About Us

Name

BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

Businesses

Management and administration of Group companies and peripheral operations　Group Information

Group Information

Address

Head Office
2-14-20 Kobuchi, Minami-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 252-0344 　

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Iidabashi Office
S.K BUILDING 2-26 Agebacho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-to, Japan 162-0824

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Harumi Office
7th floor, Office Tower Z, 1-8-12 Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0053

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Established

2018/10/1

Capital

¥100 million (as of October 1, 2018)

No. of employees(consolidated)

Employee 1,689
Part-time staff members: 13,520
(as of March 31, 2024)

Listed stock exchange

Prime Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange (Stock code: 9278)

Shareholder register manager

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Correspondent banks

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
Kiraboshi Bank, Ltd.
and others

Independent auditor

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC

Customer Support Phone Number

0570-01-2902 (Open daily: 10:00–18:30)

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1990

May　Opened the first directly operated BOOKOFF store in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture

1991

Aug　Established BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Oct　Launched BOOKOFF franchise chain business in Japan
Nov　BThe first BOOKOFF franchise store opened

1994

Aug　Opened Sagamihara Tana Product Center (merged with the Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center in May 2007)

1996

Dec　Began handling used home electronics as a HARD OFF franchisee

1998

Jul　Opened Seminar House (training center)
Sep　Opened Sagamihara Central Product Center (merged with the Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center in May 2007)

1999

Apr　Began handling used children’s goods

2000

Jan　Began handling used sports and outdoor goods
Feb　Opened BOOKOFF's first overseas store
Apr　Began handling used jewelry and watches
Began handling used clothing items
Sep　oined TSUTAYA as a franchisee for video rentals
Dec　Opened the first Chuko-Gekijo (comprehensive, large-format reuse store) (currently BOOKOFF SUPER BAZAAR)

2001

Sep　Began handling used tableware and other used miscellaneous items

2004

Mar　Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Jun　Opened the first BOOKOFF store in France handling Japanese cultural products

2005

Mar　Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2007

Apr　Began handling used plastic models and figurines and other used hobby items
May　Opened Tomei Yokohama Logistics Center
Aug　Opened BOOKOFF Online (E-commerce site)
Sep　Opened the first BOOKOFF store in France handling local books, CDs and DVDs

2008

Sep　Merged YCC Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary (absorbed by subsidiary BOOKOFF Media, Inc. via merger in April 2010)
Nov　Established Aoyama Book Center Ltd. by acquiring the operation of Aoyama Book Center and Ryusui Shobo (absorbed by subsidiary Brass Media Corporation, Ltd. via merger in April 2012)

2009

Sep　Opened the first BOOKOFF SUPER BAZAAR (comprehensive, large-format reuse store)

2010

Oct　Established B-Assist, Inc. (designated as a special subsidiary company in December 2010)

2011

Dec　Began handling used mobile phones

2012

Sep　Published “Be Picture Book” as BOOKOFF Group’s first private-label brand

2013年

Jan　Acquired a portion of the shares of franchisee BOOKOFF With Co., Ltd., making it a subsidiary
Apr　Established hugall, Inc.

2014

Apr　Established a capital and business alliance with Yahoo Japan Corporation
May　Established Reuse Connect Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary) for operation of BOOKOFF stores in Japan
Oct　31 TSUTAYA transferred to newly spun-off subsidiary Brass Media Corporation, with 80% of shares transferred to NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC.
(The remaining 20% of the shares were transferred to NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. in March 2015, and the company was removed from BOOKOFF CORPORATION’s scope of equity method accounting.)

2015

Mar　Canceled HARD OFF franchising agreement with HARD OFF CORPORATION Co., Ltd.
May　Acquired all shares of franchisee Booklet Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary
Established BOOKOFF OKINAWA, inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary) for further operation of BOOKOFF stores in Japan

2016

Jan　Acquired all shares of Booklog, Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary, for the purpose of operating a community book review website in Japan
Jul　Acquired capital stake in and made subsidiary of BOK MARKETING SDN BHD, established by KOIKE MALAYSIA SDN BHD based on triparty agreement by shareholders of BOOKOFF CORPORATION, KOIKE CORPORATION LIMITED, and KOIKE MALAYSIA SDN BHD, for the purpose of operating reuse shops in Malaysia
Nov　BOK MARKETING SDN BHD opened reuse shop Jalan Jalan Japan in One City Sky Park mall in Malaysia

2017

Apr　Acquired all shares of franchisee Manas Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary

2018

Mar　hugall, Inc. merged with BOOKOFF Online, Inc., with BOOKOFF Online, Inc. as the surviving entity
Oct　Established BOOKOFF GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED as pure holding company (wholly owning parent company) via an independent share transfer from BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED, which became a wholly owned subsidiary

2019

Jan　BOOKOFF Minami Kyushu was established to operate domestic BOOKOFF stores.
BOOKOFF Online, Inc. was absorbed by BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Apr　Reuse Connect Co., Ltd. was absorbed by BOOKOFF CORPORATION LIMITED
Sep　Acquired all shares of Jewelry Asset Managers Inc. and Aidect Hong Kong Limited., making them wholly owned subsidiaries

2020

Jun　Changed fiscal year-end from March 31 to May 31 (FY2021 was a 14-month transition period).

2021

Nov　Opened Japan TCG Center Kichijoji-eki-kitaguchi Store, BOOKOFF Group’s first store devoted solely to trading cards

2022

Apr　Moved from Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st section to the Prime Market due to the review of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market divisions

2023

Jan　Upgraded functions of the “hugall fashion” EC website and relaunched the website using the “rehello” brand, selling designer and luxury brand merchandise, collective goods and other items
Aug　Announced support for the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures).
Nov　Formulated a green loan framework and conducted the first green loan financing in the reuse industry.

2024年

Apr　Established J&K TRADING LLC in Kazakhstan, the BOOKOFF Group’s first jointly venture