The Odakyu Group is a group of companies centered around the Odakyu Electric Railway company which is based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The group originated as a rail transport operator, but now also has diverse operations such as in real estate, retail, B2B, finance, fiber optic networking, personal storage, travel sales, and urban, long distance as well as tour bus service. It comprises 101 companies as of July 14, 2017. It also owns several recreational facilities, including a golf course, campground, hot springs resort, and sailing resort, all of which are situated to bring more passengers onto the core business, the railway network. All these are separate companies and retain their own branding and logos, albeit with coordination among group companies and cross ownership, though many do, other member companies may not bear the name Odakyu at all.
Transport
The railway network of the group includes the three lines of the Odakyu Electric Railway, the Enoshima Electric Railway, and the Hakone Tozan Railway companies. It operates the Hakone Ropeway. Odakyu, like many railway companies in Japan, also operates an extensive set of feeder buses all throughout the line that complement city bus services, as well as limited long distance bus services. They include 16 brands, major ones are Kanachu Bus, Odakyu Bus, Tachikawa Bus, Enoden Bus, Odakyu HakoneHighway Bus, Hakone Tozan Bus, Tokai Bus. serving Tokyo, Kanagawa, Hakone/Mount Fuji and Izu Peninsula areas. Other group operations include taxi and Hakone tourist boats.
Retail
The Odakyu Group member companies runs a large variety of retail. Large department stores by Shinjuku, Machida and Fujisawa stations, called Odakyu Hyakkaten. It also runs a chain of supermarkets called Odakyu OX across west Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, as well as a chain of convenience stores and kiosk outlets found in various Odakyu line stations, of which maintain the OX brand logos. The group member companies even consist of other areas such as affiliated florists and auto dealerships.
Odakyu Group includes hotels, resorts, travel agencies, outlet malls, golf courses, and restaurants, common among large railway companies in Japan, and even residential apartment blocks. Odakyu also runs a number of large hotels, including Odakyu Southern Tower in Yoyogi, as well as others in Shinjuku and Izu Peninsula.
B2B services
Odakyu Engineering provides engineering services to other corporations and partners.
TSE listing
Along with Odakyu Electric Railway, Kanagawa Central Transport Kanachu Bus is listed on Section 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. OER is listed on Section 1 of Tokyo Stock Exchange, and is a company on Fortune magazine's Global 500 list.
