（株）アイスタイルキャリア

What （株）アイスタイルキャリア does

istyle career Inc. (株式会社アイスタイルキャリア) is a Tokyo-based subsidiary of publicly listed istyle Co., Ltd. (TSE: 3660), operating Japan's largest dedicated recruitment and staffing platform for the beauty and cosmetics industry under the @cosme Career brand (career.cosme.net). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo with approximately 45 employees, the company connects cosmetics and beauty employers — including CHANEL, Shiseido Group, L'Oréal Japan, DHC, YSL, SHIRO, and THREE — with beauty advisors (BA), estheticians, eyelash stylists, and headquarters staff across all Japanese prefectures.

The company's core product is a vertical job marketplace augmented by free candidate services (resume support, interview coaching, career counseling by industry-experienced staff) and four physical counseling offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, plus nationwide LINE video consultation. Its service portfolio spans job posting/advertising, direct placement, temporary dispatch (派遣), temp-to-perm (紹介予定派遣), and freelance/event staffing. The platform lists over 300 brands at any given time and has 500+ contracted brand relationships spanning luxury, domestic, Korean, and natural/organic cosmetics, as well as department stores and drugstores.

Revenue derives from two streams: (1) employer recruitment advertising and job postings, and (2) placement and staffing fees for direct hire, dispatch, temp-to-perm, and freelance arrangements. Job-seeker services are free; employer pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led for enterprise clients, with SEO, content marketing (career columns), and LINE/social media engagement driving candidate acquisition. The company also operates @cosme STORE and @cosme TOKYO retail outlets, which function as both a consumer touchpoint for the parent group and an in-house employer of beauty advisors.

Name

（株）アイスタイルキャリア

Legal name

istyle career Inc.

Website

https://career.cosme.net

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

istyle career Inc. is a Tokyo-based subsidiary of istyle Co., Ltd. (TSE: 3660) that operates @cosme Career, a vertical job board and staffing platform serving Japan's beauty and cosmetics industry with 500+ contracted brand partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beauty Industry Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Transition & Reemployment Services (Job Search Support) (BPACAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Services & Career Readiness (EDALABAB), Career Assessment & Skills Profiling (Assessments for Transition) (BPACAOAG)

Keywords

• Beauty industry recruitment
• Cosmetics job platform
• Beauty advisor staffing
• Placement agency services
• Job board marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer recruitment advertising & job postings: Cosmetics brands and companies pay to list job vacancies on the platform and receive recruitment support.
2. Placement and staffing services: The company earns placement fees from direct hire, temp-to-perm (紹介予定派遣), dispatch (派遣), and freelance/event staffing services for cosmetics brands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

istyle career Inc. operates @cosme career (career.cosme.net), a specialized online recruitment platform for Japan's beauty and cosmetics industry. The company connects job seekers with cosmetics brands and retailers through paid job postings, direct placement, temporary staffing/dispatch, and freelance/event staffing services, supported by in-person career counseling offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.

Product overview

（株）アイスタイルキャリア operates a unified job recruitment platform specifically for Japan's beauty and cosmetics industry, offering a main job matching service (アットコスメキャリア) that connects employers with beauty advisors (BA), sales staff, and headquarters positions. The company provides complementary service modules including career counseling by experienced beauty industry professionals, temporary staffing/dispatch services, and direct placement options. The platform covers various employment types (permanent, contract, part-time, freelance, dispatch) and partners with over 300 brands including major luxury and domestic cosmetics companies. The company also operates physical retail stores under the @cosme STORE and @cosme TOKYO brands, serving as both a recruitment platform and employer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• @cosme career (アットコスメキャリア) A specialized job recruitment platform for the beauty and cosmetics industry, connecting employers with beauty advisors (BA), sales staff, estheticians, eyelash stylists, and cosmetics industry headquarters professionals across Japan. Covers permanent, contract, part-time, dispatch, and freelance employment types.
• Career Counseling Service (転職相談サービス) Career counseling service provided by experienced beauty industry professionals, offering job matching, resume support, interview preparation, and career transition support for candidates seeking beauty industry positions. Available in-person at Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka offices and via LINE video call nationwide.
• Beauty Industry Staffing & Placement Service (人材派遣・紹介サービス) Temporary staffing and placement services for beauty industry workers, including dispatch (派遣), direct hire placement, contract employment (契約社員), temp-to-perm (紹介予定派遣), and freelance/event outsourcing arrangements (業務委託) for cosmetics brands.
• Beauty Industry Job Posting Service (美容業界 特化型求人掲載サービス) Paid job posting and recruitment advertising service for cosmetics brands and companies, covering department stores, specialty stores, drugstores, and variety stores nationwide. Lists over 300 brands at any given time with 500+ contracted brand partnerships.

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 資生堂グループ (Shiseido Group)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShiseido Group brands recruit beauty advisors through the Atcosme Career platform. Shiseido is one of the major domestic cosmetics conglomerates with brands including SHISEIDO, Clé de Peau Beauté, IPSA, AUPRES, and NARS.
• 日本ロレアル (L'Oréal Japan)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorL'Oréal Japan brands including YSL, Lancôme, Kiehl's, Shu Uemura, Helena Rubinstein, Prada Beauty, and Maison Margiela recruit beauty advisors through the platform.
• SABONminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIsrael-origin body care brand SABON actively recruits beauty advisors through the platform.
• CHANELcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCHANEL Fragrance & Beauty recruits beauty advisors through the platform.
• イヴ・サンローラン (YSL Beauté)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYSL Beauté actively recruits beauty advisors through the platform, with large-scale recruitment campaigns and signing bonuses.
• SHIROminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSHIRO brand actively recruits beauty advisors through the platform, offering annual leave up to 144.5 days and same-day internal placement decisions.
• THREEminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTHREE brand recruits beauty advisors through the platform with 100% regular employee conversion rate.
• DHCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDHC recruits beauty advisors nationwide through the platform with uniform nationwide monthly salary of ¥251,000 and 131 annual holidays.
• Fruit Gathering (フルーツギャザリング)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCosme Select operates beauty advisor recruitment through the platform. Most currently active staff started as beginners, with dedicated 3-month training programs.
• エイチ・ツー・オー リテイリング (H2O Retailing)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerH2O Retailing Group company Fruit Gathering recruits beauty advisors through the platform. Fruit Gathering has 100% regular employee conversion rate and 100% return rate from maternity/childcare leave.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• リジョブ (Rejob): A Japan-focused specialized recruitment platform for the beauty, esthetic, and wellness industry, covering estheticians, eyelash stylists, and beauty therapists. Directly comparable as a beauty-vertical job board and placement service competing for similar candidates and employer clients.
• BA-JOB / ビービーエージョブ: A Japanese recruitment site dedicated specifically to beauty advisor (BA) and cosmetics counter roles. Direct competitor targeting the same core candidate pool — beauty advisors seeking counter/department-store positions — that istyle career serves.
• ジョブサロン (JobSalon): A Japanese beauty-industry-specialized recruitment platform focused on esthetic, nail, eyelash, and beauty therapist roles. Closely comparable to istyle career in its vertical specialization, though with deeper focus on beauty-salon (rather than cosmetics counter) roles.

Broad incumbents

• リクルート (Recruit Holdings): Japan's largest HR services conglomerate operating Indeed,求人ボックス, タウンワーク, and staffing businesses. Represents the broadest incumbent competitor across job advertising, placement, and dispatch in the Japanese market, including beauty verticals.
• Indeed Japan: Japan's largest generalist job-search engine, operated by Recruit Co., Ltd. Competes for both candidate attention and corporate recruitment advertising spend across all industries, including beauty/cosmetics, but without vertical specialization.
• スタッフサービス (Staff Service): One of Japan's largest temporary staffing/dispatch providers, covering office, manufacturing, and sales/retail roles including cosmetics counter assignments. Comparable as a large-scale dispatch/staffing competitor serving similar retail counter employer clients.
• テンプスタッフ (Tempstaff): A major Japanese staffing/dispatch firm under Persol Holdings providing temporary and permanent placement across retail, sales, and beauty counter roles. Comparable to istyle career in the dispatch/placement layer serving cosmetics employer clients.

Emerging players

• WDB (WDB Holdings): Japanese staffing company with specialist divisions including scientific/research roles and growing professional staffing. Relevant as a comparable Japanese-listed staffing operator with mixed permanent/dispatch services, though focused on different verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/atcosmecareer
• Facebookfacebook.com/atcosmecareer
• Instagraminstagram.com/atcosmecareer/?hl=ja
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/%EF%BC%88%E6%A0%AA%EF%BC%89%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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