What Human Creation Holdings does

Human Creation Holdings (株式会社ヒューマンクリエーションホールディングス, ticker 7361) is a Tokyo-based pure holding company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market that orchestrates integrated IT consulting, engineering, and recurring/BPO services to Japanese enterprise clients. As of September 2025 the group employed 914 staff (excluding temporary workers) and served 354 client companies, including 68 listed firms (~20%) and 179 firms with ¥100M or more in capital (~50.5%). The operating model spans three pillars: (i) Consulting delivered via ACF, HMB, and HCFA subsidiaries covering business reform, IT strategy, requirements analysis, project management, innovation consulting, and M&A advisory; (ii) Engineering delivered primarily through BKS as both commissioned development (higher margin) and IT engineer dispatch (stable, ~8,456 annual engineer supply capacity across BKS headcount and partner SES); and (iii) Recurring/BPO encompassing COSMOPIA helpdesk, SLG infrastructure and hardware design, plus managed ongoing maintenance. Group FY2025 revenue was ¥8,945M with operating profit ¥781M and net profit ¥398M, with strategic-area sales mix reaching 40.7%.

The group's technology portfolio includes proprietary products 'Mebal' (AI camera-based crowd visualization by TARA, deployed at Nikon Plaza, Hanshin Hankyu MEETS, and Chiyoda Cherry Blossom Festival, distributed via Sony Wireless) and 'ConnectForce' (digital negotiation solution integrated with Hexabase low-code BaaS). BKS provides the largest engineering workforce and anchors systems development and infrastructure projects; SLG owns hardware/semiconductor design capabilities unusual for an IT services group; HCFA extends the offering into M&A advisory and PMI; and LS (LifeShield, acquired 2026) brings healthcare/care staffing. Strategic capital and business alliances with NTT Data, Nisshin Steel Solutions, and Advanced Media fund the inorganic growth strategy.

Revenue is generated through multi-year B2B enterprise engagements priced project-by-project (no public pricing), spanning consulting fees, commissioned development billings, IT engineer dispatch rates, and recurring/BPO managed service contracts. Distribution runs through direct enterprise sales by each subsidiary plus intra-group referrals; the customer base skews to manufacturing/distribution (32.8% of dispatch personnel), telecom/media (23.9%), financial services (17.9%), and public/healthcare (14%). The company is positioning for its second-stage mid-term plan centered on SMB market acceleration following the April 2026 ACF/HMB/TARA consolidation merger.

Name

Human Creation Holdings

Legal name

株式会社ヒューマンクリエイションホールディングス

Website

https://hch-ja.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Tokyo-listed pure holding company (TSE Growth, 7361) operating seven IT services subsidiaries delivering integrated consulting, commissioned development, IT engineer dispatch, and BPO to Japanese enterprises in manufacturing, finance, telecom, and public sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting and Engineering Services

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) (BPAEAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

IT Asset Lifecycle Services (Procure-to-Retire) (BPAEAOAF)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• IT engineer dispatch
• Contracted systems development
• Business process outsourcing
• M&A advisory services

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, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. コンサルティング (Consulting): Management consulting and IT strategy consulting services, including innovation consulting, business/organizational reform, IT strategy, technology consulting, requirements analysis, and project management. Provided by ACF, HMB, HCFA subsidiaries.
2. エンジニアリング (Engineering) — 受託開発: Custom systems development contracted to clients. Higher profit margins than engineer dispatch. Provided by BKS, SLG.
3. エンジニアリング (Engineering) — ITエンジニア派遣: IT engineer dispatch to client sites. Stable business model. BKS is the core provider with 8,456 annual available engineers.
4. リカーリング (Recurring) — BPO・インフラ・保守運用: IT support desk operations, network/server infrastructure building and maintenance, and ongoing IT infrastructure operations. Provided by COSMOPIA (BPO), SLG (infrastructure).
5. M&A Advisory: M&A advisory and platform services by HCFA subsidiary, supporting business succession, value-up, and post-M&A PMI.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Human Creation Holdings is a pure holding company that, through its seven group subsidiaries, delivers a one-stop IT service model covering consulting (management/IT strategy and innovation consulting), engineering (contracted systems development and IT engineer dispatch), and recurring services (BPO, network/server infrastructure, and ongoing maintenance). It also offers the proprietary ConnectForce digital negotiation solution and the Mebal AI crowd-visualization package.

Product overview

Human Creation Holdings operates as a pure holding company providing integrated consulting-engineering-recurring services through seven group subsidiaries. The company offers a one-stop business model spanning consulting, commissioned development/IT engineer dispatch, and BPO/infrastructure/maintenance operations. Key products include ConnectForce (digital negotiation solution) and Mebaru (AI-based crowd visualization package). Group companies include HCFA (M&A advisory), ACF (innovation consulting), BKS (largest engineering workforce), SLG (infrastructure/hardware), COSMOPIA (BPO/helpdesk), HMB (DX consulting), TARA (AI solutions), and LS (healthcare staffing).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ConnectForce (コネクトフォース): Digital business solution product from ACF for digital negotiations/business meetings
• Mebaru (メバル)
• HCフィナンシャル・アドバイザー

Products and services

• Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue grew from ¥5,803M (FY2022) to ¥8,945M (FY2025), a 54% increase over 3 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• バルテスホールディングス (Valtes Holdings)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025HumanBase co-hosts system modernization quality strategy seminars with Valtes Holdings, combining ERP expertise with quality assurance expertise.
• 在日外国商工会議所 (DCCJ, CCIFJ, IJCC, SCCJ)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025HCFA co-hosted a special seminar on Japan's SMB M&A market with five foreign chambers of commerce in Japan (Danish, French, Irish, Swedish), targeting their member companies and foreign entrepreneurs in Japan.
• ソニーワイヤレスコミュニケーションズ (Sony Wireless Communications)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 29 November 2024TARA (HCH subsidiary) entered a sales agency agreement with Sony Wireless Communications to distribute AI solution 'Mebal'.
• 日鉄ソリューションズ (Nisshin Steel Solutions / NS Solutions)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Capital and business partnership. Nisshin Steel Solutions highlighted the partnership in their Integrated Report 2023 under 'external partnership for growth acceleration'. Part of HCH's inorganic strategy.
• アドバンスト・メディア (Advanced Media)supportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Capital and business partnership for technology integration. Part of HCH's inorganic growth strategy.
• 株式会社ヘキサベース (Hexabase)supportingTechnology or Integration · 9 August 2022Development partnership. ACF's 'ConnectForce' digital negotiation solution integrated with Hexabase's enterprise low-code BaaS platform. Listed as a development partner with 16 partner companies achieved.
• NTTデータ (NTT Data)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Business partnership with NTT Data for technology collaboration and talent development. Described as a key inorganic growth strategy partnership.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Works Applications: Japanese enterprise software and IT services firm developing and supporting business applications for large Japanese enterprises. Similar customer profile to HCH, with comparable scale and enterprise DX positioning.
• Otsuka Corporation: Japanese IT services and systems-sales company providing infrastructure, software licensing, and support to enterprises and SMBs. Comparable to HCH's combined infrastructure and recurring/BPO business.
• NS Solutions (Nippon Steel Solutions): Japanese systems integrator serving manufacturing, finance, and public-sector clients. Already a strategic capital and business partner of HCH, making it a directly comparable competitor in enterprise systems development.
• BIPROGY (formerly Nihon Unisys): Major Japanese systems integrator offering system development, consulting, and managed services to enterprises and the public sector. Direct competitor for enterprise IT-services mandates and a useful benchmark for HCH's growth trajectory.
• Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC): IT services provider combining systems integration, cloud/infrastructure services, and consulting for Japanese enterprises. Overlaps with HCH's SLG infrastructure and BKS systems development offerings.
• Future Corporation: Mid-cap Japanese IT consulting and systems firm focused on business consulting, IT strategy, and digital transformation services for enterprises. Closely comparable to HCH's ACF/HMB consulting and DX offerings.
• NRI (Nomura Research Institute): One of Japan's largest IT consulting and solutions providers, offering consulting, systems development, and managed services to large enterprises across financial services and other verticals. Closely comparable to HCH's consulting-engineering-recurring model at much larger scale.
• TIS Inc. Japanese IT services group providing consulting, systems development, and outsourcing across multiple industries. Comparable to HCH in offering an integrated IT services portfolio and competing for similar enterprise DX mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Japan: Global IT consulting giant operating broadly in Japan across strategy, consulting, technology, and operations. Represents the scale-up incumbent that HCH's consulting subsidiaries (ACF, HMB) compete against for large DX mandates.
• Recruit Holdings: Large diversified Japanese HR services and staffing group, including IT/engineer staffing operations. Relevant as a benchmark for HCH's IT engineer dispatch business and for overall staffing-market dynamics in Japan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xnote.com/hch
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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