リユース在庫SaaS launch targets manual entry for secondhand dealers

The launch arrives as Japan's reuse market was measured at 3兆4,986億円 in 2024 by the Ministry of the Environment, with predictions it will exceed 4兆円 by 2030. The number of used-goods dealer licenses reached 61万5,194件 at the end of 2025, up 4万2,170件 in a year according to the National Police Agency, meaning more entrants and tighter competition. Yet many operations still manage inventory and customers on paper, Excel, or individual staff smartphones, and industry media has noted that digitalization is lagging market growth. Labor shortage bankruptcies hit a record high in 2025, with 77% at companies with fewer than 10 employees, per Teikoku Databank, making the time spent on statement entry a direct management weight for small dealers.

UNITARY says it surveyed more than 30 business systems for reuse in Japan. While POS, purchase management, and used-goods ledger SaaS products are numerous, it found no product that reads dealer auction winning statements and settlement documents with AI and returns results to individual inventory items. The company generalized an inbound and outbound management system already operated at a secondhand brand goods wholesaler and is offering it as SaaS. The product also addresses the Used Goods Business Act, which requires records of items, features, and counterparties for transactions of 1万円 or more to be kept and preserved, making accurate item-by-item recording a legal task as well as an operational one.