Korean Company & Business Data Scraper

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📰 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

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"
}

Input

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
}

Data Sources

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

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 =newApifyClient({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);

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.

About

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