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Automotive test equipment maker and maintenance firm, successor needed

自動車関連試験機メーカー・メンテナンス 後継者不在
Transfer type not stated in the listing. Ask before you get excited.
Asking price¥6,000,000 + broker success fee
Annual revenue¥10,000,000 to ¥25,000,000
Operating profit¥0 to ¥5,000,000
Price vs profitProfit is shown as a band starting at ¥0, so the price is at least 1.2 times profit and could be any multiple. Ask for the real number before you get excited.
LocationKanto/Koshinetsu region, Japan
IndustryOther manufacturing, automotive inspection equipment
Employeesnot shown
Transfer typeunknown

What is for sale

This business manufactures and sells inspection machines for automobiles and automotive parts, and also provides maintenance services for them. It has operated for several decades and has an established track record with major automakers and auto parts manufacturers. The owner is selling due to a lack of a successor.

The listing labels the transferred entity as "会社" (company) but also lists individuals as eligible negotiating parties, so it is not clearly stated whether this is a share sale or an asset sale; a buyer should confirm this directly with the seller before proceeding.

What is included

Strengths (as the seller states them)

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026).

What this listing says. The broker charges a success fee on a sliding Lehman formula with a minimum of ¥10,000,000 before tax, though there is no upfront or interim fee; nothing is stated about existing debts, personal guarantees on loans, or instalment payment terms.

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Deal Pack on this listing, A$600, 5 business daysQuestions first? Email KeriView the original listing on TRANBI (Japanese)

Summary of a public listing as at 2026-10-23. Seller-reported figures, not verified. Listings sell fast, the original may already be gone. Nothing here is financial or visa advice. Free weekly email: Japan Deal Flow.