Opening soon
Keisho Scout is not open yet. We are a succession marketplace for Japanese small businesses — anonymous for the owner, and built with a person at Keisho beside you rather than a form to fill in alone. Leave your email and we will write when it opens, and occasionally with news afterwards. You can ask us to stop at any time.
A soba restaurant that has traded in the same neighbourhood for four decades, with most of its custom from regulars and the lunchtime trade. On the market because the owner is retiring and no one in the family is taking it on.
Example listing — the photograph is illustrative.
Your business name, staff, and customers are never shown until you choose to share them with a buyer you have approved.
List with a guided, plain-language form. No jargon, and no 200-page packet required to get started.
Keisho reads who every buyer is before they can approach you, so you're never fielding tire-kickers.
For business owners
Many owners in Japan delay succession because the process feels overwhelming, or because word getting out could unsettle staff and customers before a deal is even close. Keisho Scout was built around that reality: you control what's public, what's shared under NDA, and when.
For buyers & investors
Search by industry, region, size, and price, from small family shops to established regional companies. Every listing is reviewed before it goes live.
The process may differ case by case, but it generally follows these steps.
Answer a short, guided questionnaire. No financial documents required to get started.
Your listing is public, but your business's identity is not, until you say so.
See verified buyer profiles and choose who to talk to.
Reveal your company name and documents only to buyers you've approved.
Move to due diligence and a final agreement at your own pace.
Buying instead? Browsing is free. To ask about a business you choose a buyer plan, and once the owner approves you and you sign the NDA, you talk to the business directly. How it works for buyers
When it opens, you will hear it from us.
We write when Keisho Scout opens, and occasionally afterwards. Choose the side you are on and we will send the half that is yours.
