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ARCLANDS CORPORATION

9842・Prime Market・Retail Trade

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ARCLANDS CORPORATION9842

Business

Arcland Sakamoto Co., Ltd. is a diversified group centered on housing and lifestyle-related businesses, originating in Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture. With 141 home center stores including "Home Center Musashi," "Super Viva Home," and "Viva Home" as its core business, the group also operates a food service business comprising the tonkatsu specialty chain "Katsuya" (506 stores) and the fried chicken specialty chain "Karayama" (159 stores), a real estate business leasing tenant space in self-developed facilities, a wholesale business for DIY and gardening products, and a fitness business. Targeting a broad customer base ranging from general consumers to professionals (trade customers), the group comprehensively provides lifestyle-related services spanning housing, food, and health under the slogan "Kurashi, Mitasu. Kokoro, Mitasu." (Fulfilling Life, Fulfilling the Heart). In April 2026, the company concluded a basic agreement toward a business integration with Joyful Honda, aiming for further expansion in scale.

Business Model

In the retail business, the company earns revenue from sales of home-related goods, food, pet supplies and other merchandise, while also positioning home centers as core tenants within its proprietary complex commercial facility series "Arc Square," thereby steadily accumulating rental income (real estate business) from tenants such as consumer electronics retailers and supermarkets. The restaurant business operates "Katsuya" and "Karayama" nationwide through both franchise and directly-operated formats, generating revenue from franchise royalties and directly-operated store sales. The structure is designed so that each business generates mutual customer referrals and synergies.

Company Strengths

Through its in-house developed "Ark Square" series, the company operates complex commercial facilities centered on home centers. It secures stable tenant rent income (real estate business operating revenue of ¥16,637 million, operating profit of ¥3,609 million) while enhancing the customer-drawing power of its retail business through mutual customer referral effects, forming a vertically integrated earnings structure.

"Katsuya" (a tonkatsu restaurant chain), which opened in 1998, operated 506 domestic outlets (directly managed and franchised) as of the end of FY2026 (ending February 2026). In FY2026 (ending February 2026), the restaurant business posted operating revenue of ¥60,793 million and operating profit of ¥5,342 million. Existing directly managed store sales remained strong at 102.9% year on year, and an asset-light growth model through franchise expansion has been firmly established.

The company has a track record of expanding its business scale by incorporating specialty businesses through stepwise M&A, including the 2020 acquisition and merger of LIXIL Viva (now Viva Home), the 2023 conversion of Ark Land Service Holdings into a wholly owned subsidiary, the 2024 conversion of Fresh House into a wholly owned subsidiary (reform sales up 21.9% year on year), and the 2025 conversion of Pets First Holdings into a wholly owned subsidiary (pet sales up 47.5% year on year).

ENVALITH's Perspective

In FY2026 (ending February 2026), net sales rose to ¥341,141 million (up 8.0% year on year), achieving revenue growth. However, operating profit declined to ¥14,196 million (down 12.5% year on year), marking a fourth consecutive period of decline. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by ¥14,372 million year on year to ¥131,809 million, as new store opening costs, rising unit labor costs, higher utility expenses, and increased payment processing fees weighed on profit. The operating profit margin fell from 5.1% in the previous period to 4.2%, making it urgent to address the structural cost increases.

Ordinary profit in FY2026 (ending February 2026) declined sharply to ¥13,845 million (down 27.8% year on year). In the previous period, a gain on sale of investment securities of ¥2,442 million was recorded as non-operating income, but this was zero in the current period. It is necessary to accurately assess the change in ordinary profit on an underlying basis excluding this one-time factor. The forecast for FY2027 (ending February 2027) calls for a recovery in ordinary profit to ¥16,500 million (up 19.2% year on year), but achieving this will require controlling SG&A expenses and a recovery in existing-store sales as preconditions.

On April 14, 2026, the company signed a basic agreement for a business combination with Joyful Honda to establish a joint holding company through a share transfer. Against a backdrop of accelerating consolidation in the home center industry, synergies are expected in procurement, logistics, and real estate development, among other areas. On the other hand, organizational and system integration costs during the integration process, an increase in the amount of goodwill recorded, and cultural integration risks may affect future business performance, warranting close attention to detailed disclosures on the terms of the integration.

Growth Strategy

Balancing scale and profitability through home & living structural reform, restaurant brand expansion, and business integration with Joyful Honda

Advancing new customer value creation and capacity generation through assortment review, along with reducing the labor cost ratio and improving logistics efficiency through operational review. A key initiative for restoring profitability amid continued SG&A expense inflation.

Advancing synergy expansion with Pets First HD (Pets First Holdings, including its 7 subsidiaries), which became a wholly owned subsidiary in June 2025. Pet segment sales for FY2026 (ending February 2026) expanded rapidly, up 47.5% year on year to ¥34,944 million, and the company will continue deepening specialization and developing new specialty businesses.

Launching the new membership program ACPO to strengthen sales channels and product competitiveness. Aims to improve purchase frequency and promote cross-selling through customer data utilization, contributing to improved existing-store sales in the retail business.

In addition to plans for 25 new Katsuya stores and 15 new Karayama stores, advancing development of third and fourth brands, expansion of the takeout/home-meal business, and restructuring of the overseas business model. Policy is to further expand on the restaurant business's operating revenue of ¥60,793 million and operating profit of ¥5,342 million.

Concluded a basic agreement on April 14, 2026. Through the establishment of a joint holding company via share transfer, aims to create synergies in the home center industry through scale expansion, procurement, logistics, and real estate development. Details of the integration terms are to be disclosed in the future.

Attracting and expanding Lopia (franchise) and specialty stores within complex facilities such as Arc Square, improving overall facility foot traffic. Aims to simultaneously increase rental income in the real estate business and generate customer referral effects for the retail business.

Last updated: July 19, 2026