1948

Apr

Founder Masatomi Osako established what later became ZENRIN Publishing in Beppu, Oita, and began publishing residential maps.

1954

Mar

Head office was moved to the city of Kokura, Fukuoka (present day Kokurakita-ku in the city of Kitakyushu).

1983

Jul

Changed company name to ZENRIN CO., LTD.

1984

May

Established Automatic Residential Map Production Systems and launched the Residential Map Application System.

1992

Jun

Released ZENRIN Navisoft National in-car navigation software that complies with standards developed by the Navigation System Researchers' Association.

1994

Sep

Listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange.

1995

Nov

Opened European representative office in Dusseldorf, Germany.

1996

Jul

Opened U.S. representative office in San Francisco.

1996

Sep

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.

1997

Apr

Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN EUROPE B.V., on the outskirts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2000

Apr

Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN USA INC. in San Francisco.

2000

Apr

Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. to handle Internet distribution of digital maps.

2000

Jun

Launched the ZENRIN Digital Mobile Phone Map digital map distribution service for mobile phones.

2001

Aug

Established consolidated subsidiary GEO Technical Laboratory Co., Ltd. to conduct R&D aimed at developing 3-D mapping technologies.

2005

Oct

Dissolved ZENRIN EUROPE B.V. in response to changing market conditions and established ZENRIN EUROPE GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany.

2006

Feb

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with Recruit Co., Ltd.

2006

Mar

Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

2007

Jun

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. with the aim of expanding and promoting map services for mobile phones.

2007

Oct

Developed Guidable City Model (GCM) for the North American and European markets.

2009

Mar

ZENRIN formulated and released its long-term management initiative, the ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2013.

2009

Apr

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. converted ZENRIN PROMO Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary), a novel sales promotion company, into a subsidiary.

2009

Jul

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. converted consolidated subsidiary Knockin'on, Inc., which operates Internet-focused advertising agencies, into a subsidiary.

2009

Aug

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. with the aim of enhancing services in the location information distribution business using mobile phones.

2010

Mar

Announced the inauguration of Actiz, a new communication media business, to support regional revitalization.

2010

Oct

Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO.,LTD., underwrote new shares issued through the third-party allocation of ZERO-SUMTM, LTD., which handles developments of applications for overseas mobile devices market.

2011

Jun

Formed a business and capital affiliation with C.E.Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. a large Indian map company.

2011

Nov

Issued printed residential maps featuring emergency temporary housing and information on areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

2011

Dec

Started releasing Maketing Contents Series.

2012

May

ZENRIN formulated and released its middle-term management initiative, the ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2015.

2012

Oct

Launched the ZENRIN Residential Map distribution service for smartphones.

2012

Dec

Established unconsolidated subsidiary ZENRIN PlusOne with the aim of strengthening the editing system of publishing business.

2013

Apr

Integrated Tokyo head office functions and established Tokyo Head Office

2014

Oct

Converted Septeni Direct Marketing to a subsidiary, including the company naming change to ZENRIN BIZNEXUS

2015

May

Announced the Mid - Long Term Business Plan " ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2020 (ZGP2020)"

2016

Jan

Commercial release of the first series of map designed stationary goods "mati mati"utilizing map data.

2016

Apr

Subsidized GIS marketing company ZENRIN GEO INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD. to enhance GIS business.

2016

Sep

Subsidized Abalta Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiary company Abalta Technologies EOOD to to enhance global business.

2017

Jun

Completed the full coverage for residential map data of Japan by publishing the first release of "Residential Map" of 7 towns within islands of Tokyo.

2017

Sep

Subsidized DAITO Marketing Solutions Inc. to enhance marketing solution business.