Kakaku.com’s newer businesses—especially its restaurant booking service, its fast-growing recruiting platform, and a set of “incubation” startups—are starting to carry more weight, even as parts of the core site slow down. The key question is whether these growth engines can scale and integrate smoothly while rising spending and a weaker finance advertising market don’t drag results for longer.Read more
Kakaku.com is leaning into new digital services, smarter features, and more ways to earn from its platforms as Japanese consumers and businesses keep moving online. But faster growth may come with higher marketing costs and heavy reliance on its best-known brands, so the upside depends on whether new areas can scale without squeezing profits.Read more
Catalysts About Kakaku.com Kakaku.com operates comparison, restaurant reservation, recruitment and related online media platforms. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more
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Kakaku.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides purchase support, restaurant review, and other services in Japan. It operates Kakaku.com that provides prices, specifications, and user reviews on various products and services, such as computers, home appliances and smartphones, furniture, internet providers, and insurance and loans to help users make informed decisions; and Tabelog.com, a restaurant discovery and reservation service site. The company also operates Kyujin Box, a comprehensive job search service site; Sumaity, a residential real estate website; 4 travel, a travel review and comparison site; Kakaku.com Insurance, a consulting service for insurance selection; Time Design, a dynamic package reservation platform; icotto, an online travel information media; Bus Hikaku Navi, a price comparison service for highway and overnight buses; Tabi Hikaku Navi, a comparison service for domestic tours and travel within Japan, including prices and itineraries; and Kakuyasu Idou, a comparison site for the cheapest bus, airline and bullet train tickets. In addition, it operates Bus Trip, an online media on highway busses and bus tours; Kinarino, a Lifestyle media; LiPLUS, a home service matching platform; PHOTOHITO, a photo sharing community site; webCG, an online media for car enthusiasts; Tabelog Kyujin, a restaurant and foodservice; and Jobcube, a comprehensive job search service site. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
