NBSC

What NBSC does

NBSC (Nihon Business Support Co., Ltd.) is a privately held Japanese document acquisition services company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. The company offers five core service modules covering real estate registry certificates, commercial registry certificates, public maps and building diagrams, resident certificates, and vehicle registration certificates, plus an internet search service that pulls records from the Legal Affairs Bureau. Operation is manual and labor-arbitraged: a nationwide network of dedicated investigators physically retrieves and delivers documents from regional government offices, with same-day or next-day turnaround. The company holds PrivacyMark JIS Q 15001:2023 certification, an institutional-grade personal information management standard, and operates from a small team of 11-50 employees.

The business serves approximately 300 corporate clients concentrated in three sectors: financial institutions, real estate companies, and credit recovery firms. Pricing follows an 'actual cost plus service charge' transaction model, with no disclosed subscription, platform, or API-tier monetization. Advisory support is provided by an attorney, a social insurance consultant, and a CPA, and the company is led by founder and president Takase Noriaki. There is no observable digital platform, no integrations, no AI/ML capability, no social media presence, and no disclosed funding or M&A activity. The overall posture is that of a stable, owner-operated legacy services firm rather than a scaling technology business.

Name

NBSC

Legal name

日本ビジネスサポート株式会社

Website

https://nbsc.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NBSC is a Japanese document acquisition service founded in 1983, serving approximately 300 corporate clients across financial institutions, real estate firms, and credit recovery companies through a nationwide investigator network that retrieves registry and certificate documents on a same-day or next-day basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Document Acquisition and Registry Services

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAMAMAK

Beneficial Ownership (UBO) & Corporate Registry Verification (KYB)

Financial & Insurance/Payments & Transaction Processing/Payment Compliance, KYC/AML & Screening

Keywords

• Document acquisition services
• Registry certificate retrieval
• Real estate registry services
• Judicial scrivener proxy
• Government document outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Utsunomiya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Document Acquisition Services: The company provides document acquisition and proxy services for official government documents including real estate registry certificates, commercial registry certificates, public maps, resident certificates, and vehicle registration certificates. Revenue is generated through service fees based on actual costs (government stamp fees) plus service charges for nationwide coverage and rapid turnaround. The company emphasizes that FAX, email, and express delivery costs are charged only at actual cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

NBSC provides proxy acquisition services for official Japanese government documents, including real estate registry certificates, commercial registry certificates, public maps and building diagrams, resident certificates, and vehicle registration certificates. The company leverages a nationwide network of dedicated investigators and affiliated judicial scriveners (司法書士) to retrieve documents from Legal Affairs Bureaus, municipal offices, and Land Transport Offices on behalf of corporate clients, typically delivering same-day or next-day turnaround.

Product overview

NBSC (日本ビジネスサポート株式会社) is a document acquisition service company that provides proxy services for obtaining official Japanese government documents. The company offers five core service modules: real estate and commercial registry certificate acquisition, public map and building diagram acquisition, resident certificate acquisition, vehicle registration certificate acquisition, and Legal Affairs Bureau internet search services. Services are delivered through a nationwide network of dedicated investigators and affiliated judicial scriveners, with same-day or next-day turnaround via fax, email, mail, or courier. The company primarily serves financial institutions, real estate companies, and debt collection companies, processing approximately 300 corporate client accounts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate and Commercial Registry Certificate Acquisition Service (不動産・商業登記事項証明書取得業務) Proxy acquisition and viewing service for real estate registry certificates (不動産登記簿�本) and commercial registry certificates (商業登記簿謄本) from Legal Affairs Bureaus (法務局), delivered to financial institutions, real estate companies, and credit recovery companies.
• Map and Building Diagram Acquisition Service (公図・建物図面・地積測量図取得業務) Proxy acquisition service for public maps (公図), building drawings (建物図面), and land measurement diagrams (地積測量図) from municipal offices and Legal Affairs Bureaus, used for property transactions and due diligence.
• Resident Certificate Acquisition Service (住民票取得業務) Proxy acquisition service for resident registration certificates (住民票記載事項証明) from municipal ward offices and city halls nationwide, supporting corporate client verification needs.
• Vehicle Registration Certificate Acquisition Service (車両登録証明取得業務) Proxy acquisition service for current registration certificates (現在登録証明) and detailed registration certificates (詳細登録証明) from Land Transport Offices (陸運局).
• Internet Search Service for Legal Affairs Bureau Records (インターネット検索業務（法務局関連）) Internet search service related to Legal Affairs Bureau records and registrations, supporting due diligence and corporate registry verification activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day document delivery for requests received by 11:00 AM or 3:00 PM
• +1 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

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• 株式会社マネーフォワード (Money Forward): Japanese cloud financial platform providing accounting, payroll, and corporate compliance services including corporate registry features. Emerging player with partial overlap in corporate information services for SMBs.
• LegalOn Technologies: Japanese legal tech company offering AI-powered contract review, corporate legal document automation, and registry research. Emerging player with partial overlap in the corporate legal document services space that NBSC serves.
• freee株式会社 (freee): Japanese cloud accounting and HR platform providing integrated corporate verification, registration, and compliance features for SMBs. Emerging player with adjacent corporate compliance and document services.

Direct peers

• GVA TECH株式会社: Japanese legal tech company providing online corporate registry research, corporate legal document services, and legal AI tools to businesses. Most direct peer — operates in the same niche of online corporate document and registry services for Japanese corporate clients.
• 日本法令株式会社 (Horei): Japanese publisher providing corporate registry data, legal information databases, and statutory information services to corporate clients. Direct peer in the provision of registry and legal document data to Japanese businesses.

Broad incumbents

• 株式会社帝国データバンク (Teikoku Databank): Japan's largest credit research firm providing corporate credit reports, business information, and registry-based data to financial institutions and corporates. Broader incumbent in corporate information services with overlap in registry data provision.
• 株式会社東京商工リサーチ (Tokyo Shoko Research): Major Japanese credit research firm providing corporate information, credit reports, and bankruptcy monitoring. Broader incumbent with overlapping capability in registry-based corporate information services.
• 株式会社TKC: Japanese professional services firm providing accounting, tax, and legal software for CPAs, tax accountants, and corporate legal teams. Broader incumbent serving similar professional clients with related corporate information tools.
• 弁護士ドットコム (Bengoshi.com): Japanese legal services platform providing lawyer search, legal Q&A, and corporate registry information access. Broader incumbent offering legal platform services that overlap with NBSC's corporate information and document services.

Others

• インフォマート株式会社 (Infomart): Japanese B2B platform for electronic document exchange, invoicing, and business workflow automation. Adjacent ecosystem participant in the B2B document services space with overlap in workflow automation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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