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Kakao's competitors and similar companies include X, Telnic and Message.io.

	Kakao Kakao ((주)카카오) is a company engaged in mobile communication.	X X (formerly known as Twitter) is a company that provides a social networking platform.	Telnic Telnic is the Registry Operator for the award-winning, communications-focused .tel top level domain.	Message.io Message.io is a company developing a universal messaging network.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1995	Founding Date 2006	Founding Date 2000	Founding Date 2015
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Private	Type Private
Tags	Tags Mobile & Telecommunications application software fintech internet provider messaging platform search social networks	Tags Technology messaging mobile app platform social networks	Tags Mobile & Telecommunications Technology app development messaging platform search	Tags Technology app development application software messaging platform social networks
Locations	Locations Jeju-si, KR HQ Seongnam Si, KR	Locations San Francisco, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Dublin, IE Tokyo, JP Seoul, KR Mexico City, MX Singapore, SG see more	Locations London, GB HQ Tempe, US	Locations Austin, US HQ San Antonio, US
Employees	Employees 17,117	Employees 1,1662% decrease	Employees 517% decrease	Employees 106
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) ₩8.1t (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $5.1b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) N/A
Cost of goods	Cost of goods (₩2.3b) (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $1.8b (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit ₩8.2t (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $3.3b (FY, 2021)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income ₩526.8b (FY, 2025)	Net income ($221.4m) (FY, 2021)	Net income N/A	Net income N/A
Funding
Latest funding round	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round N/A	Latest funding round $ 35m (almost 18 years ago)	Latest funding round $ 5.8m (over 8 years ago)
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 467m	Total funding raised $ 2.7b	Total funding raised $ 35m	Total funding raised $ 8.4m