Next Level

What Next Level does

Next Level (株式会社ネクストレベル) is a Japanese short-term staffing services provider founded in Osaka in July 2008 by Kawahara Yuji (河原由次). The company supplies businesses with temporary workers for as little as 3-hour increments, with same-day dispatch available for orders placed before 3 PM the prior day and 365-day operations across 15 branches nationwide from Hokkaido to Fukuoka. Primary use cases include event production, interior construction, warehouse logistics, exhibition setup, office relocations, and hospitality staffing — addressing labor shortages that businesses cannot fill through conventional hiring on short notice.

The company's core technology is the Nex Level Online (ネクストレベルOnline) cloud-based job-matching platform, launched in 2017 as a web service and re-released in May 2019 as native iOS and Android apps. The platform aggregates short-term job listings from approximately 50 affiliated staffing companies, enabling workers to browse, apply, reserve shifts, and receive same-day or next-day full payment. A second product, ShareBaito (シェアバイト), is a work-sharing service launched in July 2019 that operates via a franchise model. Workers register for free and the company earns transaction fees from business clients, with pricing on a per-worker, per-shift basis ranging from ¥8,000 (up to 3 hours) to ¥13,000 (8 hours), plus regional and late-night surcharges.

The business is monetized through the spread between fees billed to corporate clients and wages paid to workers, structured as a transaction-fee revenue model. Since April 2018 the operating company has been a subsidiary of NexTLevel Holdings株式会社, a holding company structure that also encompasses subsidiary operations including NexTLevel Gaming (esports) and Zettai Mensetsu (interview-based job matching media). The company is entirely self-funded through internal capital increases — registered capital grew from ¥1.35 million (2008) to ¥120 million (2018) without disclosed external institutional investors — and founder Kawahara Yuji transitioned from Representative Director to Group Chairman in February 2023, with Shimura Yasuo appointed President.

Name

Next Level

Legal name

株式会社ネクストレベル

Website

https://nextlevel2008.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Next Level (株式会社ネクストレベル) is a Japanese short-term staffing provider operating 15 branches nationwide, supplying businesses with on-demand temporary workers (minimum 3-hour shifts) via its Nex Level Online cloud platform and mobile apps, serving event, construction, logistics, and hospitality clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Osaka

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Short-term staffing service fees: The company provides short-term personnel services on a per-job, per-hour basis. Businesses pay per worker per shift based on a fee schedule. The company handles all recruitment, management, and payroll, keeping the margin as the difference between the fee charged to clients and the wages paid to workers.
2. Temporary worker placement (worker-side): Workers register for free and are matched with jobs. The company earns revenue from businesses as a service fee per placement, while providing same-day or next-day payment to workers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Next Level provides short-term staffing services in Japan, supplying temporary workers to businesses for events, peak seasons, office relocations, interior construction, exhibitions, logistics, and other short-duration projects. Workers can be dispatched in as little as 3-hour increments, with same-day ordering accepted before 3 PM the previous day. The company handles recruitment, management, payroll, and insurance, while workers receive same-day or next-day payment through its proprietary cloud-based NexT Level Online platform.

Product overview

Next Level operates as a short-term staffing services company offering multiple interconnected products: its core 短期人材サービス (Short-term Staffing Service) provides businesses with temporary workers for events, peak seasons, and urgent staffing needs; the ネクストレベルOnline platform serves as a cloud-based job aggregation and management system for both job seekers and affiliated staffing companies; シェアバイト (Share Baito) offers a work-sharing franchise model; and スキマバイト (Sukima Baito) provides a gap-job matching service for workers seeking flexible short-term employment. The company has also developed group company services including 絶対面接 (Zettai Mensetsu), a complete interview-based job matching service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NexT Level Online (ネクストレベルOnline): Cloud-based short-term job posting and worker matching platform enabling same-day registration, next-day work assignments, and daily salary payments.
• Sharebaito (シェアバイト)
• Zettai Men (絶対面接)
• NexTLevel Gaming

Products and services

• Short-term Staffing Service (短期人材サービス)
• NexT Level Online (ネクストレベルOnline)
• ShareBaito (シェバイ)
• Sukima Baito (スキマバイト)

Quantifiable outcome

• Staff can be dispatched within the same day if ordered before 3 PM the previous day
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves17 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Timee: Japanese mobile-first gig matching platform for single-shift work in restaurants, retail, and events. Directly comparable to Next Level's NexT Level Online in serving instant short-term staffing demand via app.
• Dip Corporation: Operates Baitoru, Japan's leading part-time and short-term job matching platform with hundreds of thousands of listings. Comparable as a digital-first staffing/matching peer, though more platform than dispatch-led.

Direct peers

• Adecco Japan: Global staffing firm's Japanese arm offering temporary staffing, placement, and career transition services. Comparable in dispatch operations and short-term clerical/light industrial use cases served by Next Level.
• ManpowerGroup Japan: Global staffing leader with substantial Japan operations providing temporary, permanent, and contract staffing across office, industrial, and event segments. Directly competes for the same on-demand short-term labor customers.
• Pasona Group: One of Japan's largest staffing and HR services groups, offering temporary staffing, placement, BPO, and career consulting. Closely comparable to Next Level's short-term staffing core across clerical, light industrial, and event/construction verticals.
• Persol Holdings: Major Japanese staffing firm (Tempstaff, doda) operating a broad portfolio of temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR consulting. Direct competitor in temp dispatch with overlapping event/logistics/office use cases.
• Fullcast Holdings: Japanese staffing company specializing in short-term and same-day dispatch for logistics, events, retail, and light industrial work. Highly comparable in target use cases and worker demographics.
• Tempstaff Co., Ltd. Pure-play Japanese temporary staffing agency focused on office, sales, and light industrial placement. Closely aligned business model and customer profile to Next Level's short-term staffing service.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR/media conglomerate operating Indeed, Rikunabi, and staffing lines at vastly greater scale. Comparable as the dominant platform incumbent whose reach shapes competitive dynamics for short-term staffing players like Next Level.
• Indeed Japan: Japan's largest job search engine, operated by Recruit. Adjacent incumbent shaping hiring funnel dynamics and pricing benchmarks for all Japanese staffing/matching services including Next Level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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