What Yokohama Reito does

Yokohama Reito Co., Ltd. (横浜冷凍株式会社, YOKOREI) is a Japanese refrigerated logistics and food distribution company founded in 1948 and headquartered in Yokohama's Minato Mirai district. The company operates two integrated business segments: refrigerated warehousing and food sales. Its refrigerated warehousing business operates 56+ logistics centers across Japan with over 1 million tons of total cold storage capacity, ranking 2nd in Japan's domestic cold storage industry. The food sales business procures marine, livestock, and agricultural products domestically from 11 major fishing ports (a unique capability among Japanese listed companies) and internationally from suppliers across Southeast Asia, Nordic countries, North America, South America, and Australia. Consolidated FY9/25 revenue was ¥125,563 million.

YOKOREI's underlying technology centers on cold chain logistics infrastructure combining temperature-controlled warehousing, customs clearance, and proprietary ICT systems. Proprietary technologies include the Sittory natural convection cooling method, a tablet-operated Cargo Navigation System with electric movable racks, desiccant positive-pressure air conditioning, a Building Energy Management System (BEMS), earthquake-resistant rack systems, and the YIS (YOKOREI Information System) internet-based platform providing customers with real-time inventory and customs clearance visibility. Supporting the warehousing business are AEO-certified customs clearance services at six major Japanese ports (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hakata) handling over 80% of Japan's foreign cargo container volume, plus EDI services supporting JX, ebXML, SFTP, FTP, and Zengin TCP/IP protocols.

The company generates revenue through subscription-based storage fees from refrigerated warehousing (over 56 logistics centers with capacity exceeding 1 million tons) and transactional fees from food product sales, supplemented by customs clearance services, processing/freezing services, and real estate leasing. Its enterprise B2B customer base spans food manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers (supermarkets, convenience stores), and food service operators across Japan and Southeast Asia. Distribution occurs through direct B2B sales (via 18 domestic sales offices), a partner transportation network (the company does not own trucks), and a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform (deliyokorei.com) for proprietary brands including Mitsubatei eel and Hofseth smoked salmon. International operations are conducted through subsidiaries in Thailand (Thai Yokorei, Best Cold Chain, YOKOREI Thailand) and Vietnam (Vietnam Yokorei). The company is publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 2874 with approximately 15,900 shareholders as of September 2025.

Name

Yokohama Reito

Legal name

横浜冷凍株式会社

Website

https://yokorei.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Yokohama Reito (YOKOREI) is a Japanese public cold chain logistics and food distribution company operating 56+ refrigerated warehouses with 1M+ tons of capacity and a vertically integrated food sales business sourcing from 11 major fishing ports and global suppliers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Logistics and Food Trading

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Refrigerated Warehousing (Multi-Client) (AFAOAFAA)

Keywords

• Refrigerated warehousing services
• Cold chain logistics
• Frozen food storage
• Customs brokerage services
• Marine food trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Yokohama

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Refrigerated Warehousing Services: Cold storage and warehousing services for food products (frozen and chilled). Provides temperature-controlled storage, inventory management, handling, and distribution. Revenue from storage fees based on storage capacity utilized. The company operates over 56 logistics centers with total capacity exceeding 1 million tons.
2. Food Product Sales: Sales of marine products, livestock products, and agricultural products to traders, wholesalers, food manufacturers, restaurants, and retail chains. Sources from domestic fishing ports (with buying rights at 11 major ports) and international suppliers. Includes proprietary brand products such as 'Mitsubatei' eel and smoked salmon from Hofseth partnership.
3. Customs Clearance Services: AEO-certified customs brokerage services at six major Japanese ports (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hakata) handling import/export documentation and clearance for food products.
4. Processing and Freezing Services: Quick-freezing services and primary processing (sorting, packaging) of marine, livestock, and agricultural products. Includes rapid freezing, eel farming, and salmon processing operations.
5. Real Estate Leasing: Real estate leasing services, including warehouse facilities to third parties.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

YOKOREI provides temperature-controlled refrigerated warehousing (F-class freezer, C-class chilled, C&F dual-temperature storage) across more than 56 logistics centers in Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam with over 1 million tons of total capacity. It operates AEO-certified customs clearance at six major Japanese ports and conducts domestic and international trading of marine, livestock, and agricultural food products, including proprietary brands such as Mitsubatei eel and Hofseth smoked salmon. Supporting offerings include real-time inventory visibility via the YIS portal, EDI data exchange, refrigerated warehouse equipment maintenance, and ice manufacturing at the Hirado Ice Factory.

Product overview

YOKOREI operates two core business segments: Refrigerated Warehousing and Food Sales. The refrigerated warehousing business provides temperature-controlled storage (F-class freezer, C-class chilled, C&F dual-temperature) across 56+ logistics centers nationwide and overseas in Thailand and Vietnam, with integrated customs clearance services at 6 major ports. The Food Sales business procures marine, livestock, and agricultural products from 11 Japanese fishing ports and international suppliers, selling proprietary brands including Mitsubatei eel and Hofseth smoked salmon. Supporting services include YIS (real-time inventory tracking), EDI data exchange, equipment maintenance, and ice manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Refrigerated Warehousing Business Temperature-controlled storage and logistics services for food products across Japan, offering F-class (freezer), C-class (chilled), and C&F-class (dual temperature) facilities with various capacity levels for domestic and import/export cargo handling.
• Food Sales Business Domestic and international trading of marine, livestock, and agricultural products with procurement from 11 major Japanese fishing ports and global suppliers in Southeast Asia, Nordic countries, North/South America, and Australia.
• Customs Clearance Services AEO-certified customs clearance operations at six major Japanese ports (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hakata), handling import/export documentation, tariff procedures, and bonded cargo management for food products.
• Mitsubatei Eel Brand Domestic eel brand produced through the company's own aquaculture farm (approximately 1 hectare), sold nationwide at supermarkets and mass retailers.
• Hofseth Smoked Salmon Premium smoked salmon sourced from Norwegian partner Hofseth, processed with salt and sugar only, smoked with beech wood chips, certified antibiotic-free with ASC aquaculture certification.
• Hirado Ice Factory Automated ice manufacturing and sales facility completed in 2021, featuring fully unmanned 24-hour operations and a 146.3 kW solar power generation system providing 16.8% of the facility's electricity.
• Refrigerated Warehouse Equipment Maintenance 24-hour mechanical engineering support for refrigeration systems including compressors, condensers, expansion valves, evaporators, with on-site engineers at each center and headquarters technical oversight.

Quantifiable outcome

• Surpassed 1 million tons cold storage capacity (February 2020)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Diamond Tokachi Co., Ltd. (Japan)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Agricultural product partnership company established April 2014 in Hokkaido's Tokachi region. Focuses on agricultural product procurement, processing, and sales in the Tokachi food valley area.
• Hofseth International (Norway)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Norwegian salmon farming company Hofseth International for sustainable salmon products. Hofseth uses IT-based environmental management and carefully selected feed to produce healthy, high-quality salmon. YOKOREI sources trout dress and whole fish for Norwegian-processed smoked salmon. All Hofseth salmon is antibiotic-free, using hot water parasite removal and laser deparasitisation. Operations hold ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) certification and CoC (Chain of Custody) certification for traceability. YOKOREI purchases salmon by-products for supplement production.
• Thai Yokorei Co., Ltd. (Thailand)coreOthersSubsidiary company operating cold storage warehouses in Thailand. Established in 1989, operates Samrong Logistics Center, Bangpakong Logistics Center 1&2, and Oneai Logistics Center 1&2 with approximately 95,600 tons capacity. Provides frozen and refrigerated storage for food products in Thailand.
• Best Cold Chain Co., Ltd. (Thailand)minorOthersCold chain transportation company in Thailand. Provides low-temperature transportation services for food products in the Bangkok metropolitan area and surrounding provinces.
• Vietnam Yokorei Co., Ltd.coreOthersSubsidiary company established March 2023 in Vietnam. Ben Luc Logistics Center completed March 2025 with 45,000 ton capacity. Provides frozen and refrigerated storage services in southern Vietnam near Ho Chi Minh City.
• PAX FREEZER Co., Ltd. (Japan)minorOthersSubsidiary cold storage company in Tokyo. Located at 3-2-27 Heiwajima, Ota-ku, Tokyo. Provides frozen and refrigerated storage services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
• YOKOREI (Thailand) Co., Ltd.minorOthersSubsidiary handling food product sales and import/export operations in Thailand. Located at Sindhorn Tower 3, Bangkok. Focuses on sales in Thailand and exports to Japan.
• Alliance Seafoods Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary (absorbed through merger in 2020) was involved in shrimp aquaculture operations in Malaysia, demonstrating earlier international seafood sourcing partnerships.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nippon Suisan Kaisha (Nissui): Major Japanese seafood company with fishing port procurement, cold storage, and food product sales. Directly comparable business model combining marine sourcing with cold chain distribution.
• Maruha Nichiro Corporation: Japan's largest seafood company with integrated cold storage and food processing operations. Directly comparable in combining marine product procurement, cold chain logistics, and food sales across Japan.
• Kato Sansho Co., Ltd. Japanese refrigerated warehousing specialist operating multiple cold storage facilities. Direct competitor focused on the same temperature-controlled logistics segment as YOKOREI.
• Nichirei Corporation: Japan's largest cold storage operator and a major food company. Operates an extensive refrigerated logistics network across Japan with international operations, directly competing with YOKOREI's refrigerated warehousing and food sales businesses.

Broad incumbents

• Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation: Diversified Japanese logistics company with warehousing operations including temperature-controlled storage. Comparable as a larger, broader logistics player with overlapping warehouse capabilities.
• Kamigumi Co., Ltd. Major Japanese port logistics and warehousing operator. Comparable through port-centric cold chain services at major Japanese ports, similar to YOKOREI's customs and bonded storage operations.
• Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. Diversified Japanese warehousing and logistics company. Operates general and some temperature-controlled warehousing plus port logistics services, broadly comparable in warehousing infrastructure.
• Konoike Transport Company, Ltd. Japanese logistics provider with refrigerated transport and warehousing capabilities. Comparable as a domestic B2B logistics operator serving food and consumer customers.

Emerging players

• Lineage Logistics: World's largest temperature-controlled warehouse operator with growing Asia-Pacific presence. Comparable as a global cold storage pure-play with similar multi-tenant warehousing model.

Others

• Hofseth International AS: Norwegian salmon farming and processing company that is an existing YOKOREI strategic partner. Comparable as a seafood supply chain partner in the cold chain ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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