FY2025 Real Estate Brokerage Act Enforcement Results

Key points

• The number of real estate brokerages rose for the 12th consecutive year, and disciplinary actions and administrative guidance also increased from the previous fiscal year.
• New registrations of real estate transaction agents are trending upward, and total registrations reached approximately 1.24 million.
• The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism compiled figures on licenses, on-site inspections, disciplinary actions, and administrative guidance under the Real Estate Brokerage Act for brokerages licensed by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and by prefectural governors in FY2025, as well as the number of agents registered by prefectural governors. The published figures cover the number of brokerages at fiscal year-end and changes from the previous year, counts of disciplinary actions and other measures, new registrations, and total registrations.
• The annual results show continued growth in the number of brokerages, while disciplinary actions and administrative guidance also exceeded the previous year's figures. New registrations of real estate transaction agents are trending upward, and total registrations reached approximately 1.24 million.
• At the end of FY2025 (the end of March 2026), there were 133,727 real estate brokerages: 3,238 licensed by the minister and 130,489 licensed by prefectural governors. Compared with the previous fiscal year, those numbers increased by 80 (2.5%) and 1,356 (1.1%), respectively, for an overall increase of 1,436 brokerages (1.1%).