倉庫業(そうこぎょう)

そうこぎょう
noun
warehousing business; warehouse industry
businesseconomics
1. warehousing business; warehouse industry
The commercial business of storing other parties' goods for a fee. In Japan, a regulated industry under the Warehousing Business Act (倉庫業法(そうこぎょうほう)).
倉庫業(そうこぎょう)を営(いとな)んでいる。
We run a warehousing business.
物流(ぶつりゅう)の拡大(かくだい)で倉庫業(そうこぎょう)も成長(せいちょう)している。
With the expansion of logistics, the warehousing industry is also growing.
倉庫業(そうこぎょう)を始(はじ)めるには国土交通省(こくどこうつうしょう)への登録(とうろく)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
To start a warehousing business, registration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is required.

Compound of 倉庫(そうこ) (warehouse) + 業(ぎょう) (business, industry). Refers to storage as a commercial service, not to a single warehouse facility.

Common collocations

  • 倉庫業(そうこぎょう)を営(いとな)む: to operate a warehousing business
  • 倉庫業者(そうこぎょうしゃ): warehousing operator
  • 倉庫業(そうこぎょう)法(ほう): Warehousing Business Act
  • 倉庫業界(そうこぎょうかい): the warehousing industry

Similar words

  • 物流業(ぶつりゅうぎょう): logistics business — broader; includes transport in addition to storage
  • 運送業(うんそうぎょう): transport business — focuses on moving goods rather than storing them
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