Seoulstart Jobs data · September 2026
Growing in Korea
Companies hiring foreigners in Korea whose staff grew fastest in September 2026.
National Pension Service data, September 2026. Updated each month when a new file is published.
At a glance
Companies on this list
30
Joined in September 2026
859
Fastest growth
+14%
Biodance (Beauty Selection)
Companies growing in Korea: September 2026
Growth is joiners minus leavers, divided by the company's members that month. Leavers include people who resigned, finished a contract or moved to a sister company, not only people who lost their job.
| Company | Growth | Joined | Left | People in Korea | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Biodance (Beauty Selection) | +14% | 42 | 9 | 238 | 36 |
| 2.Channel Talk | +8.3% | 32 | 9 | 277 | 47 |
| 3.On | +8.1% | 10 | 0 | 124 | 147 |
| 4.MakinaRocks | +7.6% | 26 | 12 | 184 | 25 |
| 5.WOWPASS (Orange Square) | +7% | 9 | 1 | 115 | 3 |
| 6.Solutions for Our Climate | +5.7% | 12 | 4 | 141 | 1 |
| 7.Deel | +5.6% | 39 | 13 | 464 | 237 |
| 8.Datadog | +5.5% | 8 | 2 | 109 | 401 |
| 9.ASM | +5.3% | 37 | 5 | 604 | 501 |
| 10.FuriosaAI | +5.2% | 17 | 5 | 233 | 63 |
| 11.Nota AI | +4.9% | 14 | 6 | 164 | 22 |
| 12.d'Alba Global | +4.8% | 19 | 7 | 249 | 28 |
| 13.Global Money Express (GME) | +4.8% | 8 | 3 | 105 | 9 |
| 14.111percent | +4.6% | 15 | 4 | 241 | 8 |
| 15.Flitto | +4% | 9 | 1 | 199 | 3 |
| 16.Rebellions | +3.8% | 16 | 4 | 314 | 32 |
| 17.VT Cosmetics | +2.9% | 17 | 8 | 306 | 11 |
| 18.BIGHIT MUSIC | +2.9% | 5 | 0 | 172 | 7 |
| 19.NAVER WEBTOON | +2.8% | 44 | 17 | 949 | 10 |
| 20.Upstage | +2.8% | 11 | 5 | 213 | 48 |
| 21.Databricks | +2.5% | 3 | 0 | 120 | 880 |
| 22.KLA | +2.4% | 30 | 8 | 901 | 145 |
| 23.NAVER LABS | +2.3% | 9 | 4 | 221 | 6 |
| 24.SNOW | +2.2% | 17 | 9 | 372 | 1 |
| 25.Sendbird | +2.1% | 7 | 4 | 144 | 4 |
| 26.Kurly | +2% | 160 | 96 | 3,170 | 14 |
| 27.Smilegate | +2% | 105 | 40 | 3,232 | 32 |
| 28.스마일게이트(사업부문) | +2% | 105 | 40 | 3,232 | 8 |
| 29.Spoon Labs | +1.8% | 8 | 5 | 167 | 9 |
| 30.SM Entertainment | +1.8% | 25 | 11 | 796 | 3 |
Questions about this list
How is the list ranked?
Ranked by staff growth in September 2026: people who joined the company's pension scheme minus people who left, divided by its members that month. Only companies with 100 or more people are ranked.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the National Pension Service workplace file (국민연금 가입 사업장 내역), a free monthly public dataset on data.go.kr. It lists each workplace's members, new members and members lost. We match each company on Seoulstart Jobs to its Korean entity.
Do leavers mean layoffs?
No. The pension service counts joiners and leavers by comparing billing between months, so they differ from real hires and exits. Leavers include people who resigned, finished a contract or moved to a sister company.
Why is a company I know missing?
Each legal entity is a separate workplace in the pension file, and only companies on Seoulstart Jobs that we have matched to their Korean entity are ranked. Companies with fewer than 100 people, or with no net growth this month, are left out.