AIMS

What AIMS does

AIMS Co., Ltd. (株式会社エー・アイ・エム スタッフ) is a privately held Japanese software development and engineering services company headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Founded on January 18, 1988, the firm has operated for 30+ years serving enterprise clients in the government, financial-services, communications, aviation, healthcare, and e-commerce sectors. The company organizes its offering around three technology pillars — Web Development (Web開発), AI Development (AI開発), and IoT Development (IoT開発) — and generates revenue through three streams: IT staffing and freelance-engineer placement, custom system design/development/operation-and-maintenance, and IT education. Pricing on the freelance side is monthly, with document sample rates of ¥650,000/month for COBOL engineers, ¥750,000/month for Python AI engineers, and ¥850,000/month for AWS infrastructure engineers, while career-hire salaries range from ¥240,000 to ¥420,000/month.

AIMS's technology stack spans Java, .NET, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Python, COBOL, PL/I, Vue.js, AWS, and AIX, with proprietary AI and IoT products that include an AI-powered Electronic Medical Record System (AI型電子カルテシステム, launched 2025), an IoT Smart Home Service System (2020), an AI image-recognition system (2023), and Pepper/Sota robot applications. The customer base is diversified by vertical rather than by named logo — engagements include Local Tax Office tax-portal systems, dental-clinic EMR deployments, banking credit/settlement systems, aviation reservation systems, and e-commerce shipping-management platforms. The company maintains a subsidiary / affiliate relationship with listed IT firm Focus Systems Corporation through a 2022 third-party share allocation that established a capital and business alliance.

The business is structurally an SES / IT-services firm with a small headcount band (11-50 employees) and registered capital of ¥21.2 million. The company holds Privacy Mark (JIS Q 15001) certification, references ISO/IEC 27001/27017/27018-compliant cloud providers, operates a CertifyFI-recognized Java certification testing center, has obtained consecutive METI Business Continuity Plan certifications (2023, renewed 2025), and is certified as a Health Management Excellence Corporation for 2025 and 2026 (SME category). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales placing engineers at client sites, complemented by multi-channel recruitment through doda job fairs, Wantedly, and Biztechtown (Levertech Direct).

Name

AIMS

Legal name

株式会社 エー・アイ・エム スタッフ

Website

https://aimstaff.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AIMS Co., Ltd. is a privately held Tokyo-based software development and IT staffing firm founded in 1988, providing custom web/AI/IoT system development and engineer placement to enterprise clients in Japanese government, financial services, and healthcare sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Engineering Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Architecture & Technology Roadmapping (BPAEAAAC)

Keywords

• IT engineering staffing
• Custom software development
• AI system development
• IoT system development
• Web application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Staffing Services: Placement of engineers (programmers, system engineers, infrastructure engineers) at client project sites. Revenue generated from service fees on placed personnel.
2. Custom Software Development: System design, development, operation and maintenance services for government, financial, and communications sectors.
3. Education Services: Education business providing IT training and skill development programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AIMS provides three integrated lines of business: (1) software design, development, and education services including custom business applications, web systems, AI and IoT solutions; (2) IT engineer placement/staffing services via SES (System Engineering Services) contracts that match freelance engineers with client projects; and (3) offshore development leveraging engineering teams in China (Dalian) and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh). The company serves enterprise clients in government, finance, and telecommunications with secure, large-scale system development.

Product overview

AIMS (株式会社エー・アイ・エム スタッフ) is a software development and engineering services company offering three core technology areas: Web Development (Web開発), AI Development (AI開発), and IoT Development (IoT開発). Their product portfolio centers on AI-powered healthcare solutions (AI型電子カルテシステム), IoT smart home services (IoTスマートホームサービスシステム), and robotics applications (pepper・Sotaロボアプリ). The company provides system development across diverse sectors including government (tax portals, disaster systems), finance (credit management, settlement systems), logistics (port management, supply chain), and healthcare (nursing care management, insurance systems). Development technologies include Java, Python, Vue.js, AWS, and COBOL.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Business Application Development Custom design, development, and maintenance of business applications for enterprise clients in government, finance, and telecommunications. Uses Java, Python, COBOL, and other languages on AWS and AIX platforms.
• Web System Development Design and development of web-based systems for enterprise clients, including large-scale web applications and network-integrated systems.
• AI System Development Custom development of AI-powered systems leveraging natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision for enterprise clients.
• IoT System Development Design and development of IoT-connected systems and solutions for enterprise clients, including smart home and connected device applications.
• IT Engineer Staffing (SES) Services Contract-based placement of freelance IT engineers (SES - System Engineering Services) with enterprise clients on monthly billing arrangements. Covers a broad range of technologies and experience levels.
• Offshore Development Services Offshore software development delivered from engineering teams in Dalian (China) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), supporting Japanese client projects with cost-efficient delivery.
• IoT Smart Home Service System IoT-based smart home service platform developed as a showcase of AIMS's IoT engineering capabilities.
• AI Electronic Medical Record System AI-powered electronic medical record system demonstrating AIMS's AI capabilities applied to healthcare information systems.
• Pepper and Sota Robot Application Development Custom application development for SoftBank Robotics' Pepper and Sota humanoid robots, integrating conversational AI and business workflows.
• Software Education Services Software design and development training programs for engineers and clients, supporting skill development in AIMS's core technology areas.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 株式会社フォーカスシステムズ (Focus Systems Corporation)coreOthersRelated company (関連会社) providing technology and business collaboration. Focus Systems is a listed IT company that conducts third-party allocation of treasury shares with AIMS, indicating a capital and business alliance relationship.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nomura Research Institute (NRI): Large Japanese consulting and system integration firm with deep financial services penetration. Overlaps with AIMS in financial system development and IT consulting but operates at vastly larger scale across a broader portfolio including consulting and operations management.
• BIPROGY (formerly Nihon Unisys): Major Japanese system integrator with strong financial services and public sector business. Comparable to AIMS in core SI services and target verticals, though BIPROGY operates at much larger scale and offers mainframe/cloud platform products AIMS lacks.
• NTT Data Group: Largest Japanese system integrator with global presence, deep government and financial services relationships. Comparable to AIMS in government/finance SI work but operates at vastly larger scale and with broader international footprint.
• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): Major Japanese internet/network services and SI provider serving enterprise and public sector. Comparable to AIMS in government and financial sector IT services but with broader portfolio including network connectivity and cloud services.

Direct peers

• TechnoPro Holdings: Largest Japanese IT staffing and engineering services firm with ~25,000 engineers. Highly comparable to AIMS's freelance engineer placement and SES business model, though at vastly larger scale; useful benchmark for billing rate benchmarks and competitive dynamics.
• Akkodis Japan (formerly Modis): Global IT staffing and engineering services provider with significant Japanese operations. Comparable to AIMS in engineer placement and digital engineering services, particularly in AI/IoT project staffing.
• MEITEC Group Holdings: Japan's leading engineering staffing and outsourcing firm focused on placing engineers at client sites. Directly comparable to AIMS's engineer placement business model with similar monthly billing rate structure and target verticals (manufacturing, IT services).
• Focus Systems Corporation: Japanese IT services firm listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that provides system development, security solutions, and public-sector IT services. AIMS has a capital and business alliance with Focus Systems following a 2022 third-party share allocation, making it the closest comparable given overlapping customer base (government, finance) and system integration focus.
• TIS Inc. Major Japanese system integrator serving finance, public sector, and communications with custom system development and IT staffing services. Comparable to AIMS in service offering breadth (SI + outsourcing) and target verticals, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• FIXER Inc. Japanese cloud-native and AI-focused DX services firm. Emerging player comparable to AIMS's newer AI/IoT development practice, though specializing in Microsoft Azure and generative AI platforms rather than broader SI work.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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