Global Research Institute

What Global Research Institute does

Global Research Institute (株式会社グローバル総合研究所, DBA: GRI) is a privately held Japanese services company founded in May 1997 and headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The company operates a dual business model combining proprietary nursing care facility operations with consulting services for healthcare and welfare institutions. Through its wholly-owned Sincere (シンシア) brand, the company directly operates 73 nursing care facilities across Japan, offering residential nursing homes with care, short-stay services, day services, and home care support, with concentrations in the Tokai, Kanto, and Chubu regions. Sincere's first self-operated facility opened in Nagoya in November 2005, and the brand has since expanded nationally, with recent openings in Tokyo (2023), Shiga (2025), and Chiba (2026).

Complementing its operator footprint, GRI provides consulting services to third-party healthcare and nursing care operators covering planning, establishment, opening, and ongoing operational support. The consulting practice is organized around three service modules: Regular Support (定期支援) for ongoing sales, marketing, and recruitment assistance under a retainer model; In-Facility Training (施設内研修) covering leadership development, dementia care, recreation, and management skills delivered on-site; and Equipment Selection and Sales (備品選定・販売), which leverages collective purchasing across the Sincere network to supply nursing care equipment at favorable pricing. The company claims 250+ facility establishment consulting projects and 285 total nationwide establishment achievements, supported by regional sales offices in Gifu, Kanagawa (Fujisawa), and Shizuoka.

The company employs 1,515 staff as of March 2025 and is founder-led under Representative Director Yoshiatsu Sumi (鷲見厚司). Ownership is dispersed across approximately 67 shareholders including company executives and Taisei Construction (大成建設) as a notable strategic shareholder; no private equity or venture capital backing is present. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds have been recorded. The go-to-market relies on direct enterprise field sales with free initial consultations at the Nagoya headquarters and on-site visits, supplemented by the Sincere brand as a demonstration channel and modest organic social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.

Name

Global Research Institute

Legal name

株式会社グローバル総合研究所

Website

https://gri.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Global Research Institute is a privately held Japanese company that operates 73 Sincere-branded nursing care facilities nationwide and provides consulting services — covering planning, establishment, and ongoing operational support — to healthcare and nursing care facility operators across Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare and Nursing Care Consulting Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC) (HLADADAB)

Keywords

• Nursing care consulting
• Elderly care facilities
• Healthcare facility planning
• Care facility operations
• Welfare services support

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services (Regular Support): Regular consulting support for nursing care facilities including operational support, marketing support, and personnel recruitment support. Ongoing retainer-style recurring revenue.
2. Facility Operations (Sincere Brand): Direct operation of nursing care facilities under the Sincere brand including nursing homes, short-stay services, and day care services. Generates recurring revenue from facility operations.
3. Equipment Sales: Sales of equipment and supplies for nursing care facilities including special bathtubs, wooden furniture, training machines, kitchen equipment. One-time transaction-based sales leveraging scale advantages.
4. Facility Setup/Opening Support: Support for opening new care facilities including planning, market research, design supervision, staff recruitment planning. Project-based professional services.
5. Training Services: On-site training programs for care facility staff covering leadership, marketing, dementia care, recreational activities, and management skills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Global Research Institute provides consulting and operational support services for welfare, medical, and nursing care facilities. It directly operates 73 Sincere-brand nursing care facilities (residential, short-stay, day service, home care support) across Japan, while also offering consulting to third-party operators covering facility planning, market research, design, staffing, marketing, training, and equipment procurement at scale-based pricing.

Product overview

Global Research Institute (GRI) operates a dual business model combining proprietary nursing care facility operations with consulting services for third-party operators. The core offering consists of the Sincere brand (シンシア), a self-operated network of 73 nursing care facilities nationwide providing residential care, short-term stays, day services, and home care support. Complementing the operational expertise gained from these facilities, GRI offers consulting services comprising three modules: (1) Regular Support (定期支援) for ongoing operational assistance including sales and recruitment support; (2) In-Facility Training (施設内研修) for staff development programs; and (3) Equipment Selection and Sales (備品選定販売) leveraging scale advantages for optimal procurement. This integrated approach enables GRI to provide practical, field-tested guidance to clients seeking to establish or improve their nursing care operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• シンシア (SINCERE): 自社ブランド介護施設。介護付き有料老人ホーム、ショートストップ、デイサービス等の介護サービスを提供。全国73事業所展開中。
• シンシア清水公園北
• シンシア彦根鳥居本
• シンシア多摩

Products and services

• Sincere (シンシア) Self-Operated Nursing Care Facilities Self-operated nursing care facility brand offering residential nursing homes (介護付き有料老人ホーム), short-stay services (ショートステイ), day services (デイサービス), and home care support (居宅介護支援) across 73 locations nationwide in Japan. Targets elderly individuals and their families.
• Consulting Services for Nursing Care Facility Operators Comprehensive consulting services for healthcare and nursing care facility operators covering planning support, establishment support, and operational support. Services encompass market research, facility design, staff recruitment planning, human resources management, and promotional activities. Targets healthcare and welfare institutions and business operators considering establishing or operating care facilities.
• Regular Support (定期支援)

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ care facility establishment projects completed through consulting
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 大成工程有限公司 (Taisei Construction)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor shareholder in Global Research Institute. Contributes to the company's shareholder base alongside other investors including company executives and individual investors.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Benesse Style Care: One of Japan's largest operators of fee-based nursing homes and senior living services. Directly comparable to GRI because it operates an owned residential nursing home network (similar to Sincere's 73 facilities) with attached day services and short-stay offerings across the same Japanese elder care market.
• Nichii Gakkan: Large Japanese care services provider operating nursing care facilities, in-home care, and medical support services. Comparable to GRI given its mix of self-operated facilities and adjacent care service lines addressing the same customer segment (elderly individuals and families).
• Care Twenty-One: Japanese operator of residential nursing homes, day services, and in-home care services. Comparable to GRI because it competes in fee-based nursing home operations and serves the same care-facility clients that GRI advises on establishment and operations.
• Tsukui Holdings: Nationally operating Japanese care services group focused on day services, in-home care, and residential facilities. Comparable to GRI because it competes for the same facility-operator clients and serves the same end customers via directly operated care services.
• SOMPO Care: Major Japanese nursing care operator providing residential, in-home, and day services for the elderly as a subsidiary of SOMPO Holdings. Directly comparable to GRI's Sincere brand operations and overlapping consulting needs of multi-facility clients.
• AEON Care Service: Care service operator run by the AEON retail group, providing residential and in-home elderly care across Japan. Comparable to GRI because it operates directly held nursing home capacity targeting the same demographic and markets, with a national footprint similar to GRI's expanding Sincere presence.
• Human Life Care: Care service subsidiary of Human Holdings operating nursing care facilities and in-home care across Japan. Direct competitor to GRI's Sincere network with similar residential-care-plus-day-service combinations and overlapping target customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sinceregri
• Instagraminstagram.com/sincere_sns

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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