| 1999 |
Established Oricon Direct Digital Co., Ltd.: Started business aimed at database services and mobile phone content provision: Launched music information site 'ORICON STYLE' (now ORICON NEWS) service. |
| 2000 |
New listing on Nasdaq Japan (now Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard). |
| 2001 |
Acquired shares of Oricon Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2002 |
Changed company name to Oricon Inc.: Acquired the 'Monthly De☆View' business from Keibunsha through a business transfer. |
| 2003 |
Published the medical ranking book 'Patients Decide! Good Hospitals' based on patient satisfaction. |
| 2004 |
Completely renovated the website 'ORICON STYLE'. |
| 2005 |
Transitioned to a pure holding company: Reorganized group companies and changed subsidiary names to Oricon DD Co., Ltd. and Oricon Mobile Co., Ltd.; Established Oricon Marketing Promotion Co., Ltd. as a new split-off company that inherits all of our operations. |
| 2006 |
Launched the 'Oricon Customer Satisfaction Ranking' and started an external news content distribution business. |
| 2007 |
Changed the name of Oricon Mobile Co., Ltd. to oricon ME Co., Ltd. |
| 2008 |
Changed the name of Oricon Marketing Promotion Co., Ltd. to Oricon Research Co., Ltd.; Held the first Oricon Customer Satisfaction Award; Started joint research on customer satisfaction with Keio University. |
| 2009 |
Launched the corporate data provision service 'ORICON BiZ online' and opened the 'ORICON NEWS' Twitter (now X) account. |
| 2010 |
Started providing the trademark logo for the number one Oricon Customer Satisfaction ranking. |
| 2013 |
Established OriconNewS Co., Ltd. (split off and inherited the news distribution business of Oricon DD Co., Ltd.); Merged oricon ME Co., Ltd. and Oricon DD Co., Ltd. into oricon ME Co., Ltd.; Launched a YouTube channel specializing in entertainment news. |
| 2015 |
Started content distribution to LINE. |
| 2017 |
Renovated as the comprehensive trend media 'ORICON NEWS'. |
| 2018 |
Started announcing combined rankings. |
| 2019 |
Started providing 'Oricon Customer Satisfaction' survey data to academic research fields. |
| 2022 |
Transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market. |
| 2024 |
Oricon Group 25th anniversary: Consolidated Shin Asahi Co., Ltd., an advertising planning and production company, as a subsidiary. |