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Kura Sushi,Inc.

Medium
Brand★Golden 50est. scale

JPX/TSE 2695 · Japan

Listing status
listed
Operating model
Direct / managed estate
Scale basis
Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Confidence
Medium
Segment
restaurant chain

All-direct sushi operator; this refresh mainly corrects stale GMV quality after GH-040.

Scale basis note

Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.

Compare this operator
Every number has a source row

Metrics below keep source tier, quality, period, and source link visible at the metric level.

Source tiers
S1Official primary — filings, annual reports, prospectuses
S2Official secondary — IR decks, transcripts
S3Supplementary — vetted media, databases
S0Not usable — flagged, never published

Source tiers — S1 official primary · S2 official secondary · S3 supplementary · S0 not usable. Open “Provenance” on any number for its tier, basis, precision, and do-not-use note.

GMV is not revenue

GMV/system sales, revenue, and royalty pool sales are separate scale bases. Screening proxies are directional only.

MetricValuePeriod / basisQualitySource
Stores
Reported restaurant, coffee shop, tea shop, bakery, or comparable chain units.
687 stores
FY2025/10 (ended Oct 31, 2025): 当連結会計年度末の店舗数は、全て直営で687店舗(「無添蔵」5店舗、「くらおさかな市場」1店舗、米国79店舗、アジア60店舗を含む)となりました。
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Regulatory Filing · 当連結会計年度末の店舗数は、全て直営で687店舗(「無添蔵」5店舗、「くらおさかな市場」1店舗、米国79店舗、アジア60店舗を含む)となりました。
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Regulatory Filing
Scale
Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
$1.64B
FY2025/10 (ended Oct 31, 2025): 売上高 245,109 百万円 (前連結会計年度比4.3%増) — 2025年10月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕(連結) 2025年12月10日
Company-operated revenue (proxy)Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Regulatory Filing · 売上高 245,109 百万円 (前連結会計年度比4.3%増) — 2025年10月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕(連結) 2025年12月10日
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Regulatory Filing
Basis: Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Precision: Estimated
Scale per store
Screening proxy: scale divided by store count. It is not audited AUV or unit profit.
$2.39M
Screening proxyest.
Derived scale_per_store using scale ÷ store_count at the linked scale basis; not a separately reported company metric.
Company-operated revenue (proxy)Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operator Metric Source · Source used for operator metric extraction.
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Operator Metric Source
Basis: Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Precision: Derived
Profit signal
Profit signal from the source period. Read with local accounting and segment mix in mind.
$22.67M
FY2025/10 (ended Oct 31, 2025): 親会社株主に帰属する当期純利益 3,606 百万円 (前連結会計年度比11.8%増) — 2025年10月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕(連結)
Profit-positiveScale basis not specified. Use as a screening signal until a source pack is attached.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Regulatory Filing · 親会社株主に帰属する当期純利益 3,606 百万円 (前連結会計年度比11.8%増) — 2025年10月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕(連結)
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Regulatory Filing
Basis: Profit-positive
Revenue
Source-backed operating metric from the locked research snapshot.
$1.54B
JPY 245,109 million FY2025 ended 2025-10-31 revenue/sales.
Revenue proxyRecognized company revenue. Useful for accounting scale, but not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operator Metric Source · Source used for operator metric extraction.
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Operator Metric Source
Basis: Revenue proxy
Precision: Manual override

Market data (listed companies)

Market valuation · fluctuates · not operational scale · do not compare with GMV / system sales. Listed companies only.

MetricValuePeriod / basisQualitySource
Market cap
Public market capitalization captured in the locked source snapshot.
$812.57M
May 22, 2026: May 22, 2026 close: ¥1,627.00 × 39,743,237 net shares (41,399,600 total − 1,656,363 treasury) = JPY 64.67B; at USD/JPY 159.08 ≈ USD 406.6M.
Market cap (USD)Scale basis not specified. Use as a screening signal until a source pack is attached.
Source-backed
S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Media Or Aggregator · May 22, 2026 close: ¥1,627.00 × 39,743,237 net shares (41,399,600 total − 1,656,363 treasury) = JPY 64.67B; at USD/JPY 159.08 ≈ USD 406.6M.
Provenance
Tier: S3 supplementary
Source: Media Or Aggregator
Basis: Market cap (USD)
Precision: Market snapshot · not operational scale
⚠ Do not use for: Market valuation · not operational scale · never compare with GMV/system sales

Operator profile

10/20 source-backed

Classification, firmographics, ownership and operating dimensions — source-backed where disclosed, marked as a gap (never inferred) where not.

Format & positioning
Cuisine (primary)
japaneseS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Cuisine (secondary)
not disclosed
Service model
casual diningS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Price tier
valueS3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Company
Founded
1,977S4 (opens in new tab)
HQ country
JapanS3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
CEO
Kunihiko TanakaS3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Employees
2,854 headcountS3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Ownership
Parent
Public-standalone; founder Kunihiko Tanaka and family asset-management vehicles are major holders. Parent itself controls 67% voting power of US-listed Kura Sushi USA (KRUS)S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
PE / holding
not disclosed
Recent M&A
not disclosed
Growth
System sales YoY
not disclosed
Revenue YoY
4.3%S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Net new units
15 unitsS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Pricing & digital
Avg check
not disclosed
Digital sales
not disclosed
Loyalty members
1,000,000S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)~
Franchise terms
Royalty
0.5%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)~
Franchise fee
not disclosed
By-market footprint
Japan
687 storesS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)

Store counts by market/region — footprint context, not a same-basis comparison.

Disclosed store model

disclosed5/5 source-backed

Company-operated vs franchised footprint, AUV and store-level economics — taken verbatim from each operator's own filing, never inferred. A separate axis from company scale and single-store economics.

Total stores
687 stores
687 stores
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operational scale
$1.6B
Company revenue proxy: JPY 245,109 million FY2025 ended 2025-10-31 revenue/sales across 687 disclosed direct stores; use with profit context.
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Revenue
$1.5B
JPY 245,109 million FY2025 ended 2025-10-31 revenue/sales.
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Company-operated
see brand drilldown
Franchised
see brand drilldown

Brand drilldown

non-additive

Per-brand detail — NOT additive (brands may use different bases / periods) and NOT counted in rankings. Listed for transparency only.

Kura Sushi,Inc.
Operating margin
2.2%
FYE2025-10
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Food cost %
40.8%
FYE2025-10
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

Single-store model

2/2 source-backed

Unit economics are a separate axis from company-level scale — never read as the same number. Each field keeps its source, period, and quality; derived/estimated rows and gaps are marked.

AUV / unit sales
Derived system-sales/store = unit-volume proxy; not a disclosed AUV.
Derived: gmv_or_system_sales_usd 1,541,116,536 / 687 stores = ~USD2,243,256/store.
FY2024_or_latest_L1
EstimatedNeeds source
Company-operated share
Inferred ~100% company-operated from model tier; confirm exact split if disclosed.
Model tier "direct_or_managed_estate" -> inferred company-operated share 1.0.
current
EstimatedNeeds source

Cost structure

4/6 source-backed

Where each revenue dollar goes, latest disclosed year. Slices use each operator's reported base — % of revenue unless the row notes otherwise (% of GMV, restaurant-level, franchise goods-supply COGS). Grey = not separately disclosed. This is a separate axis from company scale and single-store economics.

Food / COGS40.8%
FYE2025-10· 売上原価 food (JGAAP)S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Labor27.9%
FYE2025-10· 給与手当 FY2024 有報/revS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)Estimated
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Rent / occupancy6%
FYE2025-10· 賃借料 FY2024 有報/revS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)Estimated
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Delivery commission—
FYE2025-10Gap
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Marketing—
FYE2025-10Gap
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Operating margin2.2%
FYE2025-10· group FY2025 incl US/AsiaS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
JGAAP. Topline FY2025 (COGS 40.8/op margin 2.2). Labor 27.9 & rent 6.0 from FY2024 有報 (1yr lag). No ad line -> gap. Group incl US/Taiwan.
Not separately disclosed23.1%

Supply chain

3 suppliers · 3 with S1 filing

Who supplies this brand — reverse-extracted from each supplier's own filing (top-customer / related-party disclosure). The % is the supplier's revenue share from this brand (supplier-side, not procurement spend), unless a note says otherwise. Each edge keeps its period, source tier, and audit link; named relationships without a disclosed % are shown as such.

JFC International Inc. (subsidiary of Kikkoman Corporation)TSE:2801 (Kikkoman, parent)
Ingredients
discloses as: Kura Sushi,Inc.
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Kura Sushi, Inc. (Kura Japan, parent)TSE:2695
Ingredients
discloses as: Kura Sushi,Inc.
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Mutual Trading Co., Inc.
Ingredients
discloses as: Kura Sushi,Inc.
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)

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Same segment — each operator keeps its own scale basis; this is navigation, not a like-for-like comparison.