101 Top South Korean Advertising Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Advertising companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Advertising industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top South Korean Advertising Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Woowa Bros

Woowa Bros

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WOOWA BROS is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advertising platforms.

Karrot Market

Karrot Market

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Karrot is a hyperlocal community app which offers a secondhand marketplace.

Karrot Market

WeMakePrice

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Wemakeprice (위메프) is a Korean social commerce platform offering e-commerce and internet advertising services.

Karrot Market

Buzzvil

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Buzzvil provides a lock screen ad platform that connects partners and advertisers.

Karrot Market

Zoyi

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ZOYI is a retail computing company that creates the science of shopping through technology.

Karrot Market

Spoqa

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Spoqa develops mobile marketing solutions such as Dodo, a promotional marketing app for cafes, restaurants, beauty shops, and other stores.

Karrot Market

ADOP

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ADOP is a media firm that supplies analytics for ads.

Karrot Market

ODDM

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ODDM is mobile / online marketing platform company in Korea running automatic influencer marketing platform, Adpick

Karrot Market

IGAWorks

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Full Stack ad-tech company for digital marketing

Karrot Market

Wider Planet, Inc.

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The 1st largest local DSP(Demand Side Platform) and DMP(Data Management Platform) in Korea.

Karrot Market

Motov

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Motov is a digital, taxi-op billboard provider that enables advertisers to connect with audiences through geofenced ad campaigns.

Karrot Market

BCNX

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BCNX provides a blog and marketing platform.

Karrot Market

SpaceAdd

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SpaceAdd builds an Out-Of-Home advertising network focused on digital signage in high traffic, underdeveloped properties.

Karrot Market

Add2paper

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Add2Paper is a Korean mobile app that offers an online paper for college students to post advertisements on printing services.

Karrot Market

Mocoplex

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Mocoplex, a Korean company, offers Adlib, a solution for integrated mobile advertising.

Karrot Market

House of Rebels

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House of Rebels is an IP-commerce group holding culture-based media and brands.

Karrot Market

MOMO

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MOMO is a social or software program platform that specializes in web drama, content, video, movies, mobile, media & entertainment.

Karrot Market

MAKEUS

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Makeus is a company that makes content focusing on lifestyle, beauty, fashion, culture, etc.

Karrot Market

MeasureChina

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MeasureChina is AI powered software for China marketing. It solves challenges in understanding 1.3B Chinese consumers within seconds.

Karrot Market

Fingertouch

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Fingertouch is digital media company specializing in interactive digital media signage.

Karrot Market

Piclick

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Piclick is an AI platform that matches media content and product details in photographs or videos.

Karrot Market

VW

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VW provides online service strategy, graphic & GUI design, contents creation, and brand consulting services.

Karrot Market

9Flava

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9Flava is a developer of wepass, a mobile card service that provides target marketing to businesses through its point card.

Karrot Market

Qoostar

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Qoostar is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to earn cash by installing applications, filling coupons, and more.

Karrot Market

CrossTarget

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OnnuriDMC is a data-driven mobile advertising tech company to ensure advertisers to have higher ROI than any others

Karrot Market

Mediafront

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Mediafront is a media agency based in Seoul, Korea.

Karrot Market

Honest Company

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Honest Company is a digital marketing and advertising company.

Karrot Market

Mapiacompany Inc.

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Mapiacompany is a global digital music business operating on 3 independent platforms, Mapianist, MyMusicSheet and KPopPiano.

Karrot Market

U.Gene.us

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U.Gene.us is a Korean advertising company based in Seoul, executing new approaches to help companies market their products.

Karrot Market

TYSON

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TYSON is a global marketing agency specialized in game marketing services.

Karrot Market

TrafficGem Corp.

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TrafficGem is a Korean app-based global video ad platform that operates as a collective intelligence and imagination-based society.

Karrot Market

BeautySocial

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BeautySocial is a cosmetic surgery marketplace that makes it easy to connect and book with board-certified doctors.

Karrot Market

ITA

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ITA is a Korean digital media agency specializing in digital media strategies for advertising, mobile and web apps, software, and more.

Karrot Market

ATOMY

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ATOMY is a Korean network marketing company.

Karrot Market

Gameberry

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Gameberry is a Korean global Ad-tech (digital marketing) company offering strong advertising platforms including Ad-network and Ad-exchange.

Karrot Market

kocca

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Kocca is aimed at the creation and promotion of content made from the country of South Korea.

Karrot Market

Nasmedia

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Korea’s No.1 Media Marketing Agency that specializes in media planning, buying, operating & optimization for various types of ad campaign

Karrot Market

Innocean Worldwide

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Innocean is a marketing communication company that offers marketing, digital and advertising solutions.

Karrot Market

HS Ad

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HS Ad is an advertising agency that was established in 1984 as an affiliate of LG Group.

Karrot Market

gluup

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gluup is a branding agency specializes in R&D and brand marketing.

Karrot Market

PUBLY

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PUBLY is a Content Platform for Working People.

Karrot Market

MAD Square

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Creating a new platform for video curation, monetization, distribution, and consumption

Karrot Market

Eclat Media Group

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Eclat Media Group is a sports marketing company.

Karrot Market

Kakao

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Kakao is a technology company that operates mobile platforms in South Korea.

Karrot Market

Rocket Punch

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Rocket Punch is a Korean digital marketing team that provides planning and designing services.

Karrot Market

eMFORCE

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eMFORCE is an online advertising agency.

Karrot Market

Metaps Plus

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As a part of Metaps Group listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE: 6172), Metaps Plus is a leading fintech/blockchain platform in South Korea

Karrot Market

Classpick

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Classpick is an IT firm that offers development, marketing, design to music and art hobbies.

Karrot Market

Futurestream Networks

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Futurestream Networks is a mobile marketing company specializing in advertising and application technologies for the smartphone industry.

Karrot Market

Komachie

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Komachine is number 1 Machine Industry Online Platform in Asia

Karrot Market

Mobidays

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Mobidays delivers the right Ads. to the right users on mobile devices

Karrot Market

Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation

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Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation is the media representative in South Korea.

Karrot Market

INVEN

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INVEN is a broadcasting and media production company.

Karrot Market

woogle

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woogle is template-base referral marketing solution for commerce, experience groups, app downloads, store visits, etc.

Karrot Market

CJ Entertainment

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CJ Entertainment is an entertainment and mass media company that provides media content and platform services.

Karrot Market

Foresting

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Foresting rewards content creators and curators through a new concept of social media token operation.

Karrot Market

Style Seller

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Style Seller creating a zero-marketing through linking brands and buyers.

Karrot Market

Whatif

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Whatif is a Korean software startup offering online advertising and social network services.

Karrot Market

LMNT COMPANY

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LMNT COMPANY offers brand strategy, brand concept, brand experience design and branding services.

Karrot Market

Bluein Marketing Service

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Bluein Marketing Service is a marketing and promotion agency.

Karrot Market

Datable

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Datable is a developer of influencer marketing mobile applications.

Karrot Market

FM COMMUNICATIONS

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FM COMMUNICATIONS is a sales promotion, event and exhibition management, and space marketing company.

Karrot Market

D.FY

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D.FY is a digital marketing and communication design company.

Karrot Market

Sound Republica

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Sound Republica is a music promotion company.

Karrot Market

Danawa

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Danawa is an online price comparison and advertising service provider.

Karrot Market

Sticks and Stones

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Sticks and Stones is a copywriting agency that specializes in global advertising and branding.

Karrot Market

Korea Onlinead Association

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Korea Onlinead Association offers online advertising education and manpower training services.

Karrot Market

CNP Company

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CNP Company is a branding and advertising company.

Karrot Market

Bitdot

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bitdot is a provider of HTML5-based mobile advertising and content production services.

Karrot Market

Seoul Vision

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Seoul Vision is a Korean post-production house for TV commercials.

Karrot Market

Uneedcomms

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Uneedcomms is a service provider that offers an all-in-one marketing solution for businesses in the eCommerce space.

Karrot Market

AB180

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AB180 is a data-driven performance marketing firm that assists organizations in the digital age using data analytics & marketing technology.

Karrot Market

DigitalFirst

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DigitalFirst is an ad-tech media company that provides digital marketing services.

Karrot Market

LBest

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LBest is an advertising and brand consulting firm.

Karrot Market

SMC

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SMC is a digital marketing agency that provides all-in-one social marketing solution for brands.

Karrot Market

Mezzomedia

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MezzoMedia is one of largest digital marketing agencies in South Korea.

Karrot Market

DigitalOcean (Korea)

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DigitalOcean designs, develops, and markets mobile Internet solutions,

Karrot Market

transcosmos Korea

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transcosmos Korea is an outsourcing company that specializes in field service, direct mail, and digital marketing.

Karrot Market

huvleview

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Mobile Web Browser for Apps and Global Ad-Tech companies

Karrot Market

KickSubs

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KickSubs is an influencer marketing platform that delivers native ads within online videos, with 85+ million subscribers.

Karrot Market

TNK Factory

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TNK Factory is an advertising platform company that makes great mobile advertising platforms.

Karrot Market

TBWA Korea

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TBWA Korea is an advertising business consulting company.

Karrot Market

INNORED

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INNORED provides social media marketing, digital movie creation, and consulting solutions.

Karrot Market

Marketing Cloud

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Marketing Cloud is a digital marketing agency.

Karrot Market

TAGBY

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TAGBY provides influencer advertising, sales and marketing solution.

Karrot Market

Featuring

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Influencer / Social Commerce

Karrot Market

Merchsquare

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Merchsquare specializes in event promotion and product marketing services.

ADIntelligence

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AdIntelligence develops AdVisor that provides integrated online marketing analytics and ad operations solutions.

Karrot Market

Keystone Marketing Company

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Keystone Marketing Company is a marketing and advertising agency.

Karrot Market

Group IDD

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Group IDD provides digital marketing and advertising services.

Karrot Market

Covi

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Covi is a video content network platform in Korea that distributes branded videos as content rather than advertisements.

Karrot Market

damda

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damda is a sales and marketing service platform.

Karrot Market

Tenping

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It aims to develop online advertising method that promote profit generating models for content distributors

Karrot Market

G3 Partners

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We help startups of all sizes launch products and innovative beyond their home markets through marketing, content and growth services.

Karrot Market

D’wave

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D’wave is a digital marketing company.

Karrot Market

0.8L

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0.8L is a platform that helps brands to create user-generated content in forms of product reviews on social media.

Karrot Market

Shopad Planet

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Shopad Planet specializes in digital content planning and online marketing.

Karrot Market

Inquivix (인퀴빅스)

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Digital Marketing Agency in Korea Specializing in Paid Search, Paid Social and SEO.

Karrot Market

The SMC Group

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The SMC Group is a social marketing company.

Karrot Market

MOG Communications

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MOG Communications is an advertising agency that offers video advertising and marketing services.

Karrot Market

INNADE

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INNADE specializes in advertising and marketing services.

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