CINC

What CINC does

CINC Corp. (株式会社CINC) is a Tokyo-based, Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market-listed marketing-technology company founded in April 2014 that builds Japanese-language big-data and AI products for the search and AI-search era. Its core product, Keywordmap, is a SaaS platform providing keyword research, competitor analysis, AI-assisted content creation, ranking tracking, AI-Overviews monitoring, and diagnostic features for GEO/LLMO readiness, with native integrations to Google Analytics and Google Search Console. A companion product, AIsearchmap, monitors brand share of voice across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, and AI Overviews.

The company's underlying technology centers on a proprietary Japanese keyword database built through custom data collection since 2014 (scaled to 27 million keywords), in-house natural-language processing including a six-emotion sentiment model, and productized GPT-4o-based content generation. CINC monetizes through a hybrid GTM: self-serve freemium/free-trial SaaS subscriptions for SMBs and website operators, direct enterprise sales for GEO/LLMO consulting, content marketing support, marketing-management outsourcing, expert sourcing, and TikTok Shop implementation. Quote-based AI misinformation checks and ¥280K+ custom search-market reports provide additional revenue streams.

The Analytics business delivers data-driven marketing consulting, while the M&A brokerage business operates through wholly-owned subsidiary CINC Capital (established November 2024), which leverages the proprietary CAMM DB generative-AI matching system. The company serves Japanese enterprise marketing departments, B2B service firms, e-commerce businesses, and SEO specialists, with named customers spanning Dentsu Digital, Playlife, Studio Alice, Dinos Cecile, and Retty.

Name

CINC

Legal name

株式会社CINC（CINC Corp.）

Website

https://cinc-j.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CINC is a Tokyo-listed Japanese marketing-technology firm that builds SEO and AI-search optimization (GEO/LLMO) SaaS tools — notably Keywordmap and AIsearchmap — alongside consulting, content marketing, and M&A brokerage services for enterprise and SMB marketing teams in Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marketing Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B SaaS & Enterprise Personalization (CRM, Sales, Support) (HDAAAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

CRM Strategy & Consulting (BPAFAFAA), Model Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAKAA)

Keywords

• SEO analytics software
• AI search optimization
• Marketing consulting services
• Content marketing platform
• M&A brokerage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Toranomon

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Tool (Keywordmap): Subscription-based SaaS tool providing SEO analysis, keyword research, content optimization, and AI search monitoring. Revenue generated from monthly/annual subscriptions for the Keywordmap platform.
2. GEO/LLMO Consulting Services: Consulting services for AI search optimization including strategy development, execution support, and effectiveness verification. Combined with proprietary tools for comprehensive GEO support.
3. TikTok Shop Implementation Support: Comprehensive support for TikTok Shop launch and operations including strategy, account setup, content planning, advertising, and data analysis.
4. SEO/Marketing Analytics Consulting: Analytics and consulting services including monthly SEO reports, market research reports (search market reports), and marketing strategy consulting.
5. M&A Brokerage (CINC Capital): M&A intermediary services provided by subsidiary CINC Capital, leveraging marketing technology and database for matching. Started November 2024.
6. Search Market Reports: Custom market research reports analyzing search behavior, competitive landscape, and keyword data. Offered at 28万円～ per report.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

CINC develops and operates SaaS platforms (Keywordmap and AIsearchmap) for SEO keyword research, competitor analysis, AI Overviews monitoring, AI content diagnostics, and GEO/LLMO brand share-of-voice tracking across major generative AI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot). The company also delivers marketing consulting services covering SEO, AI search optimization (GEO/LLMO/AEO), content marketing support, marketing management outsourcing, expert sourcing, TikTok Shop launch support, and AI misinformation diagnosis, alongside M&A brokerage through subsidiary CINC Capital using its CAMM DB matching system.

Product overview

CINC operates three interconnected business divisions: a Solutions business providing marketing technology products and consulting services, an Analytics business delivering data-driven marketing consulting, and an M&A brokerage business through subsidiary CINC Capital. The core product is Keywordmap, an SEO and AI search optimization (GEO/LLMO) SaaS platform released in 2016 offering keyword research, competitor analysis, AI-assisted content creation, ranking monitoring, and AI Overviews analysis, integrated with Google Analytics and Search Console. Companion product AIsearchmap provides GEO/LLMO monitoring for brand share of voice across major LLMs. The service portfolio spans SEO consulting, AI search optimization consulting (GEO/LLMO/AEO), content marketing support, marketing management outsourcing, expert sourcing, and M&A advisory, supported by CINC Capital. CINC Capital operates its own CAMM DB matching system using generative AI and AI-OCR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Keywordmap: SEO and content marketing analysis tool - web marketing strategy research and analysis tool with features for keyword research, competitor analysis, and AI-powered content generation
• AIsearchmap
• GEO/LLMO Consulting Service
• CAMM DB
• CINC Capital

Products and services

• Keywordmap SEO and AI search optimization (GEO/LLMO) research and analysis SaaS platform providing keyword research, competitor analysis, AI-assisted content creation, ranking tracking, AI Overviews monitoring, AI content diagnostics, and daily reporting integrated with Google Analytics and Search Console for website operators and SEO specialists.
• AIsearchmap (AIサーチマップ) GEO/LLMO monitoring tool that automatically collects and analyzes responses from major LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews) on a weekly basis, visualizing brand share of voice, citation domain rankings, and full response text for AI search optimization strategy.
• AI Misinformation Check Service (AI誤情報チェックサービス) Consulting and reporting service that diagnoses misinformation risks about brands on generative AI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews), classifying AI responses using a 7-tier labeling system (accurate, freshness-mixed, context-shift, incomplete, inaccurate, hallucination, no-info) and supporting improvement measure execution and post-measurement monitoring.
• GEO (LLMO/AEO) Consulting Service (AI検索最適化コンサルティング) GEO/LLMO/AEO consulting service providing strategy planning, execution support, and effectiveness verification for optimization across generative AI platforms including ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, with full-funnel support from diagnosis to execution.
• SEO Consulting (SEOコンサルティング) SEO consulting service leveraging CINC's massive Japanese keyword database, analytics expertise, and proprietary natural language processing technology to support website ranking improvement and content strategy.
• Content Marketing Support (コンテンツマーケティング支援)

Quantifiable outcome

• AI misinformation check service enables 7-stage labeling (accurate, mixed freshness, context shift, incomplete, inaccurate, hallucination, no information) for brand mentions across 5 major AI platforms
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability8 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ChatworkminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 December 2022Chatwork partnered with CINC to offer Keywordmap through the Chatwork DX consulting desk, allowing Chatwork to recommend CINC's web marketing strategy and analysis tools to their business customers as part of digital transformation consulting services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BrightEdge: Enterprise SEO and content performance platform with deep analytics and AI-search / generative-engine visibility features. Peer to CINC's enterprise consulting-plus-SaaS motion for large brand marketers.
• SEMrush: All-in-one digital marketing SaaS suite covering SEO, content, competitor research, and increasingly AI-search visibility. Closely comparable in product breadth to Keywordmap plus CINC's analytics and GEO consulting stack.
• Ahrefs: Global SEO and content marketing SaaS platform offering keyword research, site explorer, content analysis, and AI-search / SERP feature tracking. Most directly comparable to CINC's Keywordmap as a self-serve subscription SEO tool.
• Moz: Established SEO SaaS platform focused on keyword research, link analysis, and SERP feature tracking. Peer to Keywordmap across traditional SEO workflows, with growing overlap in AI-search visibility tooling.
• Conductor: Enterprise SEO and organic-marketing platform serving large brands with content, technical SEO, and AI-search monitoring. Closely comparable to CINC's enterprise SEO/GEO consulting plus platform model.

Broad incumbents

• Similarweb: Public digital-market intelligence platform spanning SEO, traffic analytics, and competitive benchmarking. Adjacent incumbent to CINC's analytics and competitor-analysis capabilities across the broader MarTech stack.
• Yext: Public digital-presence platform spanning listings, SEO, reviews, and AI-search visibility products. Broader incumbent with overlapping capabilities to CINC's brand-mention and GEO/LLMO monitoring.

Emerging players

• Otterly.ai: AI-search monitoring SaaS for brand visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other LLMs. Emerging direct competitor to CINC's AIsearchmap and AI Search Results Report.
• Profound: Early-stage AI-search / answer-engine visibility platform tracking brand presence across generative AI engines. Closest emerging comparable to CINC's AIsearchmap GEO/LLMO monitoring tool.

Regional players

• Misaki Analytics (MIERU): Japan-based marketing analytics platform serving Japanese SEO and content marketing needs. Regional peer to CINC's domestic SEO analytics and consulting offering in the Japanese market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CINC_corp
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@keywordmap
• Facebookfacebook.com/keywordmap

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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