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External evaluation

December 2021

Receives the Grand Prix at the Owned Media Recruiting Award 2021

As the shortage of human resources becomes an issue, companies pay more attention to the importance and effectiveness of communicating their message through recruitment websites and various SNS. We received the top Grand Prix award sponsored by Indeed Inc. for being the company implementing the most advanced initiatives.

June 2020

Receives the Excellent Welfare Corporation Category Award at Hataraku Yell 2020

We received the Excellent Welfare Corporation Category Award (Understanding the Current Situation) in recognition of our particularly high score in the field of “Understanding the Current System” based on the following five criteria: response to management issues, understanding of the current system, enhancement of the system, operation status, and penetration of our management philosophy.

February 2019

Awarded the KAIKA Grand Prize at the KAIKA Awards 2018

This award aims to increase attractive management and organizations and revitalize the industrial world.
QB House received the top award for our management that continually tries to connect with society and create value, and for our organizational and human resource development.

June 2018

Receives the JETRO Chairman's Award  at the 2nd Nihon Service Award

The award came with high praise from JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), because although there are numerous examples of Japanese manufacturers and food and beverage companies thriving overseas, hardly any Japanese service companies have successfully opened multiple stores overseas before.

October 2017

Receives the 17th Porter Prize in 2017

Named after the American business academic Michael Porter, the award is presented to companies that have achieved high profitability through innovation. This time it was given in recognition of the fact that his theory of competitive strategy is the very business model of QB House.

April 2016

Receives the Encouragement Award  at 5th Japan HR Challenge Awards

The award was given in recognition of the company's efforts to improve the working environment and enhance customer service, such as eliminating the custom of not providing technical guidance for junior staff, strengthening training, and introducing an attendance management system using vein authentication to improve poor working conditions that included unpaid overtime work.

September 2015

Ranked first in life related services sector of 2015 JCSI (Japanese Customer Satisfaction Index)

In the results of the Service Productivity & Innovation for Growth’s third JCSI (Japanese Customer Satisfaction Index) survey conducted in 2015, we ranked first in three of the six criteria in the life related services sector: customer satisfaction, perceived value, and loyalty.

October 2006

QB Shell, capsule-type salon for overseas, wins 2006 Good Design Award

QB Shell, our capsule-type salon for overseas that pursues maximum cost-effectiveness to reduce the cost of opening and closing salons and time for construction, like our business model, was awarded the Good Design Award.

February 1999

Received the 1998 New Business Best Performance Award, the Minister of International Trade and Industry Award, and the New Business Conference Chairman's Award

In recognition of our creation of a new “haircut-only salon” genre called "10 minutes 1,000 yen" and our launch of a franchise chain, we received three awards in the New Business Awards.