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# Kakao — South Korea
# Kakao

![](/identity/flags/kr.svg)South Korea

## Export controls

[No export-control designations were found.](https://scrutica.com/companies/org-kakao#panel-ec)

## Ownership

[0Subsidiaries in public sources, up to four levels below](https://scrutica.com/companies/org-kakao#panel-own-subsidiaries)

[NoneParent on record](https://scrutica.com/companies/org-kakao#panel-own-parent)

## Related pages

[South Korea](https://scrutica.com/country/kr)

## Sources

Latest source 4 Nov 2026.

2 sources

| Source | Supplies here | Records | Date | Terms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Licensed corporate-ownership database](https://scrutica.com/methodology#licensed-substrate) | Subsidiary counts |  |  | Licensed-only entities counted, never named |
| [Export-control designations](https://scrutica.com/methodology#export-controls) | Federal Register-anchored designations | 0 records | 4 Nov 2026 |  |

-   Licensed corporate-ownership database: [https://scrutica.com/methodology#licensed-substrate](https://scrutica.com/methodology#licensed-substrate)
-   Export-control designations: [https://scrutica.com/methodology#export-controls](https://scrutica.com/methodology#export-controls)

How the figures were made

**Subsidiaries.** Subsidiary totals of 20 or more are rounded; subsidiaries recorded only in the licensed database are counted, not named.

**Identity.** Variant identifiers are resolved to one organisation before its data is combined.

Identifiers

Scrutica ID

org-kakao

Name forms resolved to this record: Kakao Corp., Kakao Corporation, 주식회사 카카오, 카카오.

## Export controls

The check matches the company, directly and through affiliates, to the BIS Entity List.

Scrutica last verified that list against the Federal Register on 4 Nov 2026. The list last changed on 21 Aug 2026 (91 FR 54657).

The record matches no row of the Section 1260H list, the NS-CMIC List or a FASCSA exclusion order.

OFAC’s SDN list is not read.

[Export Controls](https://scrutica.com/export-controls)

## Subsidiaries

The one subsidiary in our records up to four levels below Kakao is recorded only in a licensed database.

Latest record year: licensed database 2026.

## Parent

No corporate parent is shown for Kakao.