What COMIT does

COMIT (株式会社コミット / COMIT CO., LTD.) is a privately held Japanese IT services company founded in March 2003 by Akihiko Tamma (天間 明彦), headquartered in Tokyo's Toranomon district. The company originated from the founder's freelance engineering work on financial-system interconnection and 24-hour/365-day operations that began in 1991. As of April 2026 it employs approximately 105 people, has achieved 22 consecutive fiscal periods of profitability, and reports FY September 2025 revenue of 1.339 billion JPY, a 101% year-on-year increase.

COMIT operates four core service lines plus an ancillary training offering. The System Integration practice delivers end-to-end software development, infrastructure design/build, and post-deployment maintenance, with deep specialization in 24/7/365 center systems that aggregate high-volume transactions for nationwide Japanese banks and other financial institutions. Grooow (クラウドPC Grooow) is the company's proprietary cloud-based virtual desktop product, originally launched as SP-Cloud in 2011 and migrated to Microsoft Azure in 2017; it is differentiated by a security architecture in which no data is stored on endpoint devices, plus built-in usage visualization and work-time management. Digital Innovation Consulting covers digital asset organization (デジタルお片付け), Microsoft 365 implementation consulting, and broader DX advisory. Information System Management Outsourcing addresses IT-talent shortages for Japanese SMBs via help desk, equipment management, security response, and IT-environment operations. Active Brain is an add-on memory-training seminar product priced at 550,000-1,100,000 JPY per instructor engagement.

The business model combines project-based, one-time system integration revenue with a recurring Grooow subscription stream, professional services fees from DX consulting, and managed-services contracts for IT outsourcing. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales, supplemented by the NTT Data partner channel — COMIT was upgraded to NTT Data Business Partner status effective October 1, 2025 (after 12+ years as an Associate Partner since 2013), which grants access to entrusted projects across NTT Data Frontier, NTT Data SMS, and NTT Data Advanced Technology. Secondary channels include the Japan Telework Association catalog listing for Grooow and a regional-government partnership with Aomori Nanatome Town (signed July 2024). Customer segments are concentrated in Japanese financial services, NTT Data group companies, and broader enterprise/SMB DX buyers, with an emerging local-government DX vertical.

Name

COMIT

Legal name

株式会社コミット (COMIT CO.,LTD.)

Website

https://comit.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COMIT (株式会社コミット) is a Tokyo-based Japanese IT services firm founded in 2003 that delivers system integration, its proprietary Microsoft Azure-based cloud PC (Grooow), digital transformation consulting, and IT outsourcing, primarily serving financial institutions and NTT Data group clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. System Integration: Core SI business covering information system development, infrastructure design/build, and post-deployment maintenance and support. Projects span financial systems, network infrastructure, and enterprise applications. Revenue is project-based, one-time and recurring maintenance.
2. Grooow (Cloud PC) Subscription: Cloud PC service for remote work security and work management. Subscription-based recurring revenue model.
3. デジタルイノベーションコンサルティング: Digital transformation consulting including digital asset organization (デジタルお片付け), Microsoft 365 implementation, and general digital innovation advisory services.
4. 情報システム管理業務のアウトソーシング: Outsourcing of information system management operations including help desk, IT equipment management, security response, and ongoing IT infrastructure operations.
5. Active Brain Seminar: Memory training program offered as a two-day or one-day seminar to external participants, priced at instructor fee basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

COMIT provides IT system integration, cloud-based virtual desktop (Grooow) on Microsoft Azure, digital innovation consulting, and information system management outsourcing for Japanese enterprises. Core clients are major financial institutions, NTT Data group companies, and local governments seeking 24/7 infrastructure, secure remote work, and DX support.

Product overview

COMIT is an IT services company offering a portfolio of four core service lines. System Integration provides traditional software development and infrastructure services. Grooow is the company's flagship cloud-based virtual desktop product delivering secure remote work environments. Digital Innovation Consulting addresses enterprise DX needs including Microsoft 365 implementation. The fourth service line handles IT system management outsourcing for SMEs. An additional offering is the Active Brain Seminar for brain training and memory development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grooow: Cloud PC service providing information security and work time management for remote work environments. Built on Microsoft Azure, it creates a private cloud environment to protect company data and enable secure remote work.
• SP-Cloud
• Active Brain

Products and services

• System Integration End-to-end system integration services including software development, infrastructure design and construction, and ongoing system maintenance and support for financial systems, network infrastructure, and cloud migrations.
• Cloud PC Grooow Subscription-based cloud virtual desktop service creating a secure private cloud environment on Microsoft Azure, with data and applications locked in the cloud to prevent leakage from lost or stolen endpoint devices. Includes usage-based work time management.
• Digital Innovation Consulting DX consulting services including digital asset optimization, Microsoft 365 implementation consulting, and digital transformation strategy advisory for enterprise clients.
• Information System Management Outsourcing Outsourcing service for information system management operations covering help desk support, hardware maintenance, security responses, and IT environment planning, primarily addressing IT talent shortages at small and medium enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sales increased 101% YoY to 13.39 billion yen (FY Sep 2025)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Roland Gossage FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2025COMIT participates in the Soldiers in Tech program alongside the Roland Gossage Foundation and University of Waterloo WatSPEED. The program focuses on upskilling military veterans and their spouses for careers in Canada's technology sector. COMIT serves as an academic and industry partner in this veterans' upskilling initiative.
• WatSPEED at University of WaterloominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2025Partnership within the Soldiers in Tech program. WatSPEED is the University of Waterloo's professional development arm. COMIT participates as an industry partner providing real-world technology training pathways for veterans transitioning to tech careers.
• NTT Data (株式会社NTTデータ)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 October 2025COMIT was awarded NTT Data Business Partner certification effective October 1, 2025, recognizing long-standing collaboration and trust built over years of working together. The partnership enables COMIT to receive委托 projects from NTT Data's financial sector and broader business expansion initiatives. COMIT was previously Associate Partner (2024).
• Aomori Prefecture Nanatome Town (青森県七戸町)minorOthers · 1 July 2024Regional revitalization partnership signed July 1, 2024. COMIT dispatches a 'Regional Activation Entrepreneur' (地域活性化起業人) to support DX initiatives in Nanatome Town, Aomori Prefecture. This aligns with the national program to bring private-sector digital talent to regional governments.
• NTT Data Frontier (株式会社NTTデータ・フロンティア)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNTT Data group company listed as a partner/client relationship in the System Integration section. COMIT collaborates on infrastructure development projects.
• NTT Data SMS (株式会社NTTデータSMS)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNTT Data group company listed as a partner/client relationship. COMIT provides SI services in collaboration with NTT Data SMS.
• NTT Data Advanced Technology (NTTデータ先端技術株式会社)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNTT Data group company listed as a partner/client relationship. COMIT collaborates on advanced technology infrastructure projects.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Azure is the cloud infrastructure platform powering COMIT's Grooow cloud PC service. In 2017, COMIT successfully transitioned SP-Cloud (now Grooow) to a Microsoft Azure environment, enabling scalable, secure cloud delivery. Azure underpins Grooow's security architecture and remote work capabilities.
• SMBC Consulting (SMBCコンサルティング株式会社)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSMBC Consulting featured COMIT in their 'SMBC Management+' magazine January 2025 issue under 'Companies Taking on Challenges'. Coverage included COMIT's DX support for enterprises and local governments and talent cultivation approach.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NTT Data Group: Japan's largest IT services firm and COMIT's most important partner; offers overlapping SI, cloud, and consulting capabilities at vastly greater scale and is simultaneously COMIT's biggest channel partner and most formidable competitor for direct enterprise deals.
• Microsoft (Azure Virtual Desktop / Windows 365): Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC are the underlying platform and a direct competitive product to Grooow; as COMIT's Grooow is itself built on Azure, Microsoft is simultaneously its most important infrastructure partner and its biggest competitive threat.

Direct peers

• TIS Inc. Mid-to-large Japanese SI company with strong financial-services and outsourcing practices, directly comparable to COMIT in customer base (banks, payment systems) and service mix (SI, managed services, DX consulting).
• SCSK Corporation: Major Japanese SI and IT services company (Sumitomo Corp. group) covering system development, infrastructure, and cloud services; competes with COMIT for enterprise and financial-sector SI projects.
• Nihon Unisys: Japanese IT services firm with deep financial-sector and mission-critical systems heritage, providing SI, cloud, and managed services — directly comparable to COMIT's banking-systems and outsourcing offerings.
• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): Japan's leading independent internet/network and cloud infrastructure provider; competes with COMIT on cloud-based infrastructure and managed services for Japanese enterprises and is a natural benchmark for Grooow's addressable market.
• Otsuka Corporation: Mid-cap Japanese IT services and SI company serving SMB and enterprise customers with infrastructure, software, and managed services; comparable to COMIT in customer mix and product breadth.
• Bell System24: Japanese IT outsourcing and contact center operator, comparable to COMIT's IT system management outsourcing and help desk offerings, particularly for SMEs and financial institutions.
• Future Corporation: Japanese IT consulting and SI firm focused on financial services, payments, and DX; similar in size and customer profile to COMIT, with comparable banking and capital-markets project experience.
• Citrix Systems: Global leader in virtual desktop and cloud PC/DaaS solutions; the most direct product competitor to COMIT's Grooow cloud PC service, with much greater scale and an established enterprise channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

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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