Asia Research Institute

What Asia Research Institute does

Asia Research Institute is a Jakarta-based private data and analytics company, founded in 2015, that builds web-scraping infrastructure, business intelligence dashboards, and AI models targeted at retail, e-commerce, and shopping-center operators across Indonesia and Japan. Its core products are Location Technology, a chain point-of-interest database with proprietary crawling and address-standardization capabilities covering 3,199 Indonesian shopping centers (≥1,500 sqm) with monthly updates; E-commerce Monitoring, a subscription dashboard for tracking competitor sales, market share, best-selling products, and distributors on specified e-commerce platforms; SC Insights Jabodetabek, a shopping-center analytics product for Greater Jakarta combining demographics, visitor patterns, social media engagement, and tenant data; and Geofence, a web-based polygon creation tool for area marketing. The supporting service stack includes custom Web Extract (data scraping at scale) and Business Intelligence (visualized analytics).

The company monetizes primarily through recurring subscription access to its databases and dashboards, supplemented by custom data-scraping professional services. Its go-to-market is a sales-led, demo-request motion, with four distinct demo paths (Introduction, SC Insights Indonesia, E-commerce Monitoring, Location Technology) and bilingual English/Japanese sales and content assets reflecting a deliberate dual-market posture. Distribution is direct; there is no reseller or marketplace channel. Customer segments are verticalized: e-commerce/retail businesses, shopping-center operators and developers (concentrated in Jabodetabek), and retail chain/franchise operators in Indonesia and Japan. The company operated with 24 staff as of June 2023, has no disclosed outside funding or parent entity, and is led by Director Kimura Kenji with four functional department heads covering Web Extract, Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, and Analysis & Operations.

Name

Asia Research Institute

Legal name

Asia Research Institute

Website

https://asiaresearchinstitute.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asia Research Institute is a Jakarta-based data and analytics firm that builds web-scraping infrastructure, business intelligence dashboards, and AI models for retail, e-commerce, and shopping-center operators across Indonesia and Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Market Intelligence Software

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910), Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

POI, Local Listings & Business Directory Platforms (BPAMANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Alternative Data Providers (Web, Satellite, Geolocation, ESG Signals) (FSAFAIAH), Enterprise Search, Indexing & Content Discovery (HDAEAGAH)

Keywords

• Market intelligence dashboards
• Chain POI database
• Web data extraction
• Shopping center analytics
• E-commerce monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Jakarta

HQ country

Indonesia

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

Revenue model

1. Location Technology (Chain POI Database): Subscription-based access to a chain POI database providing point-of-interest location data for retail chains, shopping centers, and commercial establishments. Data includes store locations, shopping center names, opening dates, and sales floor areas. Updated monthly. Priced at less than half the cost of competitors while maintaining data scale and accuracy.
2. E-commerce Monitoring: Ongoing monitoring and analysis of e-commerce market conditions. Clients specify which platforms and brands to monitor; data is extracted, cleaned, and visualized on periodic dashboards. Analysis includes market share by sales value, best-selling competitor products, and top distributors. Subscription with periodic (monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual) update cadences.
3. SC Insights (Shopping Center Insights): Dashboard-based analytics product providing demographic data, GPS, nearby popular stores, land/house prices, housing development, social media analysis, and tenant information for shopping centers. Sold as a subscription product with demo-to-paid conversion flow.
4. Custom Data Scraping Services: Custom web data extraction projects where clients specify target websites and project details; ARI delivers high-quality structured data. Used for specialized datasets such as medical facility information (Regional Medical Information System), store opening/closing data, and Shift JIS format data delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asia Research Institute extracts and analyzes large-scale web data for retail, e-commerce, and shopping center markets across Indonesia and Japan, delivering it through subscription dashboards and custom data services. Its products include the Location Technology chain POI database, E-commerce Monitoring dashboards, the SC Insights Jabodetabek shopping center analytics platform, and the Geofence polygon-based location tool. Core supporting capabilities include proprietary web crawling, address standardization, and AI-driven prediction, classification, and NLP models.

Product overview

Asia Research Institute offers a portfolio of data-focused products and services centered on web data extraction, business analysis, and AI. The core product lineup includes Location Technology (a chain POI database with proprietary crawling technology), E-commerce Monitoring (competitive intelligence dashboards), SC Insights Jabodetabek (shopping center analytics for Greater Jakarta), and Geofence (polygon-based location analysis). These are complemented by Web Extract and Business Intelligence services that support data scraping, analysis, and visualization. The company positions its products as specialized tools for market research and business decision-making, with a focus on the Japanese and Indonesian markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Location Technology: Chain POI database providing location data for retail chains and shopping centers, with standardized addresses and monthly updates.
• E-commerce Monitoring
• SC Insights Jabodetabek
• Geofence

Products and services

• Location Technology A subscription-based chain POI (Point of Interest) database that uses proprietary data crawling technology to collect location data from each company's homepage and deliver accurate chain store and shopping center information with monthly updates. It targets retail chains, franchise operators, and any business needing reliable, standardized POI data across Japan and Indonesia.
• E-commerce Monitoring An ongoing e-commerce market monitoring and analysis dashboard that extracts data from specified e-commerce platforms, providing periodic analysis of market share by sales value, best-selling competitor products, and top distributors. It targets e-commerce and retail brand teams that need recurring competitive intelligence.
• SC Insights Jabodetabek A dashboard-based shopping center analytics product for Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek), Indonesia, providing demographic data, GPS-based nearby popular stores, land and house prices, housing development, social media engagement analysis, and tenant information. It targets shopping center operators, mall developers, and tenant strategy teams.
• Geofence (Polygon Creator) A web-based polygon creation and editing tool that lets users specify locations, build custom polygons, save them, and export spatial files for area marketing and location analysis. It targets retail, real estate, and marketing teams that need geographic area definitions for downstream analytics.
• Custom Data Scraping Services A bespoke web data extraction service where clients specify target websites and project details and Asia Research Institute delivers high-quality structured data, covering projects such as medical facility information (Regional Medical Information System), store opening/closing data, and Shift JIS format data delivery. It targets organizations needing tailored datasets beyond standard product offerings.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sensor Tower: Digital market intelligence provider specializing in app, mobile, and e-commerce performance data. Comparable to ARI's E-commerce Monitoring in serving brands and retailers needing ongoing, dashboard-based visibility into competitive sales and product performance.
• data.ai (formerly App Annie): Digital market intelligence platform providing app, advertising, and e-commerce performance data. Comparable to ARI's E-commerce Monitoring on subscription-based, dashboard-delivered competitive intelligence for digital commerce.
• Crayon: Competitive intelligence platform that monitors competitors' digital activities and surfaces insights to sales and marketing teams. Comparable to ARI's E-commerce Monitoring product in market and use case (subscription CI delivered via dashboards).
• Talkwalker: Consumer intelligence and social listening platform with analytics across social channels and brand performance. Comparable to ARI's SC Insights social media analysis component (TikTok, Instagram, X) used for shopping center benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Euromonitor International: Global market research firm publishing retail, consumer, and country-level reports. Comparable to ARI as a market research provider serving enterprise strategy and retail customers with subscription-based industry intelligence.
• Similarweb: Global digital market intelligence platform providing web traffic, app, and e-commerce analytics. Comparable to ARI because both sell B2B subscription dashboards derived from alternative/web-derived data to support competitive and market benchmarking.
• NielsenIQ: Global retail measurement and consumer intelligence provider covering sales, shopper, and panel data for CPG and retail. Comparable to ARI on retail/chain data analytics and on serving mall operators and franchise retailers with decision-support dashboards.
• Meltwater: Media and consumer intelligence platform combining social listening, market research, and competitive benchmarking. Comparable to ARI's E-commerce Monitoring and SC Insights social media analytics in functionality and enterprise B2B buyer profile.

Direct peers

• SafeGraph: Provider of POI data, geofencing, and place attributes used by retailers, real estate firms, and analysts. Closely comparable to ARI on data product (chain POI database) and on geofence/polygon tooling, which mirrors ARI's Geofence offering.
• Placer.ai: Location analytics and foot-traffic platform built on a proprietary POI dataset of retail chains and shopping venues. Directly comparable to ARI's Location Technology product—both monetize POI accuracy and freshness as a subscription data layer for retail and real estate customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asia_r_i
• Facebookfacebook.com/asiaresearchinstituteindonesia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asiaresearchinstitute-indonesia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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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