Is Chintai Corporation publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange?

No. Chintai's predecessor delisted from Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules on 2010-10-27 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company. After a 2012 MBO, that holding company, now Able and Partners, went fully private. Chintai is not TSE-listed as of 2026.

Is Chintai Corporation profitable?

A single unverified source citing the company's 34th fiscal-year settlement disclosure reports a net loss of about 752 million yen for the fiscal year ended October 2025, against total assets of 8.004 billion yen, pending confirmation via an official kessan kokoku filing.

Who owns Chintai Corporation?

Chintai is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Able and Partners (formerly Able CHINTAI Holdings), formed in a 2010-11-01 stock-transfer merger with Able Corporation. Able and Partners went private via MBO in 2012, so no public equity or VC backing exists as of 2026.

Could AI replace Chintai's core business?

Chintai's core product, filter-based rental listing search and matching, is exactly the workflow horizontal AI assistants and better-funded portals commoditize. Rivals SUUMO and LIFULL HOME'S have already shipped AI matching features and are taking share as of LIFULL's FY2026 Q1 report.

Who is Chintai Corporation's biggest competitor?

SUUMO, operated by Recruit Co., Ltd., is Japan's largest general real-estate portal with nationwide listing coverage that dwarfs Chintai's scale. LIFULL HOME'S is a second major incumbent; both outinvest Chintai in traffic and AI-driven matching.

Is it safe to take a job at Chintai Corporation?

Chintai had 146 employees as of end-October 2024, average age 35, per its own recruiting page. A separately sourced, unverified figure reports a net loss of 752 million yen for fiscal year ended October 2025, suggesting financial pressure worth confirming before joining.

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Chintai Corporation

chintai.co.jp ↗

Japanese rental listing portal and agent software maker, private subsidiary of Able & Partners.

Losing its protection

Assessed 25 July 2026 · Evidence as of 25 July 2026

The structural protection is eroding.

On the recordSince 25 July 2026 · Checkable from FY2026 (ending October 2026) · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Official settlement filing confirming FY2025 net loss and FY2026 results

The call

A subscale listing portal with a small B2B software business, losing money, sitting inside a private holding structure with no public equity to track.

Chintai matches renters with apartments and agents using a listing database and agent software, but it is much smaller than SUUMO (run by Recruit) and LIFULL HOME'S, which have more money, better technology, and bigger audiences. AI tools that can search rental listings and answer questions directly could make Chintai's core matching service less valuable, and Recruit or LIFULL could build better AI-powered search faster than Chintai can. The one thing that could matter is if Chintai stops trying to compete on the renter side and instead makes its agent software so useful to property managers and real estate offices that those professionals pay for it and stick with it, but today that software is old and not clearly better than other options.

Why

AI pressure: LLM-based rental search assistants and horizontal AI search. AI search tools that answer rental questions directly could bypass CHINTAI's listing portal entirely. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: Recruit Holdings (SUUMO). SUUMO already outspends and outreaches CHINTAI in the same listing-search market with far more scale. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. The B2B response-management software sold to brokerage firms creates switching costs that a consumer portal alone would not.

What would change this call

Official 決算公告 filing confirms FY2025 net loss of ¥752M. Verifies financial distress and second-year loss risk described in the assessment.
FY2026 決算公告 shows a second consecutive annual net loss. Would confirm sustained decline rather than a one-off setback.
CHINTAI or Able & Partners announces a strategic pivot toward B2B agent software (反響管理FA) with adoption metrics. Would show management shifting from consumer-portal defense to a more defensible niche.

Key numbers

Net loss of ¥752 million, FY ended Oct 2025 (2025-10-31)
146 employees as of end-Oct 2024 (2024-10-31)
Total assets ¥8.004 billion, FY2025 (2025-10-31)

Named risks

Reported FY2025 net loss of 752 million yen unverified pending official kessan kokoku filing. Severity: medium
Core listing search product directly exposed to AI and LLM commoditization by better-funded rivals. Severity: high
No confirmed AI feature upgrade or major product launch in 18+ months as of mid-2026. Severity: medium
Private, PE-adjacent subsidiary structure leaves no public equity clarity or investor recourse. Severity: low

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
SUUMO (Recruit Co., Ltd.)	losing to	Japan's largest real estate portal with nationwide scale, dwarfing Chintai's listing coverage as of 2026-07
LIFULL HOME'S	losing to	Already shipped AI matching features and taking share per FY2026 Q1 earnings presentation
at home (Athome Co., Ltd.)	contesting	Active market-rent analytics and portal publishing as of 2026-02-08 report
Mitsui Fudosan (RESIDENT FIRST)	contesting	Vertically integrated landlord-affiliated rental listing operation competing for same transactions

Questions people ask

Is Chintai Corporation publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange?: No. Chintai's predecessor delisted from Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules on 2010-10-27 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of a new holding company. After a 2012 MBO, that holding company, now Able and Partners, went fully private. Chintai is not TSE-listed as of 2026.
Is Chintai Corporation profitable?: A single unverified source citing the company's 34th fiscal-year settlement disclosure reports a net loss of about 752 million yen for the fiscal year ended October 2025, against total assets of 8.004 billion yen, pending confirmation via an official kessan kokoku filing.
Who owns Chintai Corporation?: Chintai is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Able and Partners (formerly Able CHINTAI Holdings), formed in a 2010-11-01 stock-transfer merger with Able Corporation. Able and Partners went private via MBO in 2012, so no public equity or VC backing exists as of 2026.
Could AI replace Chintai's core business?: Chintai's core product, filter-based rental listing search and matching, is exactly the workflow horizontal AI assistants and better-funded portals commoditize. Rivals SUUMO and LIFULL HOME'S have already shipped AI matching features and are taking share as of LIFULL's FY2026 Q1 report.
Who is Chintai Corporation's biggest competitor?: SUUMO, operated by Recruit Co., Ltd., is Japan's largest general real-estate portal with nationwide listing coverage that dwarfs Chintai's scale. LIFULL HOME'S is a second major incumbent; both outinvest Chintai in traffic and AI-driven matching.
Is it safe to take a job at Chintai Corporation?: Chintai had 146 employees as of end-October 2024, average age 35, per its own recruiting page. A separately sourced, unverified figure reports a net loss of 752 million yen for fiscal year ended October 2025, suggesting financial pressure worth confirming before joining.

Timeline

2025-10Fiscal year ends with reported net loss of 752 million yen (single-source, unverified)
2024-10Headcount recorded at 146 employees, average age 35
2012Holding company Able and Partners undergoes MBO, goes fully private
2010-11-01Chintai and Able Corporation merge under new holding company Able CHINTAI Holdings
2010-10-27Predecessor company delists from Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules
2005Company renamed from Rental Housing News Co. to CHINTAI Corporation
2004-11-15Predecessor lists on Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules market
1992-04Incorporated as Kabushiki Kaisha Chintai Jutaku News (Rental Housing News Co.)

Revision history

25 July 2026

First assessed. Losing its protection. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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