Business Succession M&A Needs of Mid-Sized and Small and Medium-Sized Companies
First written in FY2016-Q3. 24 of 36 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-02.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「According to materials published by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency as “Aggregated Results for SME M&A Through Registered Support Organizations,” the number of M&A transactions reported by registered M&A support organizations, measured by the number of selling parties, increased approximately 5.5% from 4,681 in fiscal 2023 to 4,940 in fiscal 2024. The number of M&A engagements involving mid-sized and small Japanese companies continues to trend upward.」
Showing that the number of M&A transactions involving mid-sized and small companies increased approximately 5.5%, from 4,681 in fiscal 2023 to 4,940 in fiscal 2024, and updating the upward trend in demand for transactions, including business succession. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on these data, we believe that business succession needs remain high due to the aging of business owners and that the number of M&A transactions involving domestic mid-sized and small companies will continue to trend upward.」
Continuing to indicate that, in addition to the 4,036 and 4,681 M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises, business succession needs remain high due to the aging of business owners and the number of M&A transactions involving mid-sized and small companies is trending upward. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「According to the “Aggregate Results for M&A among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises through Registered Support Organizations” on the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency’s M&A Support Organization Registration System website (https://ma-shienkikan.go.jp/), 4,036 M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises were reported for fiscal 2022 and 4,681 for fiscal 2023, indicating an upward trend.」
Showing an increase in M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises from 4,036 in fiscal 2022 to 4,681 in fiscal 2023, and indicating that the number of M&A transactions involving mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession needs, will continue to increase and that demand will remain firm for the time being. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency reported that 3,403 M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises reached completion during fiscal 2021 (April 2021 to March 2022), according to the “8th Study Meeting on the Consolidation of Management Resources of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” held and published on 16 March 2023 and the material “Results Report on the Registration System for M&A Support Organizations.” However, according to the Agency’s material “The Current Status and Issues of M&A among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Small Businesses,” 600,000 companies could close while profitable by 2025 due to a lack of successors. Accordingly, we believe that abundant potential demand for succession-related M&A will continue for the time being and that there remains substantial room to increase the number of transactions completed by our group.」
Reaffirming the view that potential demand for succession-related M&A and room to increase completed transactions will persist for the time being, against the backdrop of 3,403 completed M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises and the risk that 600,000 companies could close while profitable by 2025. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「According to the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency material “The Current Status and Issues of M&A among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Small Businesses,” 600,000 companies could close while profitable by 2025 due to a lack of successors. Accordingly, we believe that abundant potential demand for succession-related M&A will continue for the time being and that there remains substantial room to increase the number of transactions completed by our group.」
Reaffirming the view that abundant potential demand for succession-related M&A and substantial room to increase completed transactions will persist for the time being, against the backdrop of the risk that 600,000 companies could close while profitable by 2025 due to a lack of successors. - FY2023Explicitly stating that the potential market comprises more than 250,000 companiesAnnual report
「The potential market for succession-related M&A is believed to comprise more than 250,000 companies」
In addition to the previous view that succession-related M&A needs are substantial, explicitly stating that the potential market exceeds 250,000 companies. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「According to the “8th Study Meeting on the Consolidation of Management Resources of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” held and published by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency on 16 March 2023, and the material “Results Report on the Registration System for M&A Support Organizations,” 3,403 M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises were reported as having reached completion during fiscal 2021 (the year from April 2021 to March 2022). This also suggests that the M&A market for mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession needs, remains potentially substantial.」
Reaffirming the view that the market for mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession needs, is potentially substantial, based on the 3,403 completed M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Based on these statistical materials, we believe that a substantial number of M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises are not publicly disclosed. In addition, as several larger M&A transactions involving private companies have been identified by transaction value, we believe that the M&A market for mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession needs, remains firm.」
Indicating that, although the number of publicly disclosed M&A transactions is declining, a substantial number of private M&A transactions involving small and medium-sized enterprises exist and larger private-company transactions have also been identified, suggesting that the market for mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession, remains firm. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As the M&A market continues to expand steadily, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency estimates that 600,000 businesses could close while profitable over the 10 years through 2025. M&A has attracted increasing attention as a solution to the business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, which have become an important challenge, and is widely recognized as an important option by many business owners.」
Reaffirming the view that the importance and recognition of M&A in business succession among mid-sized and small companies are increasing further, against the backdrop of steady M&A market expansion and the possibility that 600,000 businesses could close while profitable over the 10 years through 2025. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「As the M&A market continues to expand steadily, M&A has attracted increasing attention as a solution to the business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, which have become a social issue, and is widely recognized as an important option by many business owners.」
Reaffirming the expansion of the M&A market and the growing recognition of M&A as an important option for business succession among mid-sized and small companies. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As the M&A market continues to expand steadily, M&A has attracted increasing attention as a solution to the business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, which have become a social issue, and is widely recognized as an important option by many business owners.」
Reaffirming the expansion of the M&A market and the growing recognition of M&A as an important option for business succession among mid-sized and small companies. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As the M&A market continues to expand steadily, M&A has attracted increasing attention as a solution to the business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, which have become a social issue, and is widely recognized as an important option by many business owners.」
Indicating that the M&A market continues to expand and that M&A is increasingly recognized as an important option for addressing business succession issues among mid-sized and small companies. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As the M&A market continues to expand steadily, M&A has attracted increasing attention as a solution to the business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, which have become a social issue, and is widely recognized as an important option by many business owners.」
Reaffirming the view that M&A is becoming increasingly recognized as an important management option in response to business succession issues among mid-sized and small companies. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The domestic M&A market for mid-sized and small companies had attracted attention as a solution to the social issue of a lack of successors. In Japan, however, M&A is increasingly being recognized by many business owners as an important growth strategy option, and we believe demand will continue to expand, with the aim of achieving synergies through M&A.」
Reaffirming the view that, in addition to addressing a lack of successors, demand for M&A for growth strategies and synergies will continue to expand. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The domestic M&A market for mid-sized and small companies had attracted attention as a solution to the social issue of a lack of successors. In Japan, however, M&A is increasingly being recognized by many business owners as an important growth strategy option, and we believe demand will continue to expand, with the aim of achieving synergies through M&A.」
Reaffirming the view that, in addition to addressing a lack of successors, demand for M&A for growth strategies and synergies will continue to expand. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The domestic M&A market for mid-sized and small companies had attracted attention as a solution to the social issue of a lack of successors. In Japan, however, M&A is increasingly being recognized by many business owners as an important growth strategy option, and we believe demand will continue to expand, with the aim of achieving synergies through M&A.」
Reaffirming the view that, in addition to addressing a lack of successors, demand for M&A for growth strategies and synergies will continue to expand. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The domestic M&A market for mid-sized and small companies had attracted attention as a solution to the social issue of a lack of successors. In Japan, however, M&A is increasingly being recognized by many business owners as an important growth strategy option, and we believe demand will continue to expand, with the aim of achieving synergies through M&A.」
Indicating that M&A demand among mid-sized and small companies, driven by a lack of successors, is expanding beyond business succession to include growth strategies and synergies, and will continue to grow. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「On the other hand, we believe that the number of business owners choosing M&A to pursue business synergies or because they lack a successor will increase」
Indicating that, while the overall market is shrinking due to the spread of the pandemic, the number of business owners choosing M&A because they lack a successor will increase. - FY2020-Q2Growing business succession needs amid the spread of the pandemicAnnual report
「The spread of COVID-19 is believed to have had some effect on the decline in the number of M&A transactions involving domestic companies. However, with reports of COVID-19-related bankruptcies appearing and demand for succession-related M&A increasing, we will continue to closely monitor the impact on the domestic M&A market.」
Indicating that demand for succession-related M&A is increasing against the backdrop of COVID-19-related bankruptcies, even as the number of domestic M&A transactions declines. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We believe that the domestic M&A market continues to trend toward expanding demand, as M&A has attracted growing public attention as a means of resolving the recent business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, and the number of transactions across the industry as a whole continues to rise.」
Continuing to indicate expanding demand in the M&A market for mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession issues. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「According to the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency publication “Business Succession and Startup Policies,” released on 5 February 2019, the rapid increase in business closures among small and medium-sized enterprises could result in the loss of approximately 6.5 million jobs and approximately ¥22 trillion in GDP over the 10 years through around 2025. Accordingly, we believe that M&A as a means of resolving business succession issues will increase further and that the social importance of M&A in preserving jobs and connecting businesses to the next generation will continue to grow.」
Continuing to indicate that M&A will increase and its social importance will grow as a solution to business succession issues, against the backdrop of the projected impact of small and medium-sized enterprise closures on employment and GDP. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Business succession among mid-sized and small companies is now recognized as a social issue, and we believe that an increasing number of business owners will use M&A to resolve management issues, including business succession.」
Reaffirming the view that business succession among mid-sized and small companies is a social issue and that the number of business owners using M&A will increase. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, business succession issues among mid-sized and small companies have become a social issue, and business succession through M&A has attracted growing public attention and is increasing as a means of resolving them.」
Continuing to indicate that business succession issues have become a social issue and that business succession through M&A is attracting growing public attention and increasing in prevalence. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We believe that the domestic M&A market continues to trend toward expanding demand, as M&A has attracted growing public attention as a means of resolving the recent business succession issues facing mid-sized and small companies, and the number of transactions across the industry as a whole continues to rise.」
Indicating that M&A demand among mid-sized and small companies, driven by business succession issues, continues to trend upward. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We believe that opportunities to provide M&A advisory services will continue to increase, given the presence of acquisition-minded players, including operating companies, funds and CVCs (corporate venture capital), and growing demand for divestitures as the business succession issue becomes a broader social issue.」
Reaffirming the view that opportunities to provide M&A advisory services will increase, driven by growing demand for divestitures as the business succession issue becomes a social issue, as well as acquisition appetite among operating companies, funds and CVCs. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We also estimate that many transactions in the M&A market have not been publicly disclosed, and expect M&A demand to continue increasing, driven by the presence of acquisition-minded players, including operating companies, funds and CVCs (corporate venture capital), and growing demand for divestitures, particularly for business succession.」
Reaffirming the outlook for continued growth in M&A demand, supported by the presence of acquisition-minded operating companies, funds and CVCs and growing demand for divestitures, particularly for business succession. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We expect M&A demand, particularly among mid-sized and small companies, to continue increasing, driven by the presence of acquisition-minded players, including operating companies, funds and CVCs (corporate venture capital), and growing demand for divestitures, particularly for business succession.」
Reaffirming the outlook for continued growth in M&A demand among mid-sized and small companies, supported by the presence of buyers and demand for divestitures, particularly for business succession. - FY2017RaisedAnnual report
「We expect M&A demand, particularly among mid-sized and small companies, to continue increasing, driven by the presence of acquisition-minded players, including operating companies, funds and CVCs (corporate venture capital), and growing demand for divestitures, particularly for business succession.」
The wording has strengthened from the previous view that demand was firm to an outlook for continued growth, driven by the diversification of buyers and growing demand for divestitures. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As a group, we are promoting M&A to resolve business succession, growth strategy, industry consolidation and other management issues, primarily among private companies,」
Continuing to position business succession as a management issue to be addressed through M&A. - FY2016RestatedAnnual report
「We believe that potential M&A needs among the mid-sized and small companies we target remain firm.」
Indicating that potential M&A demand among mid-sized and small companies remains firm and that demand will continue to exceed supply. - FY2016-Q3First statedAnnual report
「We believe that demand, including potential demand, for succession-related M&A among the mid-sized and small companies that constitute our main market remains firm.」
Recognizing that demand for succession-related M&A, including potential demand, remains firm.