Insecticides & Repellents Segment

In Japan, the insecticides & repellents market overall was stronger than in the previous year, as temperatures remained high from mid-May onward, supporting steady shipments and sell-through. Shipments of insect repellents, including Hadamamo, a new product launched in the spring, as well as products targeting household pests, remained firm. Further, the effects of price revisions began to steadily materialize, contributing to sales growth.
Overseas, sales growth driven by higher market share in Malaysia and Thailand boosted performance.
As a result, sales for this category were 67,651 million yen (+3.1% year-on-year).

Homecare products Segment

Sales of oral hygiene products amounted to 9,230 million yen (+8.4% year-on-year). Amid a continued challenging competitive environment, we implemented a major renewal of the mainstay Mondamin mouthwash series at the end of August 2025, along with proactive advertising and promotional activities targeting younger consumers, which proved effective, resulting in favorable sales performance.
Sales of bath salts totaled 26,489 million yen (+5.5% year-on-year). While the shipments and sell-through of powder-type bath salts, such as Bathclin and Bath Roman, declined year-on-year, sales of Kiki-yu and the high-value-added BARTH brand of neutral bicarbonate bath salts remained solid, amid stronger market conditions compared with the previous fiscal year.
Sales of other homecare products were 33,890 million yen (-0.4% year-on-year). While sales of cooling products, such as cooling shirt mist and neck coolers designed to combat extreme summer heat, increased, sales of air fresheners and moisture absorbers declined year-on-year.
As a result, sales in this category amounted to 69,610 million yen (+2.9% year-on-year).

Gardening products Segment

Sales were brisk, particularly for gardening insecticides & repellents products, herbicides, and potting soil for home gardening. The consolidation of Protoleaf, Inc. also contributed to sales growth.
As a result, sales in this category totaled 7,998 million yen (+93.5% year-on-year).

Pet products and others Segment

The market for pet and other related products has remained robust, as spending per pet has been rising due to heightened awareness of pet health among pet owners and improved living conditions for pets. Under these circumstances, sales of care products increased, while sales of insecticides & repellents for pets and functional foods declined year-on-year.
As a result, sales in this category amounted to 11,392 million yen (-1.1% year-on-year).

In the General Environment and Sanitation Business, hygiene management measures such as food poisoning and foreign substance contamination prevention are essential in the food, pharmaceutical, and packaging material production industries, which are among our major customer sectors, and demand for the Earth Group’s quality hygiene management services that draw on its specialized knowledge, technology, and expertise therefore remains strong. Against this backdrop, we actively increased investment toward building an internal organization capable of responding to customer needs, including the introduction and development of systems aimed at developing human resources and improving operational efficiency. In addition, by strengthening our technological development capabilities, including joint research through industry-academia-government collaboration, we provided differentiated sanitary management services, thereby working to maintain and expand contracts while securing an appropriate level of profit. In particular, supported by the continued results of various initiatives targeting the pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine industries, as well as ongoing efforts to strengthen audit and consulting services related to food safety management, the number of annual service contracts increased steadily.
In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, sales in the General Environment and Sanitation Business totaled 34,148 million yen (+7.1% year-on-year), driven by a steady increase in the number and value of annual service contracts. Segment income (operating income) came to 1,530 million yen (+2.0% year-on-year), as sales growth resulting from the increase in the number of annual service contracts offset factors such as a higher cost ratio for annual and one-time contracts, the main type of contracts for the business, and rising personnel expenses.