■ Overview of RS Co., Ltd. <4664>
The business segments are "Comprehensive Building Management Services" and "Human Resource Services," with "Comprehensive Building Management Services" accounting for approximately 90% of total revenue (as of fiscal year ending March 2024). The outlines of each business are as follows.
(1) Comprehensive Building Management Services
Providing security, cleaning, office services (such as reception), and facility management for various buildings including government offices, private company office buildings, stores, hotels, and hospitals. The core ongoing contracts exceed 200, including management operations for Japan's representative buildings such as "Sunshine City" and "Maru Building" (excluding temporary contracts and patrol security). In addition to branches in Sendai, Nagoya, and Osaka, the company has subsidiaries such as RS Co., Chubu (Nagoya) and Yowaka Shokko, which joined the group in February 2023, with a high revenue composition ratio in the Tokyo area. The company is also involved in the operation of a voluntary organization called "Security Guard Training Institute," focusing on quality improvement and human resource development. In January 2018, a business partnership agreement was signed with SECOM CO to enhance security quality and create new services, collaborating on security robots and AI utilization. In August 2023, a business partnership was established with Azira, a company developing and selling AI security systems, and from September 2024, full-scale operations of the AI security system will begin in various areas of "Sunshine City."
(2) Human Resource Services
This business, which started in 1986, consists of office and administrative support, sales, marketing and customer service, IT-related, manufacturing, logistics and light work, and event-related services. There is a high affinity with the "Comprehensive Building Management Services" and it serves as a factor for forming comprehensive proposal capabilities.
(Written by Fisco guest Analyst Ikko Shibata)