Ibis Holdings
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.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
Ibis Holdings firmographics
Firmographics- 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
Ibis Holdings industry classification
Industry- 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
Where Ibis Holdings is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices6 records
Markets served
Ibis Holdings business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others
Revenue model
- 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.
- 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
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Monthly | Service Management Director: Monthly salary 300,000 yen or more |
| Other | Monthly | Mission Staff (General): Monthly salary 250,000 yen or more |
| Other | Monthly | Associate (Generalist): Annual salary 4.6-6 million yen |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
Ibis Holdings product offering
Product offeringCore 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
Companies that use Ibis Holdings
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Ibis Holdings technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Ibis Holdings partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Cooperating enterprises (unspecified)coreCompanies 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
Ibis Holdings competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad 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
Ibis Holdings social profiles
Digital presenceIbis Holdings financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Ibis Holdings leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Ibis Holdings subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries4 records
Ibis Holdings funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Ibis Holdings M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Ibis Holdings
What does Ibis Holdings do?
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.
Is Ibis Holdings a public or private company?
Ibis Holdings is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Ibis Holdings founded?
Ibis Holdings was founded in 2020. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Ibis Holdings based?
Ibis Holdings is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does Ibis Holdings make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Welfare Services Revenue is the primary driver. The others are product Sales.
Who are Ibis Holdings's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Pasona Group, Persol Holdings and Recruit Holdings. Others are Solasto Corporation, SOMPO Holdings and Nichii Gakkan. Direct peers are LITALICO Inc., Support Holdings and BrightSpring Health Services. Careerlink is listed as an emerging player.
Does Ibis Holdings have an API?
No public API is recorded for Ibis Holdings.
What industry is Ibis Holdings in?
Ibis Holdings's product category is Disability Employment Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAGAEAG, Disability Services & Independent Living Support, with a secondary code of BPAGALAM, Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech). Its NAICS code is 62431 and its SIC code is 7361.