Public Service Co.

What Public Service Co. does

Public Service Co., Ltd. (株式会社パブリックサービス) is a private, municipally-affiliated Japanese service company founded on August 26, 1991, in Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Operating exclusively within Zushi City, the company is a designated vehicle for senior (age 60+) employment, employing 126 people with an average workforce age of 69.6 under a 51% ownership stake held by Zushi City. Its service portfolio spans four revenue streams: (1) Public Services including welfare bus operation, plastic-container sorting at the Zushi Environmental Clean Center, park and green-space maintenance, and school support; (2) Business Support Services including home cleaning, vacant-home management, and temporary staffing dispatch; (3) certified Security Services (Type 1 facility and Type 2 crowd/traffic control under license No. 45001477, launched April 2023); and (4) Designated Management of the Zushi Cultural Plaza Citizens Exchange Center (second term since April 2020).

The underlying operating model is human-labor-intensive rather than technology-based: services are delivered directly by registered senior staff to local residents, SMBs, and the municipal government, with customer intake handled by phone (046-873-3500), walk-in visits to the Zushi Business Office, and periodic recruitment drives via Hello Work and local bulletin boards. Pricing is unit-based and disclosed at the line-item level (e.g., regular cleaning from 5,280 yen per 2-hour session; vacant-home management from 3,410 yen/hour; bulletin-board posting at 12,100 yen per 10-day cycle from April 2026). Channel strategy is direct, with no resellers or intermediaries; marketing relies on regional earned media (Zushi-Hayama Keizai Shimbun, Kanagawa Shimbun, J:COM Daily News) and 62 owned bulletin-board locations across the city.

The revenue mix is structurally dependent on a small set of municipal counterparties — Zushi City government and the Cultural Plaza Center — augmented by transaction-volume residential and SMB services within a single municipality. Ownership comprises Zushi City (51%) and a coalition of local financial institutions (Yokohama Bank, Kanagawa Shinyo Kinko, Shonan Shinyo Kinko each at 4.8%), the Zushi Chamber of Commerce, Social Welfare Council, and 49 individual citizen shareholders. Following the June 2026 appointment of Mika Ito as President and Representative Director, the company's strategic direction under new leadership remains to be observed.

Name

Public Service Co.

Legal name

株式会社パブリックサービス

Website

https://publicservice-zushi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Public Service Co., Ltd. is a municipally-affiliated Japanese service company founded in 1991 in Zushi City, Kanagawa, employing 126 seniors (avg age 69.6) to deliver municipal contracts and residential services including cleaning, garden care, security, parking management, and staffing dispatch.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community and Property Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Other Services (except Public Administration) (81), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Services Labor Staffing (BPACAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), Public Works Departments (Streets, Bridges, Stormwater, Fleet, Maintenance) (BPAIALAD)

Keywords

• Property maintenance services
• Municipal facility management
• Senior employment services
• Security guard services
• Temporary staffing dispatch

Headquarters

HQ city

Zushi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Services (First Division): Government-contracted services including welfare bus operation, plastic container sorting, park management, school support; also includes private services such as bicycle parking management, garden care, and cleaning services.
2. Business Support Services: Home helper services, vacant house management, and temporary staffing (dispatch) services for local businesses.
3. Security Services: Security guard services (Type 1 facility security, Type 2 crowd control and traffic guidance) started April 2023.
4. Designated Management (Second Division): Operation of Shizu Cultural Plaza Citizens Exchange Center as designated manager since April 2015, with second term since April 2020.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Public Service Co., Ltd. is a local service company in Zushi City, Japan, operating two divisions. The First Division delivers government-contracted public services (welfare bus, plastic sorting, park management, school support) and private services (bicycle parking management, garden care, cleaning) staffed by a registered senior workforce of 100+ employees. The Second Division handles designated management of public facilities, primarily the Zushi Cultural Plaza Citizen Exchange Center. The company also provides security services (since April 2023), home assistance, vacant home management, and temporary staffing dispatch for local businesses.

Product overview

Public Service Co. is a local service company offering a comprehensive portfolio of community and commercial services in Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The company operates through two divisions: the First Division manages senior workforce-based services including garden care, cleaning, parking management, park maintenance, and security services; the Second Division handles designated public facility management including the Zushi Cultural Plaza Citizen Exchange Center. The core offering consists of Home & Business Support services (home cleaning, empty home management, staffing dispatch), Garden Care (tree trimming, grass cutting), Security Services (facility and traffic guidance), and various municipal service contracts. The company uniquely employs over 100 senior citizens aged 60 and above as part of a Silver Workforce initiative established in 1991.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Home & Business Support (ホーム&ビジネスサポート) Comprehensive support services for households and businesses including regular cleaning (2-hour session starting at 5,280 yen), empty home management (checking exteriors, meters, mail from 3,410 yen/hour), and business staffing dispatch services for local companies in Zushi City.
• Garden Care (ガーデンケア) Professional garden maintenance services including grass cutting, tree pruning, and tree removal for residential homes and condominiums in Zushi City. Staffed by experienced local senior residents offering affordable pricing compared to specialized tree services.
• Security Services (警備業) Security business with certification (第45001477号). Offers Type 1 facility security and Type 2 crowd control and traffic guidance services to contribute to community safety in Zushi City.
• Parking & Bicycle Parking Management (駐輪駐車場) Management and operation of bicycle and vehicle parking facilities including JR Zushi Station East/West parking and Shimizubashi South/North parking lots in Zushi City.
• Park & Green Space Management (公園管理) Maintenance and management of municipal parks, hiking trails, and green spaces throughout Zushi City, including grass cutting, cleaning, and safety patrols.
• Clean Center Operations (クリーンセンター) Sorting and processing of container packaging plastics at the Zushi Environmental Clean Center.
• Welfare Bus Operation (福祉バス運行) Operation of welfare buses for Zushi City as part of public service obligations to support community welfare and senior mobility.
• Zushi Bunka Plaza Citizen Exchange Center Management (市民交流センター) Designated management of the Zushi Cultural Plaza Citizen Exchange Center since April 2015, currently in Phase II management since April 2020. Manages community activity spaces, lifelong learning spaces, festival park, and indoor heated pool.
• Staff Dispatch Services (人材派遣) Temporary staffing dispatch service (Permit No: 派14-301421) providing business support for local companies, shops, and offices in Zushi City.
• Bulletin Board Posting Service (広報板) Bulletin board posting service for community flyers and event notices, handled by Public Service Co. across 62 bulletin board locations in Zushi City. 10-day display period, A4 vertical size, at 12,100 yen (tax included) per posting.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Duskin Co., Ltd. National leader in residential and commercial cleaning, sanitization, and maintenance. Comparable as a direct competitor to Public Service Co.'s cleaning and home-support services, but operating through a franchise model with national brand recognition.
• SECOM Co., Ltd. Largest Japanese integrated security provider, also offering facility management and staffing-adjacent services. Competes with Public Service Co. for the same municipal and SMB security and management contracts, with vastly greater technology and geographic footprint.
• ALSOK (Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd.): Japan's largest private security company. Directly comparable to Public Service Co.'s newly launched Type 1/Type 2 security services, but with national scale, advanced monitoring technology, and entrenched municipal contracts.
• Pasona Inc. Major Japanese staffing and HR services provider. Comparable in business model (worker dispatch, temp staffing, BPO services) to Public Service Co.'s dispatch business, but with national scope and corporate-customer focus.
• Tokyu Community Corp. Large Japanese facility management and building-services company. Overlaps with Public Service Co.'s designated management of the Cultural Plaza, park management, and parking operations, with greater scale and a Kanto-wide footprint.
• FULLCAST Holdings Co., Ltd. Leading Japanese light-duty and short-term staffing company. Directly comparable to Public Service Co.'s local temp dispatch service (License 派14-301421), but with nationwide coverage and digital matching platforms.
• Kanagawa Prefecture Silver Human Resources Center Association: Prefectural umbrella organization coordinating all Silver HR Centers in Kanagawa. Comparable as the governing body of the model's standard structure, against which Public Service Co.'s unusual for-profit KK structure is differentiated.

Direct peers

• Yokohama Silver Human Resources Center: Larger-scale Silver HR Center operating in the same Kanagawa Prefecture, executing the same senior-employment model across dispatch, cleaning, and public-sector contracts. Closest analog for what Public Service Co. could look like at a scaled-up municipal level.
• Zushi City Silver Human Resources Center: The municipality-affiliated Silver HR Center operating in the same city with the same senior-labor-dispatch mission. Direct competitor to Public Service Co.'s dispatch, cleaning, garden care, and home-support lines, and structurally subsidized by Zushi City.

Regional players

• Kamakura Silver Human Resources Center: Neighboring-city Silver HR Center with an essentially identical service mix (dispatch, cleaning, garden care, light public contracts). Useful as a same-region benchmark for service pricing and contract structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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