Status: Live Effective: Feb 2, 2026 (KST) We’ve added Construction License (건설업 등록) to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, more than 108,303 Korean construction businesses and companies were updated. This update helps you quickly verify whether a business holds registered construction licenses and understand the work categories it is authorized to perform—an … Read more
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Status: Live Effective: Feb 01, 2026 (KST) We’ve updated 591,755 Korean Business Profiles with Human Resource (HR) data, including the latest December 2025 update. This release provides up to 5 years of history for businesses and companies, with monthly breakdowns where available—supporting deeper workforce trend analysis beyond a single point-in-time employee count. What’s included Current … Read more
Title: Public Procurement Vendor Registration added to Business Profiles —- Status: Live Effective: Jan 19, 2026 (KST) We’ve added Public Procurement Service (PPS) Vendor Registration (KONEPS / Narajangteo, 나라장터) to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, more than 616,000 Korean business profiles were updated. This update helps you identify businesses that are registered … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Jan 19, 2026 (KST) We are rolling out another upgrade to KOBDi Business Search, building directly on our previous release: Business Search – The Ultimate Tool for Identifying Korean Companies. That update focused on solving Korea’s most persistent verification problem: ambiguity—where the same Korean business name can belong to many unrelated entities, … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Jan 14, 2026 (KST) We’ve added Franchise Registration / Disclosure Information (가맹사업 정보공개) to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, 16,752 Korean business profiles were updated. This update helps you verify which franchisor stands behind a brand and review the registered brand-level details available through Korea’s franchise disclosure framework. What … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Dec 31, 2025 (KST) In our last update, we overhauled the KOBDi Industry Search to make it faster and more detailed. We gave you the power to filter companies by who they are –their business licenses, the certifications they hold, HR information, and their size and financial data. Today, we are adding … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Dec 26, 2025 (KST) We are excited to announce a major upgrade to the KOBDi Business Search. This release transforms the search bar into a sophisticated identification engine, designed to solve the single biggest challenge in interacting with the Korean market: Ambiguity. In Korea, relying on a company name alone is rarely … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Dec 24, 2025 (KST) We’ve updated 532,645 Korean Business Profiles with Human Resource (HR) data, including the latest November 2025 update. This release provides up to 5 years of history for businesses and companies, with monthly breakdowns where available—supporting deeper workforce trend analysis beyond a single point-in-time employee count. What’s included Current … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Dec 15, 2025 (KST) We’ve added 259,362 new Korean Business Profiles to KOBDi, expanding coverage across the full spectrum of business entities—individual businesses, associations, companies, branches, and public/listed companies. These profiles are fully synced across KOBDi and immediately searchable. What’s included Newly added profiles may include data across KOBDi’s available segments (where … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Dec 14, 2025 (KST) We’ve added HACCP Certification (해썹 인증) to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, 21,449 Korean business profiles were updated. What you can see per certified company Status (Active / Not Active) Cert Number (certification number) Industry (product category / industry / sector) Product (the certified product(s)) … Read more