- CEO
- Noboru Yamada
- Full Time Employees
- 25,526
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Address
- 1-1, Sakae-cho Takasaki Japan 370-0841
- IPO Date
- Dec 18, 2001
- Business
- Yamada Holdings Co., Ltd. (YMDAF) operates as a holding company overseeing consumer electronics retailing and diversified lifestyle services in Japan and select international markets including Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia; it offers home electrical appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, and cooking appliances; home information appliances including personal computers, mobile phones, telephones, and fax machines; housing-related products comprising furniture, interiors, smart and custom-built homes, remodeling, renovation services, and housing equipment like bathrooms and kitchens; financial products encompassing loans for new construction and renovations, payment services, insurance, and life planning via YAMADA NEOBANK; environmental services focused on reuse, recycling, and resource recovery of appliances and electronics; and other offerings such as installation, delivery, private label apparel, beauty supplies, jewelry, clothing, and travel-related trading. Founded in April 1973 and headquartered at 1-1 Sakae-cho, Takasaki-city, Gunma 370-0841, Japan, the company shifted to a holding company structure from Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2020, centralizing management strategies, group supervision, and shared services across subsidiaries like YAMADA DENKI CO., LTD., YAMADA JUKEN HOLDINGS Co., LTD., YAMADA FINANCE HOLDINGS CO., LTD., and YAMADA Environmental Resources Development Holdings Co., Ltd. Recent developments include ongoing share buybacks initiated May 8, 2025, with repurchases of over 21 million shares by September 30, 2025, for approximately ¥9.6 billion and continued acquisitions through November 2025 totaling additional millions of shares to enhance shareholder value by March 2026; expansion of LIFE SELECT large-scale stores nationwide targeting 80 outlets with enhanced home-related product lines under the "Total-Living" strategy; completion of the YAMADA West Japan Reuse Center Yamaguchi Plant in May 2025 for appliance reuse capacity; joint store openings and collaborations with large-scale commercial facilities for efficient expansion; development of new financial products like revised home loans integrating appliance and EV payments; and progression toward a new mid-term business plan for FY2026-FY2030 emphasizing group synergies in housing, finance, and environmental segments.