- CEO
- Shintaro Yamada
- Full Time Employees
- 2,080
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Address
- Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Tokyo Japan 106-6118
- IPO Date
- May 21, 2019
- Business
- Mercari, Inc. (MCARY) operates as a leading Japanese e-commerce company, developing and managing the Mercari C2C marketplace app that enables individuals to buy and sell new and used items including electronics, fashion, home goods, collectibles, and entertainment products directly via smartphones in Japan and the United States; it also offers B2C services through Mercari Shops, Merpay mobile payments and credit, Mercoin cryptocurrency and NFT exchange featuring BTC, ETH, and XRP, spot work platforms, and crossborder transaction solutions with AI-driven monitoring, anonymous shipping via Yamato Transport, Japan Post, USPS, UPS, and FedEx, and real-time translation. Founded in 2013 and headquartered at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo, Japan, the company targets consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer markets across Japan, the US, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and plans expansion to over 50 countries via its global app launched in September 2025, emphasizing Japanese entertainment and hobby sectors with features like pre-order sales, auctions, and safe appraisal partnerships. Recent developments include a December 2024 partnership with Zero Co., Ltd. to bolster used car sales handling paperwork, inspections, and delivery; an August 2025 strategic alliance between subsidiary Mercoin and Coincheck, Inc. to integrate broader crypto trading within the Mercari app; crossborder expansions with web launches in Taiwan in August 2024 and Hong Kong in May 2025 alongside the Mercari Global App rollout for overseas buyers; a new global app version release in October 2025 to accelerate international growth; and enhanced e-commerce platforms partnering with Stripe for payments and Sagawa Express for shipping to support Japanese businesses' overseas expansion starting in 2026.