Biz-Navi

What Biz-Navi does

Biz-Navi (株式会社Biz-Navi / Business Navigation Inc.) is a private, founder-owned management consulting firm headquartered in the Ginza district of Chuo-ku, Tokyo, established on August 11, 2008. The firm specializes in organizational reform and operational improvement for Japanese enterprises, anchored by its proprietary "No.2 Function" methodology — a diagnostic and intervention framework that identifies three organizational capabilities (Strategic Conception [戦略構想], Execution Promotion [実行推進], and Organizational Adjustment [組織調整]) that must be strengthened to maximize organizational performance beneath top leadership. All engagements are fully bespoke with no packaged offerings; deliverables are customized to each client's stated situation and requests.

The company is led by Representative Director Toru Ishishita (石下 徹), a Waseda University Law Faculty graduate who joined Biz-Navi as Director in 2009 and became Representative Director in 2013. Ishishita brings prior consulting experience from Japan LCA Co., Ltd. (a Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section-listed firm), where he held Chief Consultant and strategy planning roles and received multiple internal quality and department awards. Biz-Navi's client base spans a deliberately horizontal cross-section of the Japanese economy — manufacturing, retail, logistics, services, and public institutions — and ranges in scale from micro ventures with under 10 employees to globally operating large enterprises.

Biz-Navi generates revenue through professional services engagements structured as fixed-fee (available in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, or 1-year terms), pure success-based (完全成果報酬型), or hybrid contracts, with both lump-sum and installment payment options accepted. Initial consultation and proposal design are provided free of charge; free paid diagnostics are capped at three companies per month as a controlled intake mechanism. The firm operates exclusively in Japan (no international footprint disclosed), distributes entirely through direct website-initiated engagement with no resellers or marketplace channels, and is funded entirely by operating revenue with no institutional investors, parent company, or external ownership disclosed. Registered capital is ¥7,500,000.

Name

Biz-Navi

Legal name

株式会社Biz-Navi

Website

https://biz-navi.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Biz-Navi is a Tokyo-based, founder-owned management consulting firm that delivers bespoke organizational reform and business improvement engagements using its proprietary "No.2 Function" framework. It serves Japanese enterprises ranging from micro ventures to globally operating large corporations across manufacturing, retail, logistics, services, and public institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB), Organization Design & Restructuring (BPACAJAB), Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• Organizational reform
• Business improvement
• Strategic consulting
• Operational consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Biz-Navi generates revenue through bespoke management consulting engagements. Clients are presented with project cost estimates prior to commencement. Contract structures include fixed-fee (1-month, 3-month, 6-month, or 1-year terms), pure success-based (完全成果報酬型), and hybrid models. Payment terms include both lump-sum and installment options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Biz-Navi delivers fully bespoke management consulting services that strengthen an organization's "No.2 Functions" across three areas: Strategic Conception (戦略構想), Execution Promotion (実行推進), and Organizational Adjustment (組織調整). Rather than selling packaged solutions, the firm customizes each engagement to the client's current situation and requests, supported by a free initial diagnosis limited to three companies per month.

Product overview

Biz-Naviは組織改革と業務改善専門のコンサルティングファームです。「No.2機能」強化という独自メソッドに基づき、戦略構想・実行推進・組織調整の3つの主要機能を軸としたフルオーダーメイドのコンサルティングサービスを提供しています。サービスパッケージの無理強いがない代わりに、各企業の課題に応じた量身カスタマイズ型の支援が特徴です。

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• No.2 Function Improvement Service (No.2機能改善サービス)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Japan: Global professional services giant with a large Japan practice covering strategy, consulting, and organizational change management. Competes with Biz-Navi for organizational transformation engagements at the enterprise end of the market.
• Bain & Company Japan: Global strategy consultancy with a Tokyo office providing strategy and organizational consulting to Japanese enterprises. Competes with Biz-Navi on organizational effectiveness and performance improvement engagements, though focused on the largest accounts.
• McKinsey & Company Japan: Global management consultancy with a significant Tokyo presence serving Japan's largest corporates on strategy, organization, and transformation. Overlaps with Biz-Navi on organizational and execution-focused engagements at the enterprise tier.
• Roland Berger: Global management consultancy with a strong Japan presence serving large Japanese corporates on strategy and organizational transformation. Overlaps with Biz-Navi on organizational reform and operating-model work, though operating as a much larger incumbent with global resources.
• Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting: Japan arm of Deloitte's global consulting practice, providing strategy, operations, and human capital consulting including organizational transformation. Comparable on enterprise-level organizational reform work but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• PwC Consulting Japan: Japan consulting arm of PwC providing management consulting, organizational transformation, and operational improvement services. Comparable to Biz-Navi on organizational reform and operational improvement offerings for Japanese clients.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Japan: Global strategy consultancy with a major Tokyo office serving Japanese corporates on strategy and organization topics including execution and operating model. Competes with Biz-Navi for organizational improvement work at large-enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• NRI Consulting (Nomura Research Institute): Japan-based consulting arm of NRI providing management consulting, organizational reform, and operational improvement services. Directly comparable to Biz-Navi in addressing Japanese enterprise organizational performance and execution capability gaps.
• BayCurrent: Japan-based management consulting firm with strong strategy and operations practices serving Japanese corporates. Comparable to Biz-Navi in serving Japanese enterprises on strategic execution and organizational improvement engagements, though at substantially larger scale.
• ABeam Consulting: Japan-origin management consulting firm offering strategy, operations, and organizational transformation services across industries. Most structurally comparable to Biz-Navi as a domestically rooted, broad management consultancy that historically competes for organizational reform and operating-model engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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