USS Co., Ltd. · Year ended March 2026 (FY2025)
Bulk-seller rebates and a higher terminal buyer fee at USS.
USS operates member-only used-car auctions where vehicle businesses buy and sell cars. In April 2025, it raised the buyer fee for USS JAPAN, its dedicated-terminal service for joining auctions remotely. Results for the year ended March 2026 show lower average fees on the selling side. Following the tariff and the realized averages reveals the different terms connecting sellers and buyers in one auction.
A terminal-fee increase alongside lower average seller fees
Putting a car up for sale and completing its sale are separate services
Seller and buyer fees around the same car
Member businesses join the auction. Putting a car up for bidding and completing its sale trigger different fees.
Selling member
USS runs the auction
Buying member
When the car is put up for bidding
SellerEntry fee→USS
The outcome then separates the paths
If successfully sold
SellerCompletion fee→USS
BuyerBuyer fee→USS
If not sold
Unsuccessful consignments still count in the denominator of the average entry fee.
Arrows show consignment, bidding and who pays fees to USS. They do not show vehicle payments, ownership or delivery. The realized fee averages cannot be added into one car’s bill.
Fee payers p.35 (Japanese)Revenue recognition p.85 (Japanese)
On-site and remote access share a membership system
Fees for putting a car up for auction and completing its sale
Seller and buyer fees around the same car, separated by their triggers and average-fee denominators.
- Seller: car put up for biddingEntry fee arises. Average denominator: consignments
- Seller: car successfully soldCompletion fee arises. Average denominator: completed contracts
- Buyer: successful bidBuyer fee arises. Average denominator: completed contracts
- Access: on-site, CIS and USS JAPANCIS and USS JAPAN both require existing on-site membership
Behind the auction, moving cars carries a growing cost
THE VIEW AFTER THE NUMBERS
What the numbers suggest
USS provides different services and charges for the selling and buying sides of an auction. In the year ended March 2026, a dedicated-terminal buyer-fee increase sat alongside lower average seller fees reflecting large-consignor rebates.
Entries and completed transactions grew within a membership system connecting venue and remote access. So did the costs of moving those cars and operating the venues. Read together, the tariffs, participating members and physical handling work explain the structure behind USS’s auction-fee revenue.
Primary sources used
46th Annual Securities Report (Japanese)
USS Co., Ltd. · 2026-06-22
Pages used: p.24 / p.26 / p.85 / p.120
Open source →FY2025 Results Presentation (Japanese)
USS Co., Ltd. · 2026-05-13
Pages used: p.11 / p.36
Open source →FY3/2026 Results Briefing Q&A Summary (Japanese)
USS Co., Ltd.
Pages used: p.1
Open source →DATA BOOK 2026.3
USS Co., Ltd. · 2026-05-12
Pages used: p.17 / p.26-28
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