escot

What escot does

Escot Corporation (エスコット株式会社) is a privately held Japanese B2B industrial reuse and recycling company founded in May 2007 by co-founders Dokizono Ayumu (土器薗 歩, Representative Director) and Goto Norio (後藤 典雄, Co-founder/Director), headquartered in Toshima-ku, Tokyo. The company's core operation is the 中古パレット市場 (Used Pallet Market) — an online marketplace, launched the same year as the company's founding, that matches factories and warehouses holding surplus pallets with buyers seeking affordable reused pallets, eliminating what would otherwise be industrial waste disposal cost for sellers. Escot buys pallets at value (有価買取) based on condition, type, and quantity, arranges and pays for free pickup logistics from customer sites, and resells the pallets to other industrial buyers; pallet transactions account for approximately 95% of operations, with broader non-pallet material reuse accounting for the balance.

The business is supported by three regional depots — Metropolitan/首都圏 in Miyoshi-machi, Saitama; North Kanto/北関東 in Sano, Tochigi; and Kansai/関西 in Ritto, Shiga — enabling free pickup service across the Kanto and Kansai industrial corridors. The technical stack is intentionally lightweight: a non-proprietary marketplace website, generic business software, and simple RPA automation that handles roughly 70% of operational tasks. Escot holds Tokyo Metropolitan Police Commission Secondhand Dealer License No. 301020709267 (古物商許可), the regulatory prerequisite for trading used goods in Japan, and explicitly markets the legal-department approvals it has obtained from listed Japanese and global corporations as a compliance differentiator.

Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: enterprise customers initiate contact via the website inquiry form or phone, the company performs photo-based or on-site valuation, issues a purchase quote, then schedules pickup via third-party trucking. Pricing is purely transactional with no recurring subscription or SaaS component; payment flows by bank transfer after pickup. The customer base spans 100+ enterprises across automotive, logistics, chemicals, furniture manufacturing, beverage, pharmaceutical, solar, warehousing, and waste processing sectors, and the platform has facilitated reuse of over 100,000 pallets since inception. Escot is founder-controlled with no external institutional investors, parent company, funding rounds, M&A activity, or public market presence disclosed.

Name

escot

Legal name

エスコット株式会社

Website

https://uppc.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Escot Corporation is a Tokyo-based B2B industrial reuse company that purchases surplus pallets at value from factories and warehouses across Japan and resells them via its 中古パレット市場 (Used Pallet Market) marketplace, serving 100+ enterprises in automotive, logistics, chemical, and manufacturing sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pallet Recycling Services

NAICS

Other Commercial Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42344), Warehousing and Storage (493)

SIC

Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging, Reusable Assets & Pallet/Tote Reverse Flow (TLAAALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recommerce, Trade-In & Buyback Collection (TLAAALAM), Reverse Logistics & Returns Distribution Centers (TLALAEAM)

Keywords

• Pallet recycling services
• Used pallet trading
• Industrial material reuse
• B2B pallet marketplace
• Logistics waste reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pallet Purchase and Resale: The company purchases used pallets from businesses at value-based prices and resells them to other businesses, generating revenue through the margin between purchase and sale prices. This is a one-time transactional revenue model for each pallet batch.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Escot purchases used and surplus pallets from factories, warehouses, manufacturers, and logistics operators at value-based prices and resells them to other businesses, primarily through its B2B online marketplace 中古パレット市場 (Used Pallet Market). The company handles all pickup logistics free of charge and provides ongoing recurring collection services, eliminating industrial waste disposal costs for customers while supporting reuse and recycling for SDG compliance.

Product overview

エスコット株式会社 operates a single unified platform called 中古パレット市場 (Used Pallet Market), which functions as a B2B marketplace matching pallet sellers with buyers. The company also provides related pallet purchasing and collection services, and internally utilizes business efficiency tools including simple RPA (70% utilization rate) for operational automation. The core offering is the marketplace itself, which connects pallet-disposing companies with pallet-purchasing companies to promote reuse and recycling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 中古パレット市場: Used pallet market matching platform launched in 2007 that connects companies selling unwanted pallets with those seeking affordable pallets, facilitating over 100,000 pallet reuses.

Products and services

• 中古パレット市場 (Used Pallet Market) Online B2B marketplace that matches companies looking to dispose of unwanted pallets with those seeking to purchase them, facilitating pallet reuse and recycling and supporting SDG compliance for industrial customers.
• Pallet Purchase and Pickup Service (パレットの有価買取) Value-based purchase of surplus pallets from factories and warehouses with free pickup logistics handled by the company; replaces industrial waste disposal costs with revenue for the customer and supports recurring ongoing collection arrangements.
• Other Industrial Materials Purchase (その他の不用資材の有価買取) Value-based purchase of surplus industrial materials (other than pallets) from factories and warehouses, applying the same value-based buying and free pickup model used for pallets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 pallets reused through the platform since 2007

Named customers21 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pallet Co., Ltd. (パレット株式会社): Japanese pallet supply and recycling operator. Comparable in pallet trading and reverse flow to industrial customers, operating across Japan.
• Japan Pallet Rental (JPR): Japan's largest pallet rental and pooling operator, directly referenced in Escot's customer list. Comparable in serving enterprise pallet needs, but operating a rental/return model rather than Escot's reverse-flow resale model.

Regional players

• LPR (La Palette Rouge): European pallet pooling provider, part of Euro Pool Group. Comparable in pallet reverse-flow services for enterprise FMCG and retail customers, but based in Europe.
• Svenska Retursystem: Swedish pallet and container pooling/pooling service. Comparable in operating a closed-loop pallet reverse-logistics system, but serving a Nordic rather than Japanese market.
• Konsei (梱西パレット): Japanese pallet and packaging reuse/recycling company; part of the Konsei Group. Comparable in pallet reverse-flow and reuse, focused on Hokkaido/Northern Japan region.

Broad incumbents

• IFCO Systems: Global pooled packaging and reusable container operator. Comparable in circular-economy reusable-asset logistics, though focused on RPCs and plastic crates rather than wooden pallets.
• World Pallet Network: International pallet network for pallet supply, recovery, and reverse logistics. Comparable in pallet reuse market dynamics for industrial buyers and sellers.
• Kamigumi (上組): Major Japanese logistics and warehousing company with warehouse distribution and JIT operations. Comparable in serving factory/warehouse customers with pallet-handling logistics.
• Schoeller Allibert: European returnable packaging manufacturer and pool operator. Comparable in reusable/returnable industrial logistics, with overlap in plastic pallets and containers.
• Brambles (CHEP): Global pallet pooling and supply-chain logistics leader through CHEP. Comparable in pallet-pool economics and enterprise customer relationships, but global scale and capital base dwarf Escot's operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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