- CEO
- Takashi Kiryu
- Full Time Employees
- 4,770
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
- Address
- Shinjuku Eastside Square Tokyo Japan 160-8430
- IPO Date
- Feb 7, 2018
- Business
- Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (SQNNY) is a holding company that leads the Square Enix Group in publishing, developing, distributing, and licensing entertainment content worldwide under brands including SQUARE ENIX and TAITO. The company operates across four primary business segments: Digital Entertainment, offering interactive games for consoles, PCs, smartphones, and other platforms featuring franchises such as FINAL FANTASY, DRAGON QUEST, KINGDOM HEARTS, SaGa, and NieR; Amusement, encompassing arcade game machines, related products, and facilities like TAITO STATION; Publication, including magazines, comics under Gangan Comics, game strategy books, and digital comics via web and mobile apps; and Merchandising, providing derivative products tied to its intellectual properties and third-party IPs through official stores. Established in 1975 as a predecessor entity and headquartered at Shinjuku Eastside Square in Tokyo, Japan, the group maintains development studios and operations in Japan, North America, Europe, and select international markets.
In recent developments, Square Enix led a major investment in Danish studio BetaDwarf to support the action-RPG Vaultbreakers in 2025; made its first investment in Brazil via an undisclosed funding round for game distributor Nuuvem's browser-native demo platform Spawnd; and backed Crit Ventures' KRW 37.5 billion content fund targeting Korean gaming and IP sectors. The company also announced plans in late 2025 to close certain overseas studios and consolidate game development primarily in Japan while expanding into new markets. These strategic shifts follow a three-for-one stock split effective October 1, 2025, and ongoing support for titles like the Gex Trilogy and Project Gemini.