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PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk
Jasa Marga builds, operates, and maintains toll roads in Indonesia and collects money from drivers who use them.
Jasa Marga is Indonesia's biggest toll road company. It builds highways, runs them, keeps them repaired, and collects a small fee every time a car, bus, or truck passes through a toll gate. If you drive from Jakarta toward Bandung or out to the airport on a smooth, wide road, there's a good chance Jasa Marga built and operates it.
The business is simple at its core: spend a huge amount of money upfront to build a road, then collect tolls for decades. A new highway can cost trillions of rupiah and take years to construct, so the company carries a lot of debt. But once a road is open, the cash flows in daily and the costs of running it are relatively small. That is why toll roads are often described as owning a machine that prints a little money every time someone drives past. Jasa Marga is majority-owned by the Indonesian government, which is why "Persero" appears in its name — it's a state-owned company that happens to be listed on the stock exchange. The government keeps building new roads and handing concessions to the company, and Jasa Marga also works with private partners on some stretches. Its revenue comes mainly from toll collections, plus smaller streams from things like rest areas, advertising, and construction work it does for others.
The big risks are straightforward. Building roads means borrowing heavily, so rising interest rates hurt. Traffic can fall during economic slowdowns or holidays. And toll rates are set by the government, so the company can't simply raise prices whenever costs rise. Still, Indonesia's growing economy and its push to connect islands and cities mean more roads are needed — and Jasa Marga sits right in the middle of that buildout.
Saved answer · last researched 12 Nov 2026