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Company name MarkLines Co., Ltd.
URL
Automotive Industry Portal
https://www.marklines.com/en/
Established Jan. 4, 2001
Capital 372,711 thousand yen (as of June 30, 2026)
Stock Exchange PRIME Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange (Click here for stock price.)
Executives
Representative Makoto Sakai (President & CEO)
Director Nana Kajiwara
Hiroyuki Asada
Mitoi Takaku
Kazuyuki Kondo
Akihiko Shido
Hiroshi Miyakawa
Company Auditor Masaaki Ueno
Junichi Hashiguchi
Masami Shinozaki
Executive officer Tomohiro Sugano
Employees 254
Corporate Philosophy

Corporate Mission and Purpose

- To develop and grow the automotive industry by providing information services and business support in order to create a better lifestyle for all stakeholders

Common Policies and Principles in Performing Work at MarkLines

- Mutual Benefit and Prosperity

- Open and Sharing

- Adaptable to Change

Most Important Factors for Work

- Be ambitious : continuous effort and progress

Business Activities

MarkLines provides the "Information Platform", an online information service specialized in the automotive industry, a B2B PR support service “Advertising & Promotion: LINES”, consulting services, vehicle teardown analyses and benchmarking, recruiting, and sales of market forecast data. The Automotive Industry Portal consists of a variety of services, including investments in startup companies.

Information Platform
  For companies aiming to grow in an automotive industry changing rapidly through electrification and AI utilization, this is the world's only automotive-industry-specific information service.
It comprehensively covers and systematizes MarkLines' proprietary information, including market trends such as sales, production and model changes, the latest technologies, vehicle teardown data, and information on auto parts suppliers, and delivers it globally in three languages: Japanese, English and Chinese.

  Using AI specialized for the automotive industry, the service analyzes across the structured proprietary data we have accumulated over many years.
In addition to making information gathering more efficient, it helps accelerate decision-making and improve its accuracy in strategic planning, sales and development.

  It is an information infrastructure supporting the automotive industry, used by about 7,000 corporate customers and about 200,000 users, including development and purchasing departments at automakers and sales, marketing and development departments at auto parts suppliers.

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Promotion & Advertising LINES
  A service that efficiently support the promotion of products and services to Information Platform members through means such as promotional emails and banner ads.

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Locations

JPNJapan

Address [Headquarters]
Roppongi Central Tower 14F, Roppongi 7-15-9, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
[MAP]

[Nagoya branch]
hirokoji YMD Building 5F, 1-20-25 Nishiki Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken 460-0003 Japan
[MAP]

[Benchmark center]
Morinosatoaoyama 14-10, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0123 Japan
[MAP]


Headquarters


Benchmark center
TEL [Headquarters]
+81-3-4241-3901 Administration Dept.
+81-3-4241-3907 Customer Support
+81-3-4241-3902 Sales Dept.
+81-3-4241-3905 Research Dept.
+81-3-4241-3903 Finance Dept.

[Nagoya branch]
+81-52-218-3704

[Benchmark center]
+81-46-203-9302
FAX [Headquarters]
+81-3-4241-3900

[Nagoya branch]
+81-52-218-3705

[Benchmark center]
+81-46-248-5101
E-Mail info@marklines.com

Subsidiary

Company name Automotive Fund Co., Ltd. [Detail]
Head Office Location Roppongi Central Tower 14F, Roppongi 7-15-9, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
Amount of share capital JPY 50 million (100% owned by MarkLines Co., Ltd.)
Executives
CEO Makoto Sakai (Chief Investment Officer)
COO Kenichi Igarashi (Investment Officer)
Investment Target Excellent domestic and foreign venture companies and SMEs that contribute to the future creation of the automotive industry.

Subsidiary

Company name MarkLines Software Development Co., Ltd. [Details]
Business Activities Contract development of in-vehicle software
- Total support from design to testing (including partial outsourcing)
- Compatible in-vehicle systems: IVI, ADAS, body control, etc.
Established April, 2025
Location Roppongi Central Tower 14F, Roppongi 7-15-9, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
TEL +81-3-4241-3915
E-Mail sdv@marklines.com

USA USA

Company MarkLines North America Incorporated
Address 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 450, Novi, MI 48375 USA [MAP]
TEL +1-248-327-6987
E-Mail infous@marklines.com

CHN China

Company MarkLines (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Address Unit 1906, Henderson Metropolitan, No.300 East Nanjing Rd, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200001 China [MAP]
TEL +86-21-6212-6562
FAX +86-21-5836-0743
E-Mail infoshanghai@marklines.com
Company MarkLines (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Address Room 805 of Building D, Dachong Business Center, Shennan Road No.9672, Nanshan District,Shenzhen, Guangdong [MAP]
TEL +86-755-2267-1725
E-Mail infoshenzhen@marklines.com

THA Thailand

Company MarkLines (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
Address 388 Exchange Tower, 35th Floor, Unit 3504, Sukhumvit Road, Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110 Thailand [MAP]
TEL +66-2-665-2840
FAX +66-2-665-2842
E-Mail infothai@marklines.com

CHN Germany

Company MarkLines Europe GmbH
Address Hanauer Landstr. 114, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany [MAP]
TEL +49-69–904-3870-0
E-Mail infoeuro@marklines.com

IND India

Company MarkLines India Pvt. Ltd.
Address Unit No 518, 5th Floor, MGF Metropolis, MG Road, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001 India [MAP]
TEL / FAX +91-124-4048779
E-Mail infoindia@marklines.com

MEX MEXICO

Company MarkLines Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
Address Boulevard Mariano Escobedo No. 3,634 Colonia Oriental Anaya,
interior 503 y 504, 37510 León Guanajuato, Mexico [MAP]
TEL +52-477-796-0560
E-Mail infomx@marklines.com

History


2001 MarkLines founded in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
2003 MarkLines North America Inc. founded in Michigan, USA
2004 MarkLines (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. founded in Shanghai, China
2007 MarkLines launches Consulting Business Division
2013 MarkLines (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded in Bangkok, Thailand
2014 MarkLines Co., Ltd. listed on the JASDAQ of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2015 MarkLines Europe GmbH founded in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2016 MarkLines India Pvt. Ltd. founded in Gurgaon, Haryana, India
2018 MarkLines Co., Ltd. listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Nagoya branch established.
2020 Benchmark Center established
2022 MarkLines Mexicana S.A. de C.V. founded in Guanajuato, Mexico
2024 Benchmark Center relocated to Atsugi City, Kanagawa
Fukuoka Outbound Call Center established
MarkLines (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. founded in Shenzhen, China