Dooox

What Dooox does

Dooox (株式会社 Dooox) is a Japanese for-profit consulting firm founded in June 2021 by Kubodera Ryosuke, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, with operations support offices in Towada (Aomori) and Tottori City. The company operates a single core service, 特命社長室® (Special Mission President's Office), an 'external president's office' model that accompanies SME executives through non-urgent but strategically important initiatives — from idea conceptualization through task-level execution — rather than delivering advisory-only output. The service spans project activation, new business creation, organizational and DX optimization, M&A post-integration, and regional revitalization projects branded as the 街盛プロジェクト (Machimori Project). Customers are primarily Japanese SME owners and select local government entities, with documented case work across healthcare, education, e-commerce, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism.

Dooox does not operate a proprietary technology platform. Its technology footprint is limited to a registered trademark (特命社長室®), a corporate website, a LINE official account (特命社長室®Pocket) for client engagement, and a free 30-minute video lesson series covering ChatGPT, finance, marketing, and design topics. The underlying 'platform' is human-delivered consulting, with the company explicitly framing its competitive differentiation around language ability, creativity, project management, and network connections rather than software.

The revenue model combines three streams: a monthly base accompaniment fee (伴走基本料金) billed as a recurring subscription, intensive support options (集中支援オプション) billed pay-as-you-go, and revenue-share arrangements (レベニューシェア) tied to co-created ventures such as the mango cultivation business in Tawaramoto, Nara. Pricing is customized per project and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct consultation, supplemented by event-driven demand generation (workshops with reported 99.3% satisfaction in Osaka), community-led engagement through Cabinet Office public-private partnership programs, and content marketing across Note, YouTube, Twitter/X, Facebook, and LINE. Revenue is not disclosed; the company is privately held with no external institutional funding evidenced.

Name

Dooox

Legal name

株式会社 Dooox

Website

https://dooox.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dooox is a Japanese consulting firm founded in 2021 that operates a 特命社長室® (Special Mission President's Office) service, providing hands-on accompaniment to SME owners and local governments from idea conceptualization through execution across new business creation, DX, M&A integration, and regional revitalization projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Business consulting services
• Executive advisory services
• Project management consulting
• Digital transformation consulting
• Regional revitalization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shimbashi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. 特命社長室® Consulting Services: Monthly basic accompaniment plan covering idea concretization to execution support, with options for intensive support and revenue sharing arrangements for joint value creation.
2. Intensive Support Options: Additional support fees for concentrated execution assistance when needed.
3. Revenue Share Model: Business partnership arrangement where new value is co-created with clients through revenue sharing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Dooox provides business consulting services operating as an 'external president's office' (特命社長室® / Tokumei Shachou-shitsu®), supporting Japanese SME owners and executives with non-urgent but strategically important challenges. Services cover the full lifecycle from idea conceptualization through execution and institutionalization, including stagnant project revitalization, new business launch, digital transformation, organizational optimization, M&A post-integration, and regional revitalization projects in partnership with local governments. The firm supplements consulting with free content (LINE Pocket account, 30-minute video lessons) and operates a regional revitalization initiative (街盛プロジェクト) across multiple Japanese prefectures.

Product overview

Dooox's offering is a consulting-led, execution-focused service rather than a traditional software product. The core offering is the '特命社長室®' (Special Mission President's Office) — an external president's office that provides hands-on support from idea conceptualization through execution across diverse business challenges including new business development, DX, organizational optimization, M&A integration, and regional revitalization. This core service is supplemented by '特命社長室®Pocket,' a LINE official account for ongoing communication with SME clients, and '30分以内レッスン,' a free video-based educational library covering ChatGPT, AI tools, finance, marketing, and design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 特命社長室®: Core service brand providing 'external president's office' support to business executives for important but non-urgent strategic challenges, from idea conceptualization to execution.
• 街盛プロジェクト
• 特命社長室®Pocket

Products and services

• 特命社長室® (Tokumei Shachou-shitsu® / Special Mission President's Office) A consulting and execution-support service operating as an 'external president's office,' covering project acceleration, identification and resolution of stagnation causes, new business launch, new market development, business process visualization and reconstruction, DX implementation, M&A post-integration, and local government collaboration — from strategy through to hands-on task-level execution. Delivered via a two-phase workflow: Decision Support Phase (idea extraction, issue identification, proposal) and Execution Support Phase (test execution, systematization and scaling). Priced via monthly base subscription, intensive support options, and revenue-share partnership plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• Healthcare client achieved pet business entry and branch expansion goals
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Tottori University / Tottori NEXT Innovation InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Joint operation of 'Open Innovation Caravan' program that connects university research seeds with urban companies. Reverses traditional industry-academia model by having researchers travel to corporate clusters, offering pathways to joint research, technology licensing, and new business formation.
• Tsucrea Inc. (ツ克里ア株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operator of Open Innovation Caravan program with Tottori University, collaborating on regional innovation initiatives.
• Cabinet Office - Local TV Co-Creation HubflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in first regional inspection tour in Tottori City organized by the Cabinet Office's initiative. Eleven companies and three local governments participated, focused on public-private partnerships for regional revitalization.
• Public Investment Institutions (OSAKA, FUKUOKA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with public investment institutions for local production and consumption model, expanding Generative AI Workshop for Business Owners to Fukuoka following successful Osaka program.
• Tawaramoto Town, Nara PrefectureflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerComprehensive partnership agreement for regional activation. Dooox acts as 'External Mayor's Office' mediating between government and local businesses, leading to mango cultivation business creation and new company formation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Funai Soken Holdings (船井総合研究所): Japan's largest listed consulting firm dedicated to SMEs and mid-market companies, offering strategy, M&A, DX, and execution support. Closely comparable to Dooox in target customer (Japanese SME executives) and the dual focus on advisory plus hands-on execution.
• Tanabe Consulting Group (タナベ経営): Long-established Japanese management consulting firm focused on SME and mid-market corporate strategy with execution-oriented engagement models. Comparable in client caliber, breadth of services (strategy, HR, M&A, regional), and long-term accompaniment style.
• Liv Consulting Partners (リブ・コンサルティング): Tokyo-based consulting firm serving Japanese mid-market companies with strategy, organization, and transformation support. Comparable in target client segment, transformation-led engagement style, and emphasis on execution alongside advice.
• GLOBIS Corporation (グロービス): Japan's leading management education and consulting firm, providing business education, content, and consulting to executives and SMEs. Overlaps with Dooox in target customer (Japanese business owners), consulting plus content hybrid model, and AI/management upskilling workshops.
• Satoyume (さとゆめ): Tokyo-based regional revitalization consultancy that supports local governments and SMEs on community development and new business creation. Directly comparable to Dooox's Machimori Project in target customers (municipalities + local enterprises), public-private partnership model, and bottom-up regional business design.
• Industrial Growth Platform (IGPI / 経営共創基盤): Independent Japan-focused strategy and operations consulting firm with deep mid-market and turnaround expertise. Comparable in execution-oriented consulting approach, hands-on management support style, and ability to operate as a quasi-executive partner to client leadership.
• Frontier Management (フロンティア・マネジメント): Japan-focused M&A advisory and post-merger integration firm serving SMEs and mid-market corporates. Directly comparable to Dooox's M&A integration support offering (culture integration, synergy creation) and the SME deal-flow segment.
• JMA Consultants (日本能率協会コンサルティング): Japan's longest-standing management consulting firm offering strategy, operations, and HR advisory to SMEs and mid-market companies. Comparable in long-tenure SME focus, broad service menu (strategy, HR, DX, organizational development), and Japanese-style relationship-driven engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• Dentsu Consulting (電通コンサルティング): Major Japanese consulting arm of the Dentsu Group offering strategy, marketing, and digital transformation services. Comparable as a broad incumbent in Dooox's DX/strategy space and is particularly relevant given the CEO's prior career at a major advertising agency.
• Abeam Consulting (アビームコンサルティング): Major Japan-origin management consulting firm with broad strategy, operations, and transformation practices. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in Dooox's SME/mid-market transformation space with deeper resourcing and global delivery capability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dooox_co
• YouTubedooox.co.jp/30lesson_form.php
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dooox

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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