Your company in Korea. Registered in two weeks.
Korea welcomes foreign business far more warmly than its paperwork suggests. We take on the company formation, the Korean-language filings and the tax, payroll and visa work that follows, so the hard part of coming here is simply deciding to.
Seoul, Republic of KoreaWhere your expansion begins Trusted by the businesses we serve
Everything you need, under one roof.
Five practices staffed in-house by attorneys, certified accountants and licensed visa specialists, so nothing falls between advisors and nothing waits on a third party. Whether you are a solo founder or a company moving a team to Seoul, take one service or hand us the whole move.
Talk to an advisorKorea Company Registration
Local corporations, branches and corporate bank accounts, filed correctly the first time. Your business registration certificate in hand, not in limbo.
Employer of Record
Hire, pay and manage local talent before you have an entity. Your team on the ground, without the setup.
Tax & Accounting
Bookkeeping, payroll, filing and reporting by bilingual specialists. Airtight compliance, explained in plain English.
Visa Support
Issuance, extension and change of status, focused on the D-8 investor visa and the few types founders and their teams actually need.
Market Entry Strategy
Local partners, regulatory mapping and a clear path to operating. The groundwork that makes expansion stick.
Founders and teams who already made the move
Working across our teams and theirs, they translated Korean regulatory requirements into decisions we could actually act on. Precise, fast and consistently reliable.
Our structure spans several markets, so the Korean side had to be right. They handled the entity, the filings and the employment questions without us having to chase anything.
Their local insight, structured communication and ability to anticipate regulatory hurdles positioned our team for a smooth market entry.
Pearson & Partners Korea really feels like someone is guiding you through Korea. Without that, you would be lost.
Launching operations in Korea required precise regulatory navigation. Consistent direction, clear documentation and insights that kept our timelines secure.
Compliance and administrative setup in Korea can be demanding. They simplified the process and delivered dependable execution, so our teams stayed focused on clients.
We needed a Korean entity that would hold up to scrutiny from day one. Every filing went in correctly the first time and nothing came back from the registry.
Our questions were never only legal ones. Payroll, tax and hiring were answered by the same team, which is what made the entity workable in practice.
We had no presence in Korea and no Korean between us. They carried the registry, the tax office and the bank while we kept building.
Register a company in Korea, start to finish.
Korea company setup runs through the courts, the tax office and the bank. We prepare and file the court and tax paperwork in Korean on your behalf, and connect you to our banking contacts for the foreign investment notification, so in a straightforward case your company is registered in about two weeks. You sign a short set of documents; we carry the rest.
Start your registration- 01
Structure and name check
We pick the right entity for your plans, confirm the trade name is available and prepare the articles of incorporation.
- 02
FDI notification with Korean Bank
We put you straight in front of our contacts, where your foreign investment is notified and your capital remitted. The step that makes Korea business formation possible for a foreign shareholder.
- 03
Court registration
Notarised documents are filed with the commercial registry to incorporate the company and record its directors and capital.
- 04
Business registration certificate
We register with the district tax office and obtain the business registration number you need to invoice, hire and open accounts.
- 05
Bank account and first filings
Corporate banking, seal registration, payroll enrolment and your opening tax calendar, so day one is an operating company.
Korea company setup: choose your structure
We advise on all three, then file the one that fits.Local corporation
The usual route for a foreign investor: a Korean company you own, able to trade, hire, invoice and sponsor visas in its own name.
Branch office
An extension of your existing company that may earn revenue in Korea, with profits and liability staying with the parent.
Liaison office
A non-trading presence for market research, sourcing and coordination while you test Korea before committing.
“We bring the world to Korea, and take Korea to the world.”
I built a business from the ground up. I know what this step takes.
Since founding Pearson & Partners in 2017, we have been dedicated to supporting every client on the bold journey of expanding overseas. Having started my own career at a boutique accounting firm and built my own business from nothing, I understand the courage and preparation a cross-border move demands.
We offer comprehensive, one-stop services for companies establishing in Korea, from company formation and tax to visa processing and daily operations, so you can focus on what truly matters: growing your business.
We are in the rooms where Korea does business
Our advisors sit on chamber panels, host networking evenings for arriving founders and speak on tax and commerce trends in Korea. It is how we stay current, and how our clients meet the people who matter early.
Members for 2026, and active in both chambers’ business and advisory programming.
- British Chamber of Commerce in Korea
- American Chamber of Commerce
- German Chamber of Commerce
- Italian Chamber of Commerce
Years spent inside the foreign business community here, and the relationships that came with it.
A seasoned guide, not another vendor
One accountable team
Your registration, payroll, tax and visas share one owner. No handoffs, no gaps, no “that’s the other firm’s job.”
Licensed professionals in-house
Attorneys, accountants and licensed visa specialists under one roof, bilingual in Seoul, so the work is done by the person qualified to sign it.
Built for foreign founders
From chamber of commerce seminars to The Setup Genius™, we build what foreign businesses actually need to succeed here.
Your Work
- Attorneys at law
- Certified public accountants
- Certified tax accountants
- Certified administrative agents, visa
- Payroll & HR specialists
- Corporate registration specialists
Your incorporation, tax filings, payroll and visa applications are handled by qualified professionals on our own team, not passed out to a network of third parties.
All about Korea company formation, accounting, tax and visas
Let’s build your business in Korea.
Tell us what you want to build here. An advisor comes back within one business day with a clear path, a timeline and the documents you will need. No Korean required.
Tell us about your move
A Pearson advisor replies within one business day with a clear path, a timeline and the documents you will need.
