According to the summary of the research company, the number of companies that moved their head offices from the metropolitan area to the rural areas exceeded 350 last year, and it became the so-called "excessive transfer" for the first time in 11 years.
It seems that the background is that remote work has become established as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
According to a survey by the Imperial Data Bank, 351 companies moved their head offices and head office functions to rural areas from the Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba metropolitan areas last year, the largest number since 1990 when data remains. became.
On the other hand, the number of companies that moved their head offices from rural areas to the Tokyo metropolitan area was 328, and the number of out-migrants exceeded the number of in-migrants by 23.
It seems that this is because remote work has become established among companies as a result of the new Corona, and there is a growing movement to avoid Tokyo, where costs such as office rent are high.
Compared to 2019 before Corona, the largest number of companies moving in from the Tokyo metropolitan area was in Hokkaido, followed by Osaka and Miyagi prefectures.
Tomohiro Uenishi, General Manager of Information Management Department of Teikoku Databank, said, "In Tokyo, the number of companies moving out has increased because it is not profitable, but there are also many managers who want to try new businesses in rural areas. , A virtuous cycle will be created to revitalize the local economy. "