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PORTERS CORPORATION

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Porters Inc. has set forth the vision of "contributing most to employment worldwide through technology," and has provided cloud services specialized for the staffing industry for over 20 years since its founding in 2001. In its core HR-Tech Business, the company operates "PORTERS," a comprehensive cloud-based matching management system for recruitment agencies and staffing companies. It centrally manages the business processes of the staffing business, from job seeker and job listing management to selection process management, matching functions, and document output. In the Global HR-Tech Business, the company develops and operates "atB Jobs," a job listing platform based in Bangladesh, and conducts Offshore Development Service, advancing its expansion into Asia at the stage of upfront investment. Its main customers are domestic recruitment agencies and staffing companies, and as of the end of December 2025, the number of paid user IDs had reached 16,566.

Business Model

PORTERS employs a per-user-ID monthly subscription billing model, allowing flexible scaling of usage from as little as a single ID. It accommodates companies at every business stage, from startups to large enterprises, and aims to increase customer unit prices through implementation support services (data migration, screen tuning, etc.) and additional sales of paid API functions and optional services. The structure is such that continuous growth in the number of IDs directly translates into revenue accumulation, with the ID count expanding from 9,937 IDs in FY2021 (ended December 2021) to 16,566 IDs in FY2025 (ended December 2025).

Company Strengths

Since its founding in 2001, the company has consistently provided services specialized in the fee-charging employment placement and worker dispatching industries, and its competitive advantage stems from product designs deeply versed in industry-specific business processes and extensive track record of implementations. As of the end of December 2025, the company had 16,566 paid user IDs, having built a stable customer base.

The number of paid user IDs increased by approximately 67% over four years, from 9,937 IDs in FY2021 (ended December 2021) to 16,566 IDs in FY2025 (ended December 2025). Revenue also increased by approximately 94% over the same period, from ¥1,100 million to ¥2,137 million, demonstrating the manifestation of the revenue accumulation effect of the subscription model.

Notification fees in the fee-charging placement market increased by approximately 59% compared to 2020, reaching ¥832,531 million (FY2023), while the worker dispatching market's annual sales increased by approximately 18% over the same period, reaching ¥9,050,000 million (FY2023), indicating continued expansion of the customer market. The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio is also on a recovery trend, and customer companies' appetite for IT investment is expected to persist.

ENVALITH's Perspective

For Q1 of FY2026 (ending December 2026), revenue was ¥567 million (up 14.1% year on year), operating profit was ¥103 million (up 39.9% year on year), and profit attributable to owners of parent was ¥66 million (up 39.0% year on year), with acceleration across all metrics. Q1 progress toward the full-year forecast (revenue of ¥2,469 million, operating profit of ¥331 million) was solid at 23.0% for revenue and 31.1% for operating profit. In terms of the external environment, improvement in the employment and income environment and increasing inbound demand are boosting expansion of the staffing services market, while continued IT investment appetite among client companies serves as a tailwind.

The full-year operating profit forecast for FY2026 (ending December 2026) remains unchanged at ¥331 million, implying a decline of 7.5% versus the prior fiscal year's ¥358 million. While the Q1 operating profit margin of 18.2% (improved from 14.7% in the prior-year period) is at a high level, increases in development investment and marketing expenses are expected to weigh on profit for the full year. With the loss in the New Investment Business segment (¥30 million in Q1) continuing, the extent to which the profitability of the PORTERS segment can absorb this will be key to the full-year outcome.

In the New Investment Business segment, Q1 external customer revenue remained at only ¥0 million (down 67.9% from ¥2 million in the prior-year period), and the segment loss continued at ¥30 million (versus a loss of ¥31 million in the prior-year period), remaining in deficit. The Offshore Development Service is focusing on group-internal development while limiting external orders, and atB Jobs continues to strengthen customer support and pursue development enhancements. External risks such as U.S. trade policy and global instability are also increasing uncertainty around overseas expansion, and the lack of clarity regarding the specific timing and scale of monetization warrants careful, cautious assessment.

Growth Strategy

Sustainable growth through PORTERS feature enhancement, marketing reinforcement, and monetization of new investment businesses

Reinforcing outreach to prospective customers through continuous investment in digital marketing, publication of PORTERS Magazine, and various online seminars. Achieved 16,549 paid user IDs as of the end of March 2026, with new customer acquisition trending favorably.

Continuing to implement existing feature enhancements to improve convenience and performance improvements for efficient business operations. This is contributing to improved customer retention rates and growth in ID numbers, capturing ongoing IT investment appetite among staffing and placement agencies.

For the job listing platform atB Jobs, strengthening customer support functions aimed at improving the repeat usage rate of existing customers, and carrying out development and enhancements to improve convenience. External customer revenue remained at ¥0 million in the first quarter, indicating that monetization is still a work in progress.

Software development is continuing at KIKAN flex Co., Ltd., with software in progress increasing from ¥383 million to ¥429 million as of the end of March 2026. The company aims to bring the system to market as a back-office system for staffing operations, but it remains in the development stage at present.

Last updated: July 17, 2026