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Best Local Services Companies in South Korea

The 75 best Local Services companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Soomgo.

75companies tracked
$147.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
Sources & further reading
  • Future Market Insights
  • prnewswire.com

Ranked: Best Local Services companies in South Korea

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1alice in builderland
Alice in Builderland is an interior design and construction service platform that provides kitchen and…
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2Alphado
Operator of a pet care platform intended to be used in pet life to provide happy and healthy convenience.
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AI-driven pet health diagnostics and personalized nutrition using spectroscopy and deep learning
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3be local
Be Local is a news and media site that presents interviews, events, and news.
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4Belveda
Online platform for booking beauty appointments
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Co-Founder & CEO
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5Boheme Soft
Provider of a private room intended to offer a shared hair salon.
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6Boxful
Online platform for booking self-storage service providers
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7Carang
Online platform to book repair services
——20Lee Dae-Hyung
Co-CEO
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8caroom
Caroom offers car repair and maintenance services.
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Top 12 Local Services companies in South Korea

#1
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021 · 7 employees
$1.8Mraised
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Online platform for comparing funeral services. The company offers a platform for users to search and find suitable funeral service providers by comparing prices.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series A$6.1M
  • Apr 2024Seed$1.8M
Investors
Fast Ventures, Kakao Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, Shinhan Venture Investment, HGI, Hana Ventures
Tech stack
AosChakra UiChannel.IoCore-JsEmotionFacebook Pixel
#2
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 25 employees
$24.8Mraised
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Provider of on-demand laundry and garment care services. This service includes dry cleaning, wet cleaning, and laundry services for clothing, bedding, shoes, rugs, and leather/fur items. Individual items are cleaned according to care labels, and various stain removal methods are used. The company also offers alterations, such as button repair and hemming. A smart factory system utilizes advanced equipment and processes for efficient cleaning. Pick-up and delivery are provided, typically overnight. Pricing is transparent and standardized.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Series C$5.3M
  • May 2021Series B$15.6M
  • Mar 2018Series A$2.8M
Investors
AddVenture, Strong Ventures, Primer, UTC Investment, KB Securities Vietnam, Industrial Bank of Korea
Tech stack
AxiosBootstrapCore-JsDatadogFacebook PixelFont Awesome
#3
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018
$12.9Mraised
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Caredoc is a provider of doctors listing platform for multiple diseases. It allows users to search for various clinics, hospitals, doctors based on their requirements. It provides details about hospital & doctors with reviews & ratings.

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Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Series B$12.9M
  • Jul 2020Series A—
  • Jun 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Jay ParkCEO
Investors
Murex Partners, SK D&D, SGC Partners, Industrial Bank of Korea, D3 Jubilee Partners, Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerKakao
#4
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 93 employees
$46.5Mraised
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Online lead generation platform for local services. It allows users to request for services across various categories such as home cleaning, home maintenance, handyman work, fitness trainers, tutors, and more on the platform. The company circulates such a request to relevant local professionals who submit price quotations for the request. It allows users to compare the quotes and choose a service provider that meets the requirements.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series C$28.6M
  • Jul 2019Series B$629.3K
  • Jun 2019Series B$12.5M
  • Mar 2018Series A$4.4M
Investors
IMM Investment, Strong Ventures, TBT, Atinum Investment, Korean Development Bank, We Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#5
Series B · Haeundae, Pusan-jikhalsi · founded 2016 · 39 employees
$16.3Mraised
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Developer of a parenting application designed to match childcare teachers and parenting families. The company's platform helps users to enter the desired time and location and view the profiles of potential sitters, with information including proficiency in various educational areas, personality test results, and criminal history, enabling working parents to connect with vetted part-time babysitters for childcare services.

Investors
LG U +, NH Hedge Asset Management, Hana Alternative Asset Management, IBK Capital, Kyobo Securities, KB Securities
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApache Http ServerCdnjsChannel.IoCloudflare
#6
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018 · 21 employees
$5.2Mraised
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App-based platform for recognition of animals based on the inscription. The pet owners can register using inscriptions on the platform. The users can report the missing pet using the profile ID.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series A$5.2M
Investors
Daedeok Venture Partners, DigiCAP, Postech Holding
Tech stack
Facebook LoginGoogle WorkspaceHeadless UiHstsKakaoKeen-Slider
#7
Series B · South Korea · founded 2018
$35.8Mraised
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Online platform providing salon listing

Investors
GTOG, Noh & Partners, Brain Asset Management, Kiwoom Investment Management Indonesia, Korea Investment Holdings
#8
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016
$1.9Mraised
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Internet first caterer offering catering services to offices and companies. It provides in-house catering services to offices in collaboration with its partnered restaurants. Users can choose meal type, cuisine, and subscription plan according to the number of people in the office. It offers delivery of breakfast items, lunch and dinner, snacks, salads, fruits, beverages, and lunch boxes.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$1.9M
  • Oct 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Hwang SikCEO
Investors
Now IB Capital, Barogo
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer SitesGoogle Analytics
#9
Seed · Busan, Busan · founded 2021
$80.9Kraised
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AI-based platform providing tutors for kids. Users can select a date and time and mention about kids desired activities. The platform will recommend a suitable tutor based on the activity. Parents can review the lesson through notes.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed—
  • Seed—
  • Seed$80.9K
Founders & team
Youngwook KwonCo-Founder & CEOSeonhee YoonCo-Founder
Investors
SGDI Government, StartupSpaze, The Invention Lab, Korea Investment Accelerator, Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development, Future Found
#10
Deadpooled · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014
$860Kraised
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Washon is an app-based platform that lets user schedule pickup, wash and delivery of laundry. Based out of Seoul, South Korea. Offers flat rate pricing based on the type of laundry. Pricing starts at 1000 KRW. Mobile app available on Android.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2016Seed$860K
Founders & team
Seong-woo GuCEO
Investors
K Cube Ventures, Stonebridge Capital, Kakao Ventures
#11
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 5 employees
$700Kraised
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Dogmate is an online marketplace for availing pet sitters. Users can register on the platform, browse through the profiles of available pet sitters, compare the profiles, and book the services of the suitable ones. The service providers can register on the platform and get hired by the users. Users receive information & contact details of pet sitters after doing the payment over the platform.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2017Seed$500K
Founders & team
Hyak YoungCEO
Investors
GS Shop, Strong Ventures, Primer, D.CAMP
#12
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 6 employees
$425Kraised
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Mosiler is an online platform to book professional chauffeurs in South Korea. Partners with verified drivers and chauffeurs and allows users to book their services through its platform. Services can be used for airport pick-ups/drop for business trips, picking-up/dropping foreign customers, business travels, intercity or intracity travel and more. Drivers and chauffers can register over the platform to offer services.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Seed$425K
Founders & team
Keunwoo LeeFounder & CEO
Investors
BonAngels Venture Partners, KAIST Youth Startup Investment Holdings, Magellan Technology Investment, Kolon Investments
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareFont Awesome

Funding & investor landscape

$147.7Mtotal disclosed funding
14companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
D.CAMP4 rounds
Kakao Ventures4 rounds
Strong Ventures4 rounds
BonAngels Venture Partners3 rounds
Primer Sazze Partners3 rounds
Big Basin Capital2 rounds
Digital Healthcare Partners2 rounds
FuturePlay2 rounds
GTOG2 rounds
Industrial Bank of Korea2 rounds

Notable founders

Jay Park
CEO · CareDoc
Hwang Sik
CEO · Fooding
Youngwook Kwon
Co-Founder & CEO · Yaho
Seonhee Yoon
Co-Founder · Yaho
Seong-woo Gu
CEO · Washon
Hyak Young
CEO · Dogmate
Keunwoo Lee
Founder & CEO · MOSILER
Seongjae Kim
Founder & CEO · CompAnimals
Jihun Lim
CEO · Fdding
Jang Pyo
CEO · Poperants
jinho Jang
Founder · bosalpim.co.kr
Lin Lawrence
CEO · AnimalGo
Prism market signals · South Korea · country-scoped Prism corpus, 711,286 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Local Services coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Local Services companies are there in South Korea?
Radar tracks 75 indexable Local Services companies headquartered in South Korea that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Local Services companies in South Korea?
The Local Services companies in South Korea on this list have raised a combined $147.7M in disclosed equity funding across 14 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Local Services company in South Korea?
Soomgo is the highest-funded Local Services company in South Korea, with $46.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Local Services companies in South Korea are funded?
14 of the 75 Local Services companies in South Korea on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Local Services unicorns are there in South Korea?
None of the Local Services companies in South Korea on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in South Korea Local Services companies?
The most active investors in South Korea Local Services companies on this list include D.CAMP, Kakao Ventures, Strong Ventures, BonAngels Venture Partners, Primer Sazze Partners.
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