This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean based Search Engine companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Search Engine 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
Top South Korean Search Engine Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Naver
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Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services.
DAILYHOTEL
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DAILYHOTEL is a smartphone application that allows users to find and book luxury hotels.
MangoPlate
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MangoPlate is a mobile application for users to find personalized dining recommendations.
Dining Code
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Diningcode is an online search portal that analyzes big data to help users find restaurants in their vicinity.
Wishket
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Wishket is an outsourcing platform for companies and freelancers to post projects, outsource work, or search for jobs online.
Allstay
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Allstay will able to leverage on South Korea’s high smartphone penetration
WIV Labs
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WIV Labs is a tech-based Marketing company who performs higher effectiveness based on data analysis.
Peonut
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Peonut is a Korean IT service startup that provides internet data collection, analysis, and standardization solutions.
GC COMPANY
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GC COMPANY is an online search platform that provides accommodation for hotels, foods, and events.
HOTELPASS
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HOTELPASS is an online hotel booking platform that offers discounts on various hotels and processes direct online reservations.
CODIT
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CODIT is a data intelligence platform that provides information on local legislature, regulation and policy.
TOGOOD
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TOGOOD provides information and reviews on Korean companies.
Buzzni
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Buzzni is a Korean data searching web platform that helps consumers find reliable information.
Tryus & Company
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Tryus & Company is a food ingredient search app.
G&G Commerce
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G&G Commerce is a software development and visual search engine company.
Crowdpick
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Crowdpick is a commercial image search engine company.
Tenacity Company
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Tenacity Company, through its subsidiary service, enables business owners to quickly and easily find vacant office spaces online.
ZUM Internet
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ZUM Internet offers a web portal and search services.
Virtual Fabrics
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Virtual Fabrics develops apparel search and video analytics services based on deep learning.
WhereGo
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WhereGo is a search platform for fun and comfortable trip.
Blognawa
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Blognawa is a website that provides video sharing, blogging, and marketing tools.
Leafmill
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Leafmill is an online search engine that enables users to find information and shares it with friends.
Diquest
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Diquest is a South Korea-based company that offers language processing and SEO solutions and semantic services platform.
Bringprice
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The clever metasearch engine for multi-city flights
Respect Small Money
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Respect Small Money is a mobile financial search platform.
HOTSUNNY
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HOTSUNNY is an online booking platform that offers information on various travel destinations and tourist activities.
Jobcast
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Jobcast is a Korean provider of a job matching service for the mobile sector.
B-SQUARE
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B-SQUARE is an executive search firm that provides human resource recruitment and consulting services.
Halcyon Search International
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Halcyon Search International is an executive search company.
FAMHOUSE
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FAMHOUSE is a platform for finding a shared house near the university and around the station area.
Travel C2B
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Travel C2B is a search engine that provides travel information services.
zSoup
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zSoup is a social search engine that enables users to find community knowledge without navigating the entire web.
vryjam
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vryjam is a GIF search engine and sharing company.
Queryjet
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Queryjet is a company that specializes in open-source search engine development services.
Pharmple
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Pharmple provides pharmacy listing information services.
DinnerQueen
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DinnerQueen provides a restaurant search platform that searches and ranks restaurants based on foods.
Blue Street
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Blue Street is an app to search for restaurants.
Humane Search
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Humane Search is a professional search firm for all industries and occupations.
OhMyChef
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OhMyChef is a web platform that features a search engine for innovative recipes.
KT&G
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KT&G is an online search platform that offers rental space, movie tickets, and exhibition services.
Force Win
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Force Win provides open source server and client software for messaging and collaboration.
Wishary
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Wishary is a product discovery platform where users can post desired product/service and receive relevant recommendations.