Global Information, Inc.
4171・Standard Market・Information & Communication
Business
Global Information Inc. was founded in 1995 and has a history of over 30 years as a company brokering and selling overseas market research reports. It partners with research and publishing companies around the world, including in the West and Asia, to provide market and technology trend information spanning 14 industry categories—such as telecommunications/IT, pharmaceuticals, materials, industrial machinery, and medical devices—in four languages: Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese. Its main customers are domestic and overseas manufacturers, think tanks, and similar organizations. The company operates branches in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, and Belgium, realizing borderless services centered on Asia. Through its consolidated subsidiary Givtech, it also operates an LPWA communication equipment (IoT-related) business. Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (December 2020).
Business Model
The company adopts a consignment sales model in which all products are ordered from research publishers and conference organizers only after receiving customer orders, thereby bearing no inventory risk. Revenue is generated across four business segments: Market Research Reports sales, Annual Information Service, Custom Research, and International Conferences & Exhibitions participant recruitment. In FY2025 (ending December 2025), the gross profit margin was approximately 48% (gross profit of ¥1,233 million against net sales of ¥2,568 million). The company is shifting toward a structure that improves unit prices through upselling into the high-value-added Custom Research business (up 63.2% year on year).
Company Strengths
Since its founding in 1995, the company has built a network of partnerships with overseas research and publishing companies over more than 30 years. It operates a website supporting four languages—Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese—and has established four branches in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, and Belgium. It maintains a broad customer base centered on the Asian region.
Since all products are sold on a made-to-order basis after receiving orders, the company bears no inventory risk. As of the end of FY2025 (ending December 2025), the equity ratio stood at 79.5%, and cash and cash equivalents exceeded ¥1,900 million, maintaining an extremely robust financial foundation.
In FY2025 (ending December 2025), sales in the Custom Research business grew significantly to ¥265 million (up 63.2% year on year). Successful upselling from existing report brokerage to custom research tailored to customer needs is driving a business structure shift toward higher value-added services.
ENVALITH's Perspective
Performance Trend
Revenue over the past five periods declined consistently after peaking at ¥2,985 million in FY2022, falling to ¥2,568 million in FY2025. In Q1 of FY2026 (fiscal year ending December 2026), revenue was ¥905 million (down 17.5% YoY), operating profit was ¥200 million (down 35.9% YoY), and net income attributable to owners of the parent was ¥128 million (down 36.4% YoY), with the decline in profit widening. As an external factor, uncertainty over the economic outlook stemming from changes in US trade policy and geopolitical risk is suppressing corporate spending on information investment. On the other hand, Custom Research (up 27.2% YoY) and the Annual Information Service (up 5.2% YoY) secured revenue growth, reflecting an ongoing shift in the business mix. The full-year forecast (revenue of ¥2,759 million, operating profit of ¥300 million) remains unchanged, but given the low progress rate in Q1, achieving it appears highly challenging.
Growth Strategy
Under the medium-term management plan 'GII Vision 2028', the company is advancing Custom Research, AI utilization, and stronger direct customer relationships
The company actively proposes upselling from report customization based on client needs to Custom Research. In the first quarter of FY2026 (ending March 2026), it achieved ¥131 million, up 27.2% year on year, and this functions as a core measure in the shift toward higher value-added services.
The company is focusing on the handling of AI Platform Content that contributes to multifaceted problem-solving, and in terms of sales, it aims to improve customer satisfaction and promote repeat purchases through the provision of various AI tools and enhanced after-sales follow-up.
In addition to various web marketing initiatives and advertising placements, the company regularly holds seminars co-hosted with research firms. It aims to acquire new customers by raising awareness of the GII brand, but as sluggish orders in the mainstay report business continue, it is taking time for the effects to materialize.
The policy is to gradually increase offerings centered on on-site hosting, but in the first quarter of FY2026 (ending March 2026), the number of participants declined year on year, and revenue remained at ¥4 million (¥4,367 thousand), down 44.9% year on year, with recovery lagging.
The company is building a track record of introducing the contactless exhibition DX system 'AiMeet' at multiple exhibitions, and is advancing the development and sales of LPWA communication products including ZETA communications. However, in the first quarter of FY2026 (ending March 2026), the struggle continued, with revenue down 35.7% year on year and an operating loss persisting.
Last updated: July 17, 2026