Corporate History

1986~

1986 June
Founder Yuki Endo started operating a video rental shop (Video Roadshow, Misato branch) in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.
1988 April
Reorganized the private business into a corporate entity.
1989 December
Renamed the company GEO Milda Co., Ltd., beginning use of the store name GEO.

1990~

1992 May
Formed a capital alliance with Tape-Do Co., Ltd. and renamed the company GEO STATION Co., Ltd.
1996 April
GEO CORPORATION and GEO Milda Co., Ltd. conducted an absorption-type merger, with GEO CORPORATION as the surviving company.
1999 December
Acquired Japan Blockbuster Co., Ltd. from Fujita Shoten Co., Ltd. and made it a wholly-owned subsidiary (company renamed GEO Global Co., Ltd. and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in October 2010).

2000~

2000 November
Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange’s NASDAQ Japan Market (delisted on March 24, 2004).
2002 October
Acquired Sogo Denki Co., Ltd. in Hokkaido as a wholly-owned subsidiary through court-led rehabilitation proceedings (company renamed GEO YES Co., Ltd. and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in October 2010).
2003 July
Acquired Rocky Co., Ltd. in Shikoku as a subsidiary and expanded into the Shikoku area (company renamed GEO STATION Co., Ltd. and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in October 2010).
August
Acquired Takarabune Co., Ltd. as a wholly-owned subsidiary through court-led rehabilitation proceedings (company renamed GEO ACTIVE Co., Ltd. and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in October 2010).
2004 January
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Listed on the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange (delisted on March 15, 2014).
June
Acquired Matsumoto Denki Co., Ltd., as a wholly-owned subsidiary through court-led rehabilitation proceedings (company renamed GEO REACLE Co., Ltd. and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in October 2010).
2005 December
Opened a GEO Store in Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture, achieving the management target of opening GEO Stores in all 47 prefectures.
2008 June
Made a tender offer for FOR YOU Co., Ltd. and accepted third-party allotment of shares to make the company a consolidated subsidiary (company renamed 2ND STREET CORPORATION and absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in April 2013).
July
Made Posren Co., Ltd. (now GEO NETWORKS CORPORATION) a wholly-owned subsidiary.

2010~

2010 May
Acquired EISYS, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
July
Acquired WAREHOUSE Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary through a tender offer bid (company absorbed into GEO CORPORATION in April 2014).
September
Acquired 2ND STREET CORPORATION as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
October
Absorbed and merged with 11 consolidated subsidiaries involved with operation of GEO Stores and took over the retail service business.
2011 November
Transferred the retail service business to new company GEO CORPORATION established via corporate split and renamed the Company GEO HOLDINGS CORPORATION.
2013 April
Transferred the Reuse Store administration business of 2ND STREET CORPORATION to GEO CORPORATION.
July
Relocated the head office to Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
November
Acquired shares in Family Book Co., Ltd. to make it a consolidated subsidiary (company made into a wholly-owned subsidiary in December 2013 by acquiring additional shares).
2014 April
Launched retail stores specializing in mobile devices.
December
Acquired Gramolux Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
2017 February
Acquired World Mobile Corporation as a consolidated subsidiary.
June
Acquired Chelsea International Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary.
2018 January
Opened 2nd STREET Melrose in the United States, our first 2nd STREET Business overseas.
June
Opened 2nd STREET SS13, our first 2nd STREET Business in Malaysia.
2019 April
Acquired OKURA Co., Ltd. as a wholly-owned subsidiary (company made into a consolidated subsidiary in June 2019).

2020~

2020 April
Businesses of GEO CORPORATION (renamed GEO Asset Co., Ltd. in April 2020) were absorbed and split off to four companies.
August
Opened 2nd STREET Taipei Ximen, our first 2nd STREET Business in Taiwan.
September
Absorbed and merged with GEO Asset Co., Ltd. and Family Book Co., Ltd.
2022 April
Shifted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market following a review of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2023 December
Opened 2nd STREET BIG-C RAMA4, our first 2nd STREET Business in Thailand.
2025 April
Opened 2nd STREET 313@somerset, our first 2nd STREET Business in Singapore.
April
Crossed the 1,000-store mark globally in our 2nd STREET Business.
May
Opened 2nd STREET MOKO New Century Plaza, our first 2nd STREET Business in Hong Kong.
November
Acquired SEKAIZ Co., Ltd. as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
2026 January
GEO CORPORATION conducted an absorption-type merger with Chelsea International Co., Ltd. and GEO CLEAR CORPORATION.
October
Changed company name to 2nd RETAILING Co., Ltd.