Aggressive Expansion of Franchise Stores
First written in FY2017-Q1. 10 of 21 entries say "Softened", first in FY2021. Latest entry: 2026-10-09.
VIA Holdings moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2021, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 4 of 19 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- 2026-10-09SoftenedMonthly
「ＦＣ店舗 25 25 25 24 23 22 22」
ＦＣ店舗数は2026年4月の25店舗から9月末の22店舗へ減少し、積極展開よりも店舗数の縮小が続いている。 - FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 2 openings and 20 closures, including 4 FC stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the consolidated fiscal year to 287, including 25 FC stores.」
The number of FC stores decreased from 29 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 25, indicating that store rationalization has continued rather than aggressive FC expansion. - FY2026-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores decreased by 7 closures, including 1 FC store, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the interim consolidated accounting period to 298, including 28 FC stores.」
The number of FC stores decreased from 29 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 28, indicating that store rationalization has continued rather than aggressive expansion. - FY2025SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 4 openings, including 1 FC store, and 11 closures, including 1 FC store, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the consolidated fiscal year to 305, including 29 FC stores.」
During the fiscal year, the company opened 1 FC store while closing 1, leaving 29 FC stores at period-end. Despite the target of aggressive expansion, the number of FC stores decreased from 30 at the end of the previous interim period. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 3 openings, including 1 FC store, and 4 closures, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the interim consolidated accounting period to 311, including 30 FC stores.」
During the interim consolidated accounting period, the company opened 3 stores, including 1 FC store, bringing the number of FC stores at period-end to 30. - FY2024-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「There were 2 openings and 14 closures, including 2 franchised stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the third quarter to 312, including 29 franchised stores.」
Rather than describing aggressive FC expansion, the company disclosed the closure of 14 stores, including 2 FC stores, and a reduction in the number of FC stores to 29 at period-end. - FY2024-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 2 openings and 11 closures, including 1 FC store, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the second quarter to 315, including 30 FC stores.」
The company closed 11 stores, including 1 FC store, reducing the number of FC stores from 31 at the end of the previous fiscal year to 30. Store rationalization has continued rather than aggressive expansion. - FY2023SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 1 opening, an FC store, and 29 closures, including 7 FC stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the fiscal year to 324, including 31 FC stores.」
Store rationalization continued rather than aggressive FC expansion. During the fiscal year, the company opened 1 FC store while closing 7, leaving 31 FC stores at year-end. - FY2023-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores included 1 opening, an FC store, and 27 closures, including 5 FC stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the third quarter to 326, including 33 FC stores.」
Rather than aggressive expansion of franchise stores, the company opened 1 FC store during the quarter while closing 5, reducing the number of FC stores from 34 to 33. - FY2023-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「The number of stores decreased by 17 closures, including 3 FC stores, bringing the total number of stores at the end of the first quarter to 335, including 34 FC stores.」
Rather than aggressive expansion of franchise stores, the company reported the closure of 17 stores, including 3 FC stores, and a reduction in the number of FC stores to 34. - FY2021SoftenedAnnual report
「The operating companies under the group have entered into franchise agreements with franchisees for “Bincho Ogiya,” “Yakitori no Ogiya,” “Uoya Iccho,” and “Nihonbashi Beni-ton,” and are expanding through franchising.」
This is described not as the planned key policy of aggressive expansion of franchise stores, but as an explanation of existing FC agreements and operations. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to pursue the development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees as a strategic policy. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to pursue the development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees as a strategic policy. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to pursue the policy of developing franchise formats and expanding through franchisees. - FY2018-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to use the wording “development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees.” - FY2018-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to use the wording “development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees.” - FY2018-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「“Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees”」
The company continues to use, in its new three-year plan, the wording “aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees,” which was changed from the previous “aggressive expansion of franchise stores.” - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「Aggressive development of franchise formats and expansion through franchisees」
The wording was changed from the previous “aggressive expansion of franchise stores” to wording combining the development of franchise formats with expansion through franchisees. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「“Aggressive expansion of franchise stores”」
The company has again identified aggressive expansion of franchise stores as a key policy. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「“Aggressive expansion of franchise stores”」
The company has again identified aggressive expansion of franchise stores as a key policy. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「“Aggressive expansion of franchise stores”」
The expansion of franchise stores is identified as a key policy in the medium-term management plan.