3646.TSE · Ekitan & Co., Ltd

Ekitan & Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides information services using the internet in Japan. It operates through Mobility Support Business, Advertising Distribution Platform Business, and M&A/Incubation Business segments. The company offers consumer services comprising transfer/timetable/operation information search services on PC and smartphone websites and apps; Ekitan PICKS, which contains information on station-based stores and services; and member special services. It also provides corporate services consisting of transit/route planning API, which is a search function used for route search/fare and fee search; transportation expense settlement/commuting expense calculation services, which offers route search, fare search, and commuter pass search functions used in the cloud; domestic ticketless business trip arrangement services, which allows for the arrangement of discounted tickets through corporate contracts; data sales/generation services on stations, lines, and trains used in transit guides; MaaS solutions that solve regional mobility, transportation, and tourism issues; and advertising/alliance services on Ekitan's consumer website and app. In addition, the company offers paid subscription services; transit information ASP for mobile carriers, railway companies, and map companies; travel guidebook systems; and system-related operations, including development and maintenance, as well as sells marketing ASPs. Further, it is involved in the planning, design, development, production, and sale of computer-based software and websites, etc.; research and consulting services related to information provision and information processing; and temporary worker dispatch activities. Ekitan & Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan.