Lts

What Lts does

LTS (TYO: 6560) is an independent Japanese management and digital transformation consulting firm founded in March 2002 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. The company organizes its services across three domains — Strategy & Innovation, Architecture & Digital, and Social & Public — and targets large Japanese enterprises and government agencies with engagements spanning business transformation, Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture (EA), ERP implementation (with SAP emphasis), and digital transformation (DX) talent development. Named clients span trading houses (Itochu, Mitsubishi, Mitsui), energy (Tokyo Gas, Idemitsu), transportation (JAL, JR East/West), automotive (Nissan, Yamaha Motor), pharmaceutical (Chugai, Daiichi Sankyo), and public sector entities (Shizuoka, Hiroshima, Nagano, Fukushima Prefectures, METI/NEDO).

The firm's technical stack centers on a proprietary IGOE+P business process decomposition framework, a "Should-Be" Enterprise Architecture modeling approach, and an "AI Ready Data" design philosophy for generative AI deployments. Through its wholly-owned ME-Lab Japan subsidiary (established February 2024), LTS extends into AI-driven satellite data analytics, developing proprietary algorithms including MI-SBAS for multi-sensor SAR data fusion and a Two-Stage Residual Diffusion Model for precipitation downscaling — research validated at ESA's Fringe 2026 and AOGS 2026 conferences. The group operates a wholly-owned IT services and staffing subsidiary (LTS Link), an SAP-focused software subsidiary, two Hibiya-branded IT services subsidiaries, a Japanese-Vietnamese joint venture (FPT Consulting Japan), and an Asia regional subsidiary in Hong Kong.

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based professional consulting engagements, with multi-year contracts and fees determined by scope, team seniority mix, and duration; no public pricing exists. Secondary revenue flows through subsidiary operations (managed services, IT staffing, BPO) and a growing portfolio of government-commissioned regional innovation programs (Shinshu AI GEARS, RING HIROSHIMA, Fukushima Next Stage, NEDO MPM). Reported revenue grew from approximately ¥64.1B in 2021 to ¥109.2B in 2025, a roughly 14% CAGR, with EBITDA of ¥9.4B in 2025. The firm employs 1,001–5,000 staff across offices in Tokyo (headquarters, expanded to 15F in May 2024), Shizuoka, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Hong Kong.

Name

Lts

Legal name

株式会社エル・ティー・エス

Website

https://lt-s.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

LTS is a Tokyo-based independent consulting firm (TYO: 6560) providing business transformation, BPM, ERP, and Enterprise Architecture services to large Japanese enterprises and government agencies, with growing AI and satellite data analytics capabilities through subsidiary ME-Lab Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application Modernization (Monolith-to-Modules, Domain Modernization) (BPAEAFAG)

Keywords

• Business transformation consulting
• Enterprise architecture services
• Business process management
• Digital transformation consulting
• ERP implementation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: LTS generates the majority of its revenue through consulting service engagements, including business transformation, DX strategy, BPM, ERP implementation, business architecture, and change management. Projects are typically scoped and quoted per engagement, with fees based on project scope, team composition, and duration. The company operates as an independent consulting firm listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (stock code 6560).
2. Subsidiary Operations and Platform Services: Revenue is also generated through LTS group subsidiaries including LTS Link (IT business community platform and professional matching services), Hibiya Computer System, Hibiya Resource Planning, and Wakuto. These subsidiaries provide IT staffing, software development, and BPO services that complement LTS's consulting offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LTS is an independent Japanese consulting firm offering transformation consulting services across three service domains: Strategy & Innovation, Architecture & Digital, and Social & Public. The company delivers business process management (BPM), enterprise architecture (EA) formulation, ERP implementation, AI-driven organizational transformation, and business architect talent development to large Japanese enterprises and government clients.

Product overview

LTS (株式会社エル・ティー・エス, 6560) is an independent Japanese consulting firm offering transformation consulting services organized across three service domains: Strategy & Innovation (strategy, M&A, new business creation), Architecture & Digital (BPM, ERP, data analytics/AI, digital transformation), and Social & Public (regional revitalization, public-private partnerships). Its core consulting services include Transformation to AI-Driven Organizations (AI駆動組織への変革), Enterprise Architecture Formulation Support (エンタープライズアーキテクチャー策定支援), Business Architecture Human Resource Development (ビジネスアーキテクチャ人材育成サービス), Business Process Management (BPM), ERP/Core Process Transformation, and Value Creation (新規事業創造支援). LTS also operates regional innovation programs including Shinshu AI GEARS and Hiroshima AI Sandbox, and maintains the CLOVER/CLOVER Light thought leadership platform. The company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (6560) serves approximately 300 client companies across industries including manufacturing, finance, retail, energy, and government. Key differentiators include its focus on 'transformation talent' (変革人材) development, AI-ready data strategy, and the BPM/Enterprise Architecture framework applied across engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CLOVER: LTS Group's owned media platform, a business media site focused on transformation topics.
• CLOVER Light
• asssign navi
• Professional Hub

Products and services

• AI-Driven Organization Transformation (AI駆動組織への変革) Consulting service for enterprises struggling to move beyond AI PoC, covering AX concept formulation, AI-BPR (business process redesign for AI), AI implementation and data infrastructure, and AI transformation talent development, unified by AI governance design.
• Enterprise Architecture Formulation Support (EA策定支援) Service that visualizes the entire business-to-IT landscape and formulates optimal IT architecture roadmaps based on 'Should-Be model' approaches. Addresses partial optimization, legacy system complexity, and ad-hoc IT investment challenges; includes BA/DA/AA concept modeling and AMO governance design.
• Business Architecture Human Resource Development Service (ビジネスアーキテクチャ人材育成サービス) Companion-style training service aligned with Japan's Digital Skill Standard Ver2.0 (DSS Ver2.0) for developing DX and transformation professionals. Covers three role types: Business Architect (BAct), Product Manager (PdM), and Business Analyst (BAst), combining classroom learning with on-the-job training and ongoing coaching.
• Business Process Management (BPM) Consulting BPM consulting covering process visualization, KPI management, and cross-departmental communication. Includes the IGOE+P framework (Input, Guide, Output, Enabler, Process), bird's-eye and insect-eye perspectives, BPMN-based process modeling, and training programs for business process thinking.
• ERP/Core Process Transformation ERP consulting covering ERP introduction support, core system refresh, Fit-to-Standard adaptation, SAP S/4HANA implementation, cloud ERP, and post-implementation operation and improvement. LTS positions itself as a user-side consulting partner for SAP ERP projects.
• Value Creation / New Business Creation Support (新規事業創造支援) New business creation consulting covering opportunity exploration, business model design, prototyping, market validation, and growth execution. Features three-core-team support model and speed-plus-discipline execution style, supporting clients from ideation through to establishing repeatable innovation systems.
• Shinshu AI GEARS Sandbox Program Sandbox program operated by LTS for Nagano Prefecture that matches local companies with AI developers nationwide. Supports challenge-based and free-proposal AI projects with subsidies up to 8 million yen per project, approximately 5 projects selected.

Quantifiable outcome

• IIBA Japan Business Analysis Award (Incentive Prize) for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines DX project, recognized for optimizing/organizing business processes and automation to increase time available for value-creating activities.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability14 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fukushima Prefecture (福島県)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026LTS was commissioned by Fukushima Prefecture to operate the Fukushima Accelerator Program 'Next Stage,' supporting entrepreneurs and new business development in Fukushima Prefecture. LTS implements its unique '3 Banson' (HANSOU: co-creation, HOUSOU: co-management, ENSOU: bond-creation) support methodology to foster a community of regional challengers and supporters.
• Information Services Group (ISG) - Digital Engineering Services Midsize Providers ReportminorOthers · 28 May 2026LTS was named as a Leader among 46 midsize digital engineering service providers in the U.S. market in the 2026 ISG Provider Lens Digital Engineering Services Midsize Providers report. LTS was recognized alongside firms such as Apexon, Bosch SDS, Coforge, Cyient, Persistent Systems, Quest Global, Tata Elxsi, UST, and Zensar Technologies for leadership across all three quadrants of the report covering AI-integrated digital engineering services.
• European Space Agency (ESA) / Jagiellonian University / Shizuoka Fuji Research Institute / University of TsukubacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026LTS's Yoshimura Hirohito (Data Lead Division, ME-Lab Japan) presented research at ESA's Fringe 2026 conference (the 13th International Workshop on Advances in SAR Interferometry) in a joint presentation with Shizuoka Fuji Research Institute and University of Tsukuba. The research introduced the MI-SBAS approach for multi-sensor satellite data fusion combining C-band and L-band radar observations for enhanced surface deformation monitoring.
• Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (冲電気工業)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026LTS is a collaborating partner with Oki Electric Industry in a JAXA Space Strategy Fund (Phase 2) project for developing next-generation infrastructure monitoring systems that integrate satellite data with ground-based IoT sensors and AI algorithms to detect early signs of geohazards (landslides, sinkholes). LTS is responsible for satellite-ground sensor data integration AI algorithms and global business model development. Project period extends to March 2029.
• Nagano Prefecture (長野県)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026LTS was commissioned by Nagano Prefecture to operate the Shinshu AI GEARS sandbox project, which matches Nagano Prefecture businesses with AI developers nationwide to create innovation in AI applications across the region's diverse industries. LTS leverages its DX and AI expertise to support regional economic development through AI-driven innovation ecosystems.
• Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (東京ガス)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2026LTS is providing consulting services to Tokyo Gas to support the development of business analyst talent and requirements definition capabilities. This engagement focuses on building internal BA capabilities within Tokyo Gas's organization, with support scheduled through March 2026. The engagement builds on LTS's deep BA/BPM expertise and aligns with the national Digital Skill Standard initiatives.
• JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025LTS Group company ME-Lab Japan was selected for JICA's 'Water Resources Digital Technology and Space Technology Demonstration' initiative, proposing satellite data utilization for water resource management in Zambia. This project applies LTS/ME-Lab Japan's satellite data analytics capabilities to international development challenges.
• FPT Consulting Japan Co., Ltd. (FPTコンサルティングジャパン)coreOthersFPT Consulting Japan is a joint venture company established by LTS and FPT Japan Holdings for consulting services. This JV leverages LTS's Japanese market expertise and transformation consulting capabilities with FPT's global technology and consulting delivery capacity.
• Yamashita Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヤマシタ)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLTS supported Yamashita (welfare equipment rental/linen supply) in an 8-week Enterprise Architecture formulation project using EA methodology, BPM, and generative AI to create a shared language for core system renewal. This was a client engagement serving as a flagship reference case for LTS's EA formulation support service.
• NEDO (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLTS operates NEDO's University Startup Management Personnel Initiative (MPM), providing management talent matching services for university-launched startups in regional Japan. LTS developed a white paper on the local university startup management talent model based on 'empathy' and 'loose relationships,' published in June 2026. LTS has also been selected for NEDO's quantum computing challenge for well-being simulations.
• Fukuoka International Conference Center / Marine Messe FukuokaminorOthersLTS's Sakurai Takumi (Data Lead Division, ME-Lab Japan) will present at AOGS 2026 (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) to be held in August 2026 in Fukuoka, Japan. The presentation on precipitation downscaling using Two-Stage Residual Diffusion Model is co-presented with Gaia Vision CEO Yuki Kita.
• Shizuoka University / Shizuoka University of Technology / Shizuoka Prefectural University / Shizuoka BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLTS provided the DIVE IN entrepreneurship program (August-September 2025) for Shizuoka university students, co-organized with the Tongali network and Shizuoka Bank. The 4-day program covered effectuation theory, business model development, customer interviews, and final pitches. LTS supports regional university startup ecosystems through education and mentorship.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Japan: Japan arm of global Accenture, providing strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations services. Competes with LTS for large Japanese enterprise transformation, ERP, and BPM engagements with greater scale and global methodology depth.
• Bain & Company Japan: Global management consultancy with Japan practice focused on strategy, transformation, and performance improvement. Competes for C-level transformation mandates at Japanese enterprises.
• NTT Data: Global IT services and consulting arm of NTT, providing enterprise application modernization, ERP implementation, and DX consulting. Competes with LTS in large-enterprise transformation and core system renewal in Japan.
• NRI (Nomura Research Institute): Largest Japanese IT consulting and systems integration firm with strong consulting, DX, and managed services offerings. Competes with LTS in BPM, EA, and DX strategy for large Japanese enterprises and financial institutions.
• Deloitte Tohmatsu (Japan): Japan member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, offering management consulting, technology, and human capital services. Competes directly with LTS in BPM, EA, and DX talent development, including awarding the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in which LTS was recognized.
• Roland Berger Japan: European-origin strategy consultancy with a Tokyo office advising Japanese and multinational clients on transformation, operations, and organizational change. Overlaps with LTS in enterprise transformation and operations improvement.
• Boston Consulting Group Japan: Japan office of BCG, providing strategy, operations, and technology consulting. Competes with LTS on enterprise-wide business transformation and digital strategy for major Japanese corporates.
• McKinsey & Company Japan: Tokyo office of global strategy consultancy serving Japanese enterprises on transformation, organizational change, and AI strategy. Overlaps with LTS in C-suite advisory and large-scale transformation programs.

Direct peers

• ABeam Consulting: Tokyo-headquartered management and IT consulting firm (formerly part of Deloitte) providing business transformation, ERP, and DX services to large Japanese enterprises. Comparable in customer base, Japan-centric model, and consulting methodology focus.
• Future Corporation: Japanese consulting and IT services firm specializing in business transformation, BPM, ERP, and IT strategy. Operates a similar hybrid consulting + IT implementation model targeting large Japanese enterprises.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lts_inc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@LTS_Inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/Corp.LTS
• Instagraminstagram.com/corp.lts

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A2 records

Investments6 records

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