- CEO
- Taizo Endo
- Full Time Employees
- 6,666
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Apparel/Footwear retail
- Address
- 1-3-5 Oji-cho Fukuyama HI Japan 721-8556
- IPO Date
- Nov 1, 1987
- Business
- Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd. (8219.T) operates as a diversified Japanese retailer primarily engaged in business wear apparel and ancillary services. The company offers men's suits, shoes, casual clothing, and related items through brands such as Yofuku-no-Aoyama, The Suit Company, and Next Blue; women's business suits for job hunting, formal wear, and ladies' styles including new developments like functional set-up suits; casual wear under Universal Language and Calaja; credit card issuance and retail finance management via Aoyama Capital Co., Ltd. with 3.85 million effective members; printing and media services encompassing flyers, catalogs, direct mail, and web media through ASCON Co., Ltd.; sundry sales of daily merchandise and processed foods at 101 Daiso & Aoyama 100 Yen Plaza stores operated by Seigo Co., Ltd.; comprehensive repair services including shoe repair, key duplication, suitcase caster replacement, and umbrella repair under the Mister Minit brand via Minit Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.; franchise operations; real estate leasing; and other ventures such as restaurants, fitness gyms, and reuse businesses through subsidiaries including glob Co., Ltd., WTW Corporation, and Customlife Co., Ltd. Aoyama Trading conducts its operations predominantly in Japan with franchise and repair service extensions across the Asia-Pacific region and maintains approximately 800 business wear stores. Incorporated in 1964 and headquartered in Fukuyama, Japan, the company recently announced a share repurchase program in November 2025 for up to 1,500,000 shares, or 2.98% of outstanding shares excluding treasury stock, valued at ¥3 billion through March 2026 to enhance shareholder returns and capital efficiency; executed a share split with partial amendments to its articles of incorporation; launched premium products like Quality Order SHITATE custom-made suits and Zero Pressure Suit; expanded repair services with new offerings; and achieved record highs in franchisee business sales and profits alongside steady business wear performance in fiscal year 2025 despite challenges in printing, media, and sundry sales segments.