Revenue of management consulting companies in Japan 2019-2023

In 2023, the revenue generated by business consulting companies in Japan amounted to approximately 6.14 trillion Japanese yen. Business consultants take on a variety of tasks for the benefit of their clients and are often tasked with improving their clients’ business strategies or optimize organizational performance.M&AMergers and acquisitions (M&A) is one of the areas in which companies seek professional guidance from consultants. M&A advisory services belong to the field of strategic consulting, which is regarded to be high up in the hierarchy of consultancy activities. International M&A schemes are common, and so are international consultancy firms. Recently, foreign companies were the leading mergers and acquisitions advisors in Japan. As expected from one of the largest economies in the world, the value of net cross-border mergers and acquisitions by Japanese purchasers registered positive values in the double-digit billion-dollar range.Market research companiesMarket research companies provide (consulting) services by virtue of their aggregated data and the resulting expertise in a certain field. Market research companies are commonly employed to gather information on market trends and the status quo of consumer behaviors. Various types of services exist. Typically, data is either bought directly from market research companies in the form of pre-made reports or clients consign specific tasks or survey projects to companies specialized in a particular field. Market research in Japan is domestic-centered and sizable. In Japan, the pharmaceuticals and non-durable goods sectors recorded the highest share of market research spending.

于2023年，日本商业咨询公司所创造的收入高达约61.4万亿日元。商业顾问承担着多种旨在为客户带来利益的任务，他们常常被委以优化客户商业策略或提升组织绩效的重任。企业并购（M&A）是公司寻求专业咨询顾问指导的重要领域之一。并购咨询服务属于战略咨询范畴，在咨询活动体系中占据着重要的位置。国际并购项目普遍存在，国际咨询公司亦然。近期，外国公司成为日本并购顾问领域的领军者。鉴于日本是世界最大经济体之一，日本购买者跨境并购的净价值在数十亿美元的范围内呈现出正增长。市场研究公司凭借其汇总数据和特定领域的专业知识提供咨询服务。市场研究公司通常被雇用来收集市场趋势和消费者行为现状的信息。服务种类繁多。通常情况下，数据要么直接以预先编制的报告形式从市场研究公司购买，要么客户委托特定任务或调查项目给专注于某一特定领域的公司。在日本，市场研究以国内为中心且规模庞大。在日本，制药业和非耐用品行业在市场研究支出中占据了最高的份额。