Meinan Consulting Network

What Meinan Consulting Network does

Meinan Consulting Network (名南コンサルティングネットワーク) is a private Japanese professional services network headquartered in Nagoya, with origins dating to around 1970-1971 as Tax Accountant Corporation Meinan Management. Operations are coordinated through Meinan Management Holdings, established February 6, 2013, which sits above 17+ wholly-owned specialized member firms covering tax accounting, legal advisory, social insurance/labor, judicial and administrative scrivening, HR consulting, management consulting, M&A advisory, medical/welfare consulting, IT solutions, and venture capital. The network serves Japanese SMEs as its primary segment, with secondary segments in family businesses facing succession and inheritance planning, medical/welfare operators, and Japanese companies expanding into China.

The network's core technology product is MyKomon, a cloud-based productivity platform designed for tax accounting firms that delivers practice management, document handling, and workflow automation. Complementary offerings include the TeachmeBiz cloud manual creation tool (which integrates generative AI for multilingual documentation aimed at manufacturing SMEs) and the MVC Fund, a venture capital vehicle targeting startups through regeneration-stage companies. The network also offers structured training programs including the management accounting certification seminar series (Levels 1-3) and recurring topical seminars on AI adoption, global talent, and manufacturing sales improvement.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees across member firms, with publicly visible pricing including management accounting certification seminars at 11,000-22,000 JPY and inheritance tax filing engagements at 100万-250万円 JPY depending on estate complexity. The go-to-market is sales-led, relying on educational seminars (in-person and Zoom-based), professional referrals across the network's 16+ member firms, and direct consulting engagements. Operations span 12+ Japanese cities anchored by the JP Tower Nagoya headquarters, plus 11 Chinese cities through NACMEINAN. One member company, Meinan M&A (ticker 9279), is publicly listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Main Market, though the broader network remains private.

Name

Meinan Consulting Network

Legal name

名南コンサルティングネットワーク

Website

https://meinan.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Meinan Consulting Network is a Nagoya-based Japanese professional services network of 17+ specialized firms delivering integrated tax, legal, HR, M&A, medical, and consulting services to SMEs, family businesses, and Japanese companies expanding into China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Legal Services (5411), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical & Scientific Expert Networks (BPAHALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-side/Sell-side) (BPAHADAC)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Tax accounting services
• Legal advisory services
• Inheritance planning
• SME business consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Revenue generated from integrated professional services including tax accounting, legal advisory, HR consulting, management consulting, and other specialized services delivered through member firms within the network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Meinan Consulting Network delivers integrated professional services through 17+ specialized member firms covering tax accounting, legal advisory, social insurance/HR, judicial and administrative scrivenery, management consulting, M&A advisory, medical/welfare consulting, inheritance and business succession planning, and cross-border China operations. The network is coordinated by Meinan Management Holdings (established 2013) to provide one-stop multi-disciplinary solutions primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises and family businesses in Japan.

Product overview

Meinan Consulting Network is a multi-professional services network offering a unified platform of consulting services through its group companies. The core offerings include the MyKomon cloud service platform for tax accounting firm productivity, supplemented by video-based training content and automated website creation services. The network also operates venture capital (MVC Fund) and provides management accounting certification programs. Services span tax accounting, legal advisory, HR consulting, medical-care consulting, M&A advisory, global business support, and inheritance planning across 16+ group companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyKomon: Cloud service for improving productivity of tax accounting firms, including document management, client portal, and practice management tools.
• TeachmeBiz
• 名南ビジネスカレッジ
• 経営者大學
• 管理会計力認定講座

Products and services

• MyKomon Cloud-based productivity service for tax accounting firms, offering workflow automation, document management, client portal, and practice management tools to improve operational efficiency.
• MVC Fund (Meinan Venture Capital Fund) Venture capital fund that invests in companies across various stages from startup to growth and business regeneration phases, providing capital policy planning and hands-on management support.
• Management Accounting Certification Program (管理会計力認定講座) Three-level (Level 3, 2, 1) management accounting certification program covering financial statement analysis, break-even analysis, cash flow, and budget management. Pricing ranges from 11,000 JPY (Level 3) to 22,000 JPY (Level 1) per attendee.
• Tax Accounting and Advisory Services Professional tax accounting and advisory services delivered through 税理士法人 名南経営 (Meinan Tax Corporation) for individuals, enterprises, medical institutions, and public-interest corporations across multiple office locations in Japan.
• Legal Advisory Services Legal services delivered through 弁護士法人 名南総合法律事務所 covering corporate/M&A, compliance, international relations, intellectual property, litigation, inheritance, and asset management/trust, coordinated with other network specialists.
• Administrative Scrivener Services Licensing and permit application support plus inheritance and will-related services delivered through 行政書士法人 名南経営 for both corporate and individual clients.
• Judicial Scrivener Services Corporate legal affairs (corporate establishment, commercial registration) and inheritance legal services (real estate registration, inheritance legal affairs, elderly legal affairs) delivered through 司法書士法人 名南経営.
• HR and Social Insurance Labor Consulting HR and social insurance labor consulting services delivered through 社会保険労務士法人 名南経営 (Meinan Social Insurance Labor Consultant Corporation) supporting organizational development and employee welfare.
• Management Consulting Services Management consulting services delivered through 株式会社 名南経営コンサルティング to help SMEs discover and develop latent management and human resource capabilities for long-term growth.
• M&A Advisory Services M&A advisory services delivered through 名南Ｍ&Ａ株式会社 (Meinan M&A Co., Ltd.), publicly listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange Main Market under ticker 9279, operating from offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Shizuoka, and Takamatsu.
• Medical and Welfare Consulting Specialized consulting for medical and welfare facilities including medical facility setup, medical corporation establishment, hospital/clinic M&A, and medical practice succession, delivered through 株式会社 名南メディケアコンサルティング with 40+ years of experience.
• China Cross-Border Business Services Accounting, tax, and consulting services for Japanese companies entering or operating in China, delivered through NACMEINAN (China) HD Co., Ltd. across 11 China locations (Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Qingdao, Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Hong Kong) with 11 resident Japanese professionals. Services include statutory audits, IFRS consolidated package audits, bookkeeping and tax filing outsourcing, and financial due diligence.
• Inheritance and Business Succession Planning Inheritance tax filing and business succession planning services with 3,000+ cases accumulated since 1988 and approximately 200 new cases annually. Quoted fees range from 1,000,000 JPY (salary worker estate ~100M JPY) to 2,500,000 JPY (landowner estate ~300M JPY) plus tax.
• Property and Asset Consulting Property, asset, and wealth consulting services delivered through 株式会社 名南財産コンサルタンツ (Meinan Zaisan Consultants), including Financial Planner (FP) services, real estate consulting, and WealthSupport services.
• Business Matching Services Business matching services delivered through 株式会社 名南ビジネスマッチング (Meinan Business Matching Co., Ltd.) connecting businesses for partnership and transaction opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ inheritance tax filing cases completed since 1988
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NACMEINAN (China) HD Co., LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNACMEINAN is a China-based accounting and tax services provider for Japanese companies entering or operating in China. The entity operates under both NAC Group and Meinan Group, with 11 locations across China (Beijing, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Hong Kong) and 11 resident Japanese professionals. Provides statutory audits, IFRS consolidated package audits, monthly client visits for financial support, bookkeeping and tax filing outsourcing, and financial due diligence.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Tohmatsu Group: Japan member firm of Deloitte (Big 4) providing audit, tax, legal, consulting, and financial advisory. Competes with Meinan in upper-mid-market professional services, particularly in M&A and consulting, but with much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Recruit Holdings: Major Japanese HR, staffing, and information services conglomerate (TSE: 6098). Overlaps with Meinan's HR consulting and SMB-focused services through Indeed, HR technology, and staffing businesses; broader and more diversified than Meinan.

Direct peers

• Nihon M&A Center: Japan's largest SME-focused M&A advisory firm (TSE: 2127). Comparable to Meinan's M&A subsidiary (ticker 9279) in targeting succession-driven SME M&A mandates; represents the dominant scale competitor in Meinan's M&A practice.
• NAS Co., Ltd. (Nas Information Consulting): Japanese tax accounting and consulting firm (TSE: 6629) operating a network model serving SMEs with tax, accounting, HR, and consulting services. Comparable structure to Meinan with similar client base and integrated multi-disciplinary offerings.
• TKC Corporation: Major Japanese tax accounting software and consulting firm (TSE: 9746) operating a nationwide network of tax accountants and CPA firms using TKC's proprietary cloud accounting platform. Closely comparable to Meinan in serving Japanese SMEs through a network model with integrated software.
• M&A Capital Partners: Japanese M&A advisory firm (TSE: 6080) focused on SME succession transactions. Comparable to Meinan M&A in serving mid-market family business succession mandates across Japan.
• MJS (Mikuni Jyoho Service): Tax accounting network in Japan (TSE: 9937) providing accounting software plus professional services to SMEs through member firms. Directly comparable to Meinan in combining a software product (MJS CPE) with a member-firm professional services network.

Emerging players

• freee K.K. Cloud accounting and HR software for Japanese SMEs (TSE: 4478). Comparable to Meinan's MyKomon offering and represents the tech-enabled alternative for SME back-office services that competes with traditional tax/accounting consulting.
• Money Forward, Inc. Cloud accounting and HR/payroll SaaS platform (TSE: 3994) serving Japanese SMEs with tech-first approach. Adjacent/partial competitor to Meinan's tax and HR consulting practices, especially MyKomon; represents the SaaS-native disruption risk to traditional professional services.
• Yayoi Co., Ltd. Japanese accounting software firm (TSE: 5879) targeting SMEs and small accounting offices. Comparable to Meinan in serving Japanese SME accounting needs; primarily software-led with less emphasis on multi-disciplinary consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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