The Born Korea
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The Born Korea operates a network of food-and-beverage franchise brands across South Korea, licensing its brand names, recipes, and operating systems to independent restaurant owners who pay fees and royalties in return.
It also runs distribution, hotel, and regional-development businesses, the last of which includes menu consulting, food-service training, and food supply for local government districts. Listed on KOSPI, South Korea's main stock exchange, its core business is the franchise operation, where the company acts as franchisor, supplying branded concepts and ongoing support to franchisee-owned outlets nationwide.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
The Born Korea in five facts
What does The Born Korea do?
The Born Korea operates a network of food-and-beverage franchise brands across South Korea, licensing its brand names, recipes, and operating systems to independent restaurant owners who pay fees and royalties in return.
Where is The Born Korea listed and in which sector?
The Born Korea (Korean name: 더본코리아) trades under KRX code 475560 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Industrials sector, Trading & Distribution.
How large is The Born Korea?
Its market capitalisation was US$158.1M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were The Born Korea's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, The Born Korea reported revenue of US$272.6M, an operating loss of US$17.9M and a net loss of US$13.1M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-06-04). Revenue was down 22.2% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-06-04
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- Cash/in-kind dividend decision
The Born Korea declared a cash dividend of US$0.34 per share, equal to about 2.3% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Mar 10 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
The Born Korea reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$251M (−22.17% year on year), an operating loss of US$16.4M (from a profit a year earlier) and a net loss of US$12.1M (from a profit a year earlier).
Earnings · Feb 13