Who owns NAVER?
NAVER is owned by NAVER Corporation (South Korea, KRX: 035420).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: NAVER Reports Q4 2025 Revenue of KRW 3.1951 Trillion and Operating Profit of KRW 610.6 Billion, with Annual Revenue Reaching KRW 12.035 Trillion, NAVER Corporation, 6 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- NAVER Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seongnam
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Search engines
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 035420
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About NAVER
NAVER is South Korea's dominant search portal, launched in June 1999 when NAVER.com was incorporated, and the company calls it the world's first integrated search service: it returns results drawn from news, maps, cafés, blogs and images together rather than one ranked list of outside links. It now carries AI Briefing, which summarises the information matching each search intent, and an AI Tab that works through complex questions in conversation. NAVER states that its search advertising reaches more than 54 million users.
Ownership timeline of NAVER
Where NAVER sits in NAVER
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by NAVER
NAVER controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in search engines, and who owns them
The 10 brands in search engines on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Apollo, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| AOL | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Quark | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Google Search | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baidu Search | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Yahoo! JAPAN | LY Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bing | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Seznam Search | Seznam | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Yandex Search | Yandex | 🇷🇺 Russia |
About the owner: NAVER
NAVER is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 035420.
NAVER Corporation is the South Korean internet company behind the country's dominant search portal, incorporated in June 1999 when NAVER.com launched. It reports revenue in five divisions — Search Platform, Commerce, Fintech, Content and Enterprise — and took KRW 12.035 trillion in 2025, 12.1 per cent more than the year before, with operating profit of KRW 2.2081 trillion. Its major affiliates are NAVER CLOUD, SNOW, NAVER LABS, NAVER WEBTOON and NAVER FINANCIAL. Outside Korea it owns the American resale marketplace Poshmark outright and is the controlling stockholder of the US-listed WEBTOON Entertainment.
🇰🇷 NAVER and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; NAVER is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of NAVER?
The parent company of NAVER is NAVER Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is NAVER South Korean?
Yes. NAVER originated in South Korea in 1999 and its owner, NAVER Corporation, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is NAVER still owned by NAVER Corporation?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, NAVER is still owned by NAVER Corporation. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] NAVER Reports Q4 2025 Revenue of KRW 3.1951 Trillion and Operating Profit of KRW 610.6 Billion, with Annual Revenue Reaching KRW 12.035 Trillion — NAVER Corporation, Official press release, published 6 February 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [2] NAVER — Search — NAVER Corporation, Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
- [3] NAVER — our history — NAVER Corporation, Official document; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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