Hankook Research

42 years of growth

Thanks to all of you who have worked together, we have been able to grow steadily for a long time, even in so many trials.
We would like to thank all of you for coming together and for future growth.

Annual Turnover	680 hundred million won
Research Project	29,675 projects

Annual turnover(KRW hundred million)
Number of Research Projects

Annual Turnover(Hundred million KRW) Number of Research Projects

History

It is the footsteps of Hankook Research.

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2000s

1990s

1978~1980s

2020	Executed nation-wide exit polling for 21st General Election Kim Chunseok(Senior Executive Director) received Prime Minister’s Award on National Statistics Day CEO Jaesun Jung elected as President of Korea Research Association (KORA) 2021-2022
2019	Received the Prime Misister's Award for Best Employers for Gender Equality Launched the Innovation Lab for Consumer Research on Technology Products and Gaming Hosted the Annual Client Seminar on "Digital Transformation and Consumer Experience" Published the Second Collection of <Research Notes for Marketers>
2018	Celebrated the 40th Year of Hankook Research Since 1978 Visited Jeju Island to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Hankook Research Hosted the Annual Client Seminar on "Changing Consumers and the Future of Marketing" Published the First Collection of <Research Notes for Marketers> Certified for a Family Friendly Workplace and the Best Business for Youth Employement
2017	Certified as Best Companies to Work for by Jungang Daily and Job Planet Registered 4 patents for MobileCX Hosted the annual client seminar : “The future of marketing & research in 4th Industrial Revolution”
2016	Certified as a youth friendly business by Ministry of Employment & Labor Hosted the annual client seminar : “Mobile Marketing Platform for Consumer Engagement” Jae Sun Jung appointed as CEO
2015	Certified as a family-friendly workplace Ranked 7th as Best Companies to Work for by Fortune Korea and Job Planet Held the professional interviewers’ day
2014	Recruited 1,190,000 panel respondents for MS Panel, a dedicated access panel Launched MobileCX^®, a smartphone App for mobile survey
2012	Partnered with Envirosell, founded by Paco Underhill, a renowned retail marketing expert

2009	Installed PQI(Project Quality Improvement), a proprietary project management system Developed Computer Aided Survey(CAS) System for public agencies(Public Relations Administration, the Center for Disease Control, and Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs)
2008	Marked the 30th year of Hankook Research All employees climbing to the Peak of Mt. Baek-Du in celebration of the 30th year Reached annual revenues of KRW 43 billion
2006	Expanded Syndicated Research Division and Social Survey and Public Opinion Research Division to Head Divisions Developed H-DAS, a proprietary data analysis and tabulation software module for clients Introduced profit sharing incentives for employees
2004	Completed share acquisition from ACNielsen Joint Venture Agreement with ACNielsen ends Elected all Korean Board of Directors
2003	Marked the 25th year of Hankook Research Reached the annual revenue of KRW 20 billion Published “The Present Recreates the Past” Moved the head office to Non-Hyun dong
2001	Developed H-Proman, an advanced project management and quality control system
2000	Launched Korea’s first Access Panel

1998년	Completed Every Dealer Survey(EDS) for Coca-Cola, the largest-scale survey research project undertaken in Korea(2 billion KRW)
1995년	Joint venture agreement with A.C.Nielsen-SRG Reached annual revenues of KRW 5 billion
1990년	Launched Korea’s first TV ratings service with People Meter and provided ratings data for SBS

1989	Incorporated as a joint venture with SRG(30%) Reached the annual revenue of KRW 2 billion Opened the first regional branch office Launched the Tobacco Retail Audit
1988	Celebrated 10th anniversary Incorporated as a joint stock company Korea’s first readership survey for print media Launched the globally syndicated Media Index
1987	Launched the Syndicate Research Division Conducted Korea’s first Retail Census Korea’s first diary-based TV ratings service
1982	Installed fully equipped Korea’s first FGD facility Reached the annual revenue of KRW 100 million
1979	Signed MOU for working business partnership with ADR of Japan Completed the country’s first demand forecast project for a Korean automobile manufacturer
1978	Founded as a premier marketing research company for Korean and global businesses

WHO WE ARE

History

42 years of growth

History