Korean Company & Business Data Scraper

📰 Featured launch (2026-04-26): Korean Business Data API on dev.to

Extract structured Korean company data in English JSON — no Korean language skills required.

Pulls firmographics, industry classification, stock codes, and public financials from KRX (Korea Exchange), DART (Financial Supervisory Service), and Naver Finance — three authoritative Korean public data sources.

Perfect for:

• Market entry research: Understand Korean competitors and partners before entering the market
• B2B lead generation: Build targeted lists of Korean companies by industry
• Due diligence: Verify company existence, founding date, and public financials
• Investment research: Screen Korean publicly-listed companies

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What You Get

Each company record returns:

{
  "query": "Samsung Electronics",
  "name_en": "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.",
  "name_ko": "삼성전자",
  "stock_code": "005930",
  "industry": "Manufacturing",
  "industry_code": "C",
  "established": "1969-01-13",
  "headquarters": "Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea",
  "employees": null,
  "website": null,
  "revenue_krw": null,
  "operating_profit_krw": null,
  "dart_corp_code": "00126380",
  "source": ["KRX", "DART", "NAVER_FINANCE"],
  "scraped_at": "2026-04-22T10:30:00.000Z"
}

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
companyNames	string[]	["Samsung Electronics"]	List of company names (English or Korean)
includeFinancials	boolean	true	Attempt to fetch revenue/profit from DART
outputLanguage	string	"en"	"en" or "ko"
maxConcurrency	integer	3	Parallel requests (1–10)

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Example Inputs

Basic lookup (English names):

{
  "companyNames": ["Samsung Electronics", "Kakao", "NAVER", "Hyundai Motor", "LG Electronics"],
  "includeFinancials": true,
  "outputLanguage": "en"
}

Korean names:

{
  "companyNames": ["삼성전자", "카카오", "네이버", "현대자동차"],
  "outputLanguage": "en"
}

Bulk industry research:

{
  "companyNames": ["Krafton", "NCSoft", "Netmarble", "Pearl Abyss", "Com2uS"],
  "includeFinancials": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

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Data Sources

Source	Data	Notes
KRX (Korea Exchange)	Company name, stock code, industry, headquarters, founded date	Official exchange listing data
DART (FSS)	Corporate registration code, company type	Official Korean SEC equivalent
Naver Finance	Stock code cross-reference	Korea's largest financial portal

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Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event (PPE) pricing:

• $0.10 per company looked up
• Charged only for successfully processed records
• No charge for errors or empty results

Typical run: 10 companies = $1.00 | 100 companies = $10.00

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FAQ

Q: Does this require any API keys? A: No. All data is pulled from public Korean government and exchange sources.

Q: Can I look up private (non-listed) Korean companies? A: Yes, via DART which includes all companies that file with the Korean FSS — listed and unlisted.

Q: How accurate is the data? A: Data is sourced directly from official Korean government systems (KRX, DART). Updated in near-real-time by those systems.

Q: What if a company isn't found? A: The record is still returned with null fields and no charge is applied.

Q: Can I integrate this with Zapier or Make? A: Yes, use the Apify API to trigger runs and retrieve results via webhooks.

Q: How do I use the results in Python?

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lazymac/korean-company-scraper").call(run_input={
    "companyNames": ["Samsung Electronics", "Kakao"],
    "includeFinancials": True
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Q: How do I use this in Node.js?

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('lazymac/korean-company-scraper').call({
  companyNames: ['NAVER', 'Kakao', 'Krafton'],
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

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Use Cases

Market Entry Research

Building a list of Korean SaaS companies before entering the B2B market? Scrape 50+ Korean tech companies in minutes with clean English output.

Korean Supplier Verification

Verify Korean suppliers before entering contracts — check founding date, industry classification, and public filing records.

Investment Screening

Screen Korean KOSPI/KOSDAQ listed companies by industry to build an initial investment watchlist.

Academic Research

Research Korean corporate structure, industry distribution, and company demographics for academic papers.

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About

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