What USR does

日本ユー・エス・アール株式会社 (Nippon USR Co., Ltd., branded as USR) is a Japanese custom software development firm founded on June 20, 1974 and headquartered in Ayagawa Town, Kagawa Prefecture, in a rural area of the Shikoku region. The company employs 11-50 staff and has operated continuously under the same legal name for 50 years; its registered capital has been held at 10 million yen since 1989. USR's product portfolio spans four series: (1) Visual Basic enterprise applications covering sales management, financial accounting, payroll, purchasing/inventory, and depreciation management; (2) web applications including a time recorder (with a live demo at demo.usr.co.jp/TMR), an electronic whiteboard, and an attendance management system; (3) an 11-module social welfare corporation suite for treatment management, measure fee billing, welfare accounting, meal management, payroll, deposit management, short-stay, day service, elderly care support, home helper, and shift scheduling; and (4) a social welfare council financial accounting package. The underlying technology stack is built on Visual Basic, PHP, JavaScript/Node.js, and MySQL, with Raspberry Pi single-board computers deployed for IoT data-collection solutions (e.g., temperature/humidity sensing), and JavaScript/Node.js used to read sensors via GPIO.

Beyond packaged software, USR delivers system integration services (core/open/legacy system construction, network design and construction, security solutions), computer and OA equipment resale, and a multimedia/video production arm (established 2008) covering content production, editing, drone aerial filming, and MA/PA services. The company holds two regulatory authorizations relevant to its delivery model: a Registered Electrical Contractor license from the Kagawa Prefecture Governor (Registration No. 24-32-0062, since September 2012) and a General Worker Dispatch Business Permit (派37-300203, since February 2019).

USR's business model is direct sales-led, project-based, and custom-quotation; pricing is not publicly disclosed and the firm does not report ARR, subscription metrics, or licensing fees. Revenue is generated through one-time software licenses, professional services for system integration, hardware resale, and multimedia service fees. Customer segmentation is vertical rather than size-based, with primary segments being general Japanese enterprises (sales/accounting/payroll needs) and social welfare organizations requiring specialized compliance-driven care management systems, supported by an IT infrastructure services segment. Geographic scope is single-country domestic, concentrated in the Shikoku region. The most recent disclosed revenue figure is 250 million yen for the fiscal year ending December 2018 (approximately $1.7M at typical JPY/USD rates). The firm is privately held with no parent company, no disclosed external investors, and no recorded M&A activity.

Name

USR

Legal name

日本ユー・エス・アール株式会社

Website

https://usr.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

日本ユー・エス・アール株式会社 (Nippon USR Co., Ltd.) is a 1974-founded Japanese custom software developer based in rural Kagawa Prefecture, serving enterprise and social welfare organizations with Visual Basic applications, web apps, welfare-sector packages, and Raspberry Pi IoT solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (423430)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores (5734)

akta.pro primary industry

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Office Supplies, IT & Workplace Procurement Marketplaces (CRAFAHAF), IT & AV Hardware Procurement (Computers, Displays, Projectors, Interactive Panels) (EDAEAIAD)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Enterprise software solutions
• Social welfare software
• Web application development
• System integration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marugame

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Development and Sales: Custom software development for businesses, including VB applications, WEB applications, and database systems. Revenue is generated through project-based development fees and software licensing.
2. System Integration and Construction: Core system construction, network design and implementation, and security solution implementation services for enterprise clients.
3. Computer and OA Equipment Sales: Sales of computer hardware and office automation equipment alongside software solutions.
4. Multimedia Services: Video content production, editing, narration recording, drone aerial filming, MA/PA services, and WEB content production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

USR develops and sells Visual Basic-based enterprise application packages (sales management, financial accounting, payroll, purchasing/inventory, depreciation), web applications (time recorder, electronic whiteboard, employment management), and specialized software packages for Japanese social welfare corporations and councils, supplemented by custom software development, system/network construction, and multimedia production services.

Product overview

日本ユー・エス・アール株式会社（USR）は、香川県綾歌郡に本社を置く1974年設立のコンピュータソフトウェア開発企業で、「USER SYSTEM ROOM」の略称を持つ。主力製品群は（1）VBアプリケーション（販売管理、財務会計、給与管理、仕入在庫管理、減価償却管理）、（2）WEBアプリケーション（タイムレコーダー、電子ホワイトボード、就業管理システム）、（3）社会福祉法人向けパッケージ（処遇管理、措置費請求、福祉会計、給食管理、給与管理、預り金管理、ショートスティ管理、デイサービスセンター、老人介護支援、ホームヘルパー管理、勤務割り作成の11モジュール）、（4）社会福祉協議会向けパッケージ（財務会計）の4シリーズ構成。業務内容はソフトウェア開発・、Webアプリケーション開発、データベースシステム開発、基幹系/情報系システム構築、ネットワーク構築・診断、マルチメディア構築（映像制作、ドローン空撮、MA/PA）を含む。

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VB Enterprise Applications (VBアプリケーション) Visual Basic-based enterprise application package covering sales management (販売管理システム), financial accounting (財務会計システム), payroll management (給与管理システム), purchasing/inventory management (仕入・在庫管理システム), and depreciation management (減価償却管理システム), targeted at Japanese SMB enterprises that need business software tailored to their actual workflows.
• Time Recorder (タイムレコーダー) Web-based time/attendance clock (タイムレコーダー) for recording employee attendance and work hours, available as a working demo on USR's site and targeted at Japanese offices needing simple browser-based time recording.
• WEB Application Suite (タイムレコーダー / 電子ホワイトボード / 就業管理システム) Browser-based collaboration and HR applications including an electronic whiteboard (電子ホワイトボード) for team collaboration and information sharing, and an employment/attendance management system (就業管理システム) for employee scheduling and attendance tracking.
• Social Welfare Corporation Software Package (社会福祉法人向けパッケージ) Specialized 11-module software suite for Japanese social welfare corporations (社会福祉法人) operating care facilities. Modules cover treatment/care management (処遇管理システム), measure-fee billing (措置費請求システム), welfare accounting (福祉会計システム), meal management (給食管理システム), payroll (給与管理システム), resident deposit management (預かり金管理システム), short-stay (ショートステイ), day-service center (デイサービスセンター), elderly care support center (老人介護支援センター), home helper (ホームヘルパー) and shift scheduling (勤務割り作成).
• Social Welfare Council Financial Accounting Package (社会福祉協議会向けパッケージ) Financial accounting package designed for Social Welfare Councils (社会福祉協議会), supporting community welfare council financial management and reporting obligations.
• Custom Software Development Service (ソフトウェア開発サービス) Bespoke development services for business-specific software, web applications, and database systems. Covers requirements gathering, design, implementation and post-deployment support for Japanese enterprise clients across multiple industries.
• System Construction Service (システム構築サービス) IT system integration services including core business (open / legacy) system construction, information-system construction, security solution deployment, and WAN/LAN network design, implementation and diagnostics, with registered electrical-contractor capability (Kagawa Prefecture Governor registration 24-32-0062) for physical network build-out.
• Multimedia Production Service (マルチメディア構築サービス) Multimedia content production including video content creation, photography, editing and narration recording, drone aerial filming, and MA/PA (multi-audio / public-address) services for clients across Japan.
• Computer and OA Equipment Sales (コンピュータ・OA機器販売) Sales of computer hardware and office automation equipment, offered alongside the company's software solutions to provide bundled IT procurement for Japanese SMB clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Practically zero overtime (0.01 hours) demonstrates efficient work processes and sustainable work environment

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• サイボウズ (Cybozu): Japanese collaboration and business application SaaS vendor whose products (e.g., kintone) compete with USR's custom web applications for time recording, attendance, and electronic whiteboard use cases.
• NTT Data: Largest Japanese system integrator offering custom enterprise software, SI, and outsourcing across verticals; represents the high-scale incumbent alternative for enterprise custom-development customers that USR serves.
• BIPROGY: Large Japanese IT services company offering system integration, custom software, and enterprise platforms across industries; competes for the same enterprise custom-development budgets as USR but at much greater scale.
• Otsuka Corporation (大塚商会): Major Japanese reseller and integrator of IT hardware, software, and OA equipment with strong support services, comparable to USR's combined software + computer/OA equipment sales motion.

Direct peers

• ワイズマン (Y's System): Japan-based vendor specializing in software packages for social welfare and care service operators, with billing, accounting, and care management modules. Most direct vertical competitor to USR's welfare-sector package line.
• ソフトウェア・サービス (Software Service Inc.): Japanese software vendor focused on healthcare and welfare/medical information systems, directly comparable to USR's social welfare vertical in target customer and regulatory complexity.
• ニッセイコム (Nissei Com): Japanese IT services firm providing custom system development, system integration, and operation support to enterprise and public-sector clients, similar in scope and custom-development orientation to USR.

Emerging players

• ケアレコード (Care Record): Emerging cloud-based software provider for the care and welfare sector in Japan, representing the SaaS-style modern alternative to USR's on-premise, custom-built welfare packages.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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