# Korea Hiring Signals – Companies Growing Headcount Now (`korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals`) Actor

Find South Korean companies that are hiring right now: new hires, hiring rate and net headcount growth last month, from official National Pension Service data. English output, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals.md
- **Developed by:** [Korea B2B Data](https://apify.com/korea-b2b-data) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 hiring company results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Korea Hiring Signals – Companies Growing Headcount Now

Find **South Korean companies that are hiring right now**. Every month the Korean National Pension Service publishes, for each employer, how many employees joined and left. This Actor turns that into ready-to-use **hiring signals** with English field names.

No Korean language skills, no government API key, no scraping.

### Who uses it

- **Recruiters and HR tech**: companies adding staff fastest, by region and industry
- **B2B SaaS sales**: growing companies need payroll, HR, IT, office and benefits vendors
- **Investors and analysts**: headcount momentum across Korean industries
- **AI agents**: call it as a tool through the Apify MCP server

### What you get per company

`companyName` (Korean legal name), `legalForm`, `province`, `city` (romanized), `addressKo`, `industry` (English), `industryKo`, `industryCode`, `employees`, `newHiresLastMonth`, `departuresLastMonth`, `netHiringLastMonth`, `hiringRatePct`, `registeredOn`, `asOf`, `source`.

### Input example

```json
{
  "province": "Seoul",
  "industries": ["software"],
  "minEmployees": 50,
  "minNewHires": 5,
  "sortBy": "hiring_rate",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output example (fictional values)

```json
{
  "companyName": "예시테크(주)",
  "legalForm": "Co., Ltd.",
  "province": "Seoul",
  "city": "Gangnam-gu",
  "industry": "Application software development and supply",
  "employees": 180,
  "newHiresLastMonth": 24,
  "departuresLastMonth": 3,
  "netHiringLastMonth": 21,
  "hiringRatePct": 13.3,
  "asOf": "2026-07",
  "source": "Korea National Pension Service, workplace dataset (data.go.kr 15083277)"
}
```

### Pricing

**$0.004 per company returned** ($4 per 1,000). Set `maxResults` to cap your spend.

### Data notes

- Source: Korean National Pension Service workplace dataset, monthly, published on data.go.kr under an unrestricted-use license. `asOf` is the reference month (usually 1–2 months behind release).
- New hires include people resuming contributions, and departures include contribution exemptions, so figures can differ slightly from actual hires and exits (source's own note).
- Coverage: corporations with 3+ enrollees and sole proprietorships with 10+ enrollees. Personal names inside sole-proprietorship names are masked. Temporary construction worksites are excluded.
- Related Actors: [Korea Company Search](https://apify.com/korea-b2b-data/korea-company-search), [Korea New Business Openings](https://apify.com/korea-b2b-data/korea-new-business-openings), [Korea Business Status Check](https://apify.com/korea-b2b-data/korea-business-status-check).

### Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent product. It is **not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by** the Korean government or any of the agencies named above. Data is provided as published by the source, without warranty; English translations and romanized place names are generated automatically and may contain errors. The data is intended for business lookup and prospecting, **not as official statistics**. No personal contact data (phone numbers, emails) is returned.

# Actor input Schema

## `province` (type: `string`):

Top-level region. Leave empty for all of South Korea.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City or district names (OR), English or Korean, district level. Example: \["Gangnam-gu", "Bundang-gu"].

## `industries` (type: `array`):

Industry keywords (OR), English or Korean. Example: \["software", "logistics"].

## `minNewHires` (type: `integer`):

Only companies that added at least this many pension enrollees last month.

## `minEmployees` (type: `integer`):

Current headcount (national pension enrollees) lower bound.

## `maxEmployees` (type: `integer`):

Current headcount upper bound.

## `onlyNetGrowth` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only companies whose new hires exceeded departures last month.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of the results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

You pay per returned company.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "industries": [
    "software"
  ],
  "minNewHires": 3,
  "onlyNetGrowth": true,
  "sortBy": "new_hires",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Companies with hiring signals matching your filters

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "industries": [
        "software"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "industries": ["software"],
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "industries": [
    "software"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,korea-b2b-data/korea-hiring-signals"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2rzAdeaTD6YuVomhD/builds/Jrlglv1g9AYGDrk5e/openapi.json