- CEO
- Makoto Sakai
- Full Time Employees
- 195
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Information technology services
- Address
- Roppongi Central Tower Tokyo Japan 106-0032
- IPO Date
- Dec 16, 2014
- Business
- MarkLines Co., Ltd. provides online information services specialized in the automotive industry through its Automotive Industry Portal, including the Information Platform offering global coverage of market trends, sales and production statistics, model change forecasts, vehicle teardown analyses, supplier data, and technology reports in Japanese, English, and Chinese; B2B promotional advertising via LINES with PR emails, banner ads, and product postings; consulting and customized research on trends, supply chains, and procurement; recruiting solutions for engineering, sales, management, and planning roles; sales of market forecast data from GlobalData Plc covering passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and emerging markets; and vehicle parts procurement agency services. MarkLines Co., Ltd., founded in 2001 and headquartered at Sanno Park Tower 14F in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, Japan, operates globally with subsidiaries and offices in the United States, China (Shanghai and Shenzhen), Thailand, Germany, India, and Mexico, serving approximately 200,000 users from 6,000 companies including OEMs and suppliers. The company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's PRIME Section (3901.T) maintains eight business segments encompassing information platforms, consulting, recruitment, market forecasts, advertising, teardown data, and procurement, while its subsidiaries include Automotive Fund Co., Ltd. for investments in automotive ventures and MarkLines Software Development Co., Ltd., established in April 2025 as a joint venture with Huaqin Technology Co., Ltd. for contract development of in-vehicle software supporting IVI, ADAS, and body control systems. Recent developments include the relocation of its Benchmark Center to Atsugi City, Kanagawa in 2024; establishment of a Fukuoka Outbound Call Center and MarkLines (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in 2024; and ongoing expansion of services like startup investments and model launch schedule forecasts extended to 2030.