- Business
- Open Up Group Inc. (2154.T) provides human resource services primarily through engineer dispatching, business contracting, and staffing solutions for manufacturers, general contractors, and IT companies in Japan and overseas. The company operates in engineering, manufacturing, overseas, and other segments, offering engineer temporary staffing in mechanical electricity, IT, construction management, and other fields; embedded software development and image recognition software; research and development solutions; automotive development support and technical consulting; manufacturing plant contracting; employment promotion for people with disabilities; and additional services including real estate rentals, vocational training, office building leasing, and restaurant management. Subsidiaries such as BeNEXT Technologies Inc., BeNEXT Solutions Inc., Nihon Axis Co., Ltd., EISEBU PLUS CORPORATION, Etech Corporation, Open Up Technology Inc., and Open Up Construction Inc. support these operations, with a workforce of approximately 24,238 engineers as of September 2025 and revenue of 187.9 billion yen for the fiscal year ending June 2025. Founded in August 1997 and headquartered at 16F Tokyo Toranomon Global Square, 1-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan, the company lists on the PRIME Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Formerly BeNext-Yumeshin Group Co., it changed its name to Open Up Group Inc. in January 2023 following a 2021 merger between BeNEXT Group Inc. and Yumeshin Holdings Co., Ltd.; in April 2024, it acquired UT Technology Co., Ltd. (renamed Open Up Technology Inc.) and UT Construction Co., Ltd. (renamed Open Up Construction Inc.), while selling BeNEXT Partners Inc. to UT Group Co., Ltd.; in October 2024, it acquired IR Inc. and restructured internal businesses including splits and mergers; and in July 2025, it merged Open Up System Inc. and Arrow Trust Systems Co., Ltd. into Open Up Systems, Inc., alongside announcing an equity buyback completed in 2025.