Ibis Holdings

Name

Ibis Holdings

Legal name

株式会社アイビスホールディングス（IBIS HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.）

Website

https://ibisholdings.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ibis Holdings is a Japan-listed welfare holding company operating Type B employment continuation support services for people with disabilities across the Tokai, Kanto, and Kyushu regions, supplemented by retail (iHugCheese), rework, and secondhand-goods businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM), Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK)

Keywords

• Disability employment support
• Welfare services
• Type B employment continuation
• Rework support services
• Partner-made retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Welfare Services Revenue: Revenue is generated through publicly funded welfare services (sheltere employment Type B) under the Disability Comprehensive Support Act. The daily wage is set at 1,000 yen per day. Additional revenue comes from product sales (sweets and crafts) and used goods/antiques business.
2. Product Sales: Partner-made products including cheese cakes, languedeshats, and crafts are sold through their own retail stores (iHugCheese) and online. Revenue from product sales is entirely returned to partners (people with disabilities).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ibis Holdings operates a portfolio of disability welfare services in Japan, anchored by Type B Employment Continuation Support (就労継続支援B型事業), which provides daily work opportunities, vocational training, and a guaranteed 1,000 yen daily wage to individuals with disabilities across more than 15 facilities in the Tokai, Kanto, and Kyushu regions. Complementary offerings include a Sales Business that markets partner-made products (cheese cakes, languedeshats, crafts) through the iHugCheese retail brand with all revenue returned to partners, an Employment Choice Business for career path design, a Rework Business providing return-to-work support for individuals with mental health challenges, and a Secondhand Goods and Mail-Order Business operated by subsidiary Smile Life.

Product overview

Ibis Holdings operates as a welfare enterprise group offering a comprehensive portfolio of disability support services. The core offering is the Employment Continuation Support Type B business (就労継続支援B型事業), which provides employment training and daily work opportunities for individuals with disabilities across 17 facilities in Tokai, Kanto, and Kyushu regions. The group has expanded into related services including a Sales Business (販売事業) with the iHugCheese retail brand selling partner-made products like cheese cakes and sweets, an Employment Choice Business (就労選択事業) for career path design, a Rework Business (リワーク事業) for return-to-work support including the Re:WORK lab Akihabara facility, and a Secondhand Goods/Mail-Order Business (古物事業・通院事業) operated by subsidiary Smile Life. The portfolio is structured around the philosophy of 'making welfare a first-class profession' while generating happiness for all stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iHugCheese: チーズケーキやラングドシャなどのスイーツ製品を製造・小売するブランド。レイヤード久屋大通店・上野店・イオンタウン名西店・豊田GAZA店で展開。

Products and services

• Type B Employment Continuation Support (就労継続支援B型事業) Disability welfare service providing employment training and daily work opportunities for individuals who have difficulty forming regular employment contracts. Partners (service users) work at their own pace and receive a guaranteed daily wage of 1,000 yen, with lunch and incidental expenses covered by the company. The service supports skill development and transition toward general employment.
• Sales Business (販売事業) — iHugCheese retail brand Sales of cheese cakes, languedeshats, and crafts produced by partners (individuals with disabilities) through company-operated iHugCheese retail stores. All revenue from product sales is returned to partners.
• Employment Choice Business (就労選択事業) Career path design service that helps users identify their strengths and possibilities through diverse work opportunities, supporting self-reliant career choices and future planning for individuals with disabilities.
• Rework Business (リワーク事業) Reskilling and return-to-work support service that helps individuals with mental health challenges transition back to work through new work formats. Anchored by the Re:WORK lab Akihabara facility in Tokyo's Soto-Kanda area.
• Secondhand Goods and Mail-Order Business (古物事業・通信事業) Used goods and mail-order business operated by subsidiary Smile Life Co., Ltd., expanding opportunities for partners (individuals with disabilities) to engage with society through diverse commercial activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily wage of 1,000 yen for all partners

Named customers2 records

Segments2 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.

• Cooperating enterprises (unspecified)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompanies that collaborate with Ibis to provide work opportunities for partners (people with disabilities). These enterprises create work assignments such as packaging, assembly, and craft production that partners can participate in, expanding the scope of work experiences and helping partners develop skills for general employment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pasona Group: Large Japanese HR/employment services group (TSE 2168) with broad staffing, recruitment, and workforce solutions across many customer segments. Adjacent to Ibis in employment-services category but operates as a broad incumbent rather than in disability-employment welfare.
• Persol Holdings: Major Japanese HR services group (TSE 2181) providing staffing, recruitment, and workforce solutions across multiple verticals. Comparable in employment-services category to Ibis but operates at much larger scale with a generalist, non-welfare-specialized portfolio.
• Recruit Holdings: One of Japan's largest HR-services and information-services conglomerates (TSE 6098), encompassing job-matching, staffing, and education. A broad incumbent with overlapping employment-services exposure but vastly larger scale and a generalist, non-welfare focus.

Others

• Solasto Corporation: Japanese welfare-services company (TSE 6197) operating in medical-clerk, childcare-support, and welfare-adjacent staffing. Same Japanese welfare-services ecosystem as Ibis but focused on staffing for healthcare/childcare rather than direct disability-employment facility operation.
• SOMPO Holdings: Major Japanese insurance holding company (TSE 8630) with growing healthcare, nursing-care, and welfare-services businesses through SOMPO Care. Tangentially related to Ibis as a large diversified player expanding into Japanese care/welfare service delivery.
• Nichii Gakkan: Long-established Japanese company (TSE 9792) providing welfare, healthcare, and education services including caregiving training and support. Operates in adjacent Japanese welfare-services ecosystem but at significantly larger scale and with a different service mix.

Direct peers

• LITALICO Inc. Japanese listed welfare and education-services company (TSE 2181) operating LITALICO Work, a disability employment support business directly comparable to Ibis's Type B employment continuation support. Both target people with disabilities, share a publicly funded services model, and operate multi-region Japanese facilities.
• Support Holdings: Japanese listed company (TSE 7096) specializing in employment support and transition-to-general-employment services for people with disabilities. Directly comparable business model to Ibis Holdings, including both welfare-funded service delivery and structured partner-support programs.
• BrightSpring Health Services: U.S. public home- and community-based health services provider (NASDAQ: BTSG) serving people with disabilities, complex care needs, and behavioral-health conditions. Closely comparable to Ibis at a business-model level — publicly funded services, partner/client-centered mission, multi-segment disability-services portfolio — though operating at much larger scale in the U.S.

Emerging players

• Careerlink: Japanese employment-services company (TSE 2180) providing staffing, recruitment-process outsourcing, and BPO services. Smaller scale than Pasona/Recruit/Persol but operating in adjacent employment-services territory with some overlap to Ibis's workforce-support mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ibis_free
• TikToktiktok.com/@ibis_group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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