturing clients under a similar dispatch model, with disclosed billing-rate and margin economics comparable to JDE's.
• Outsourcing Inc. (OSG): Japanese staffing and engineering services group providing engineer dispatch, design contracting, and R&D support to automotive and industrial manufacturers; directly competes for the same Toyota-area design engineer pool.

Broad incumbents

• WILL Group: Diversified Japanese staffing group with engineering, manufacturing, and technology dispatch lines; relevant adjacent competitor for engineer placement into Japanese manufacturers including in the Toyota region.
• Pasona Inc. Major Japanese staffing and HR services provider with a sizable engineering and technical dispatch segment; competes in the broader engineer staffing market but does not specialize in mechanical automotive design.

Regional players

• Bertrandt AG: German automotive engineering services firm providing design, development, and CAD services to global OEMs and suppliers; analogous outsourced automotive design service model, though primarily serving European customers.
• EDAG Engineering Group: European-headquartered independent engineering services provider for the automotive industry, offering outsourced vehicle and component design — conceptually comparable service line, but operating primarily in Europe rather than Japan.

Emerging players

• Hirelec Inc. Smaller Japanese engineering staffing firm specializing in mechanical and electrical design engineer dispatch to automotive and industrial customers; competes directly with JDE for the same niche dispatch talent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 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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