Dormant Tokyo real estate licence company for sale, 23 wards

What is for sale

This is a Tokyo based company that previously carried out real estate leasing brokerage, sales brokerage, rental management and property introduction services, holding a real estate transaction business licence that has been renewed multiple times over a long history. The business is currently effectively dormant because the representative is ageing, so there are no active staff or operations. The owner is selling mainly to pass on the corporate entity, the licence, bank accounts and guarantee association eligibility, due to a lack of a successor.

Because this is a share transfer, the buyer takes over the existing company itself, including its corporate history, real estate broker licence, bank accounts and guarantee association membership, rather than starting a new entity from scratch.

What is included

• Corporate entity (company shell)
• Real estate transaction business licence (long renewal history)
• Existing bank accounts
• Guarantee association membership eligibility
• Company's business history and track record

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• Long renewed real estate transaction licence provides credibility compared to applying for a new one
• No interest bearing debt, making the handover easier to assess
• Established company history can help new owner gain trust with banks and clients
• Potential to retain existing bank accounts and guarantee related assets

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• Business is currently dormant with no active staff, office or operating system, so these are not included
• Buyer must secure their own office in Tokyo and appoint a full time licensed real estate transaction specialist
• If the office moves outside Tokyo, the licence number may reset to a lower starting number
• Buyer should check treatment of director loans, past asset disposals, and limits on using carried forward tax losses
• Financial details such as cash balance, total assets and net assets are not disclosed until the buyer registers as a member

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). The company's existing bank relationship comes with it.

What this listing says. The listing states there is no interest bearing debt, and the broker charges the buyer a success fee of ¥3,135,000 (tax included) plus a mid process fee of ¥313,500 (tax included), separate from the purchase price; no instalment or deferred payment terms are mentioned, and office premises are not included in the sale.

Full rundown, with the catches: japandealflow.com/money