Status: Live
Effective: Oct 19, 2026 (KST)
We’ve updated KOBDi’s Foreign Direct Investment Certification (외국인투자기업 등록) dataset with the latest available government data. As part of this update, 19,568 Korean business and company profiles were updated, including 923 new FDI company profiles added to KOBDi.
What was updated
- Latest Foreign Direct Investment Certification information
- Foreign investor country and registration date information
- Business activity and KSIC industry information
- Historical FDI registrations where a company has more than one registration event
- Country and registration-year search classifications
Historical FDI information
Where available, KOBDi now preserves multiple FDI registration events for the same company, including the relevant registration dates and foreign investor countries.
Where to find it
The information appears in each company’s Certification section.
Learn more
For background and eligibility details, see Foreign Direct Investment Certification (외국인투자기업 등록) in our Knowledge Base.
Search & exports
You can filter Korean companies with Foreign Direct Investment Certification by country and registration year via the KOBDi Korea Industry Search. Relevant fields are also available in exports for eligible membership plans.