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Survey on designated inspection companies. (2005.12)
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The majority of designated inspection companies were established after enforcement of the amended Building Standards Law in 1999.
-As for 29 corporations of designated inspection firms, declared taxable income was made public. The total amount declared by them came to around 4,200 million yen.-
Introduction
In the aftermath of the scandal over falsified earthquake-proof data, designated inspection companies have begun to command attention on a sudden. Because their techniques are so specialist that they are less commonly known, however, they are low-profile in general. Some of designated inspection companies do not even make efforts to get publicity for themselves by using website or other means.
Teikoku Databank conducted a survey and an analysis on 123 designated inspection companies that existed as of December 1, 2005.
Survey results
Of 123 designated inspection companies, 79 corporations, or 64.2% of the total, were set up after the revised Building Standards Law was implemented in May 1999. In particular, 30 corporations (composition ratio: 24.4%) were established in 2000 immediately after the implementation. This reveals that in the wake of opening up inspection of constructions to "the private sector", such general firms as joint-stock companies started to pop up one after another in this field.
Designated inspection companies whose declared taxable income had been publicly announced in fiscal 2004 (from April 2004 to March 2005) stood at 29 corporations, which are broken down into 16 joint-stock companies, 12 incorporated foundations and 1 aggregate corporation. Seven out of the top ten corporations for the amount of declared taxable income were joint-stock companies. Given the fact that six out of the top ten corporations regarding the amount of capital were also ranked in the top ten for declared amount, the size of capital has an influence on declared amount. It was noticeable that heavily-capitalized companies often have capital participation from house makers and energy companies including utility firms, gas corporations and so on. Meanwhile, none of firms in the top ten positions of public-interest corporations (incorporated foundation and aggregate corporation) for assets amount were ranked among the top ten companies for amount declared.
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