PlanTFarm

Name

PlanTFarm

Legal name

PlanTFarm Co., Ltd.

Website

https://eng.tfarm.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

PlanTFarm Co., Ltd. is a South Korean smart farm integrated solution provider that designs, builds, and operates vertical farms, container farms, and urban subway-station farms for enterprise, government, retail, and education customers, supplemented by proprietary crop recipes and an AI-driven environmental control platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Farming Solutions / Controlled Environment Agriculture

NAICS

Other Crop Farming (1119), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Digital Recordkeeping (AFABAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG), Crop Rotation & Whole-Farm Cropping Systems Design (AFACABAJ), Farm Data Platforms, Integration & APIs (Interoperability/Middleware) (AFAAAFAG)

Keywords

• Smart farm solutions
• Vertical farm construction
• Indoor agriculture systems
• Controlled environment agriculture
• Agricultural technology consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Pyongtaek

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Facility Construction and Operation Services: PlanTFarm provides systematic facility construction and operation services including site analysis, layout planning, equipment sourcing, construction, commissioning, and ongoing cultivation training and technical support. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for construction and recurring fees for operation support, seeds, cultivation sponges, and seedlings.
2. Plant/Crop Sales: Smart farm eco-friendly raw material sales including fresh vegetables produced in the company's own facilities (T-Farm vertical farms, container farms). Crops include leafy greens, herbs, edible flowers, and special crops. Customer-produced raw material purchase contracts and market status information provision support this stream.
3. Metro Farm Urban Smart Farm: Revenue generated through urban smart farm installations in subway stations and public spaces, combined with Farm Cafe and Farm Academy experiential education services. Salad vending machines operated at subway stations provide ongoing transaction-based revenue.
4. Consulting and Support Services: Cultivation consulting, remote control and monitoring services, and A/S (after-sales service) including 24/7 online technical consultation, on-site dispatch within 24 hours, and remote integrated control system monitoring.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PlanTFarm designs, builds, and operates smart farm facilities for institutional and enterprise clients, and produces and supplies vegetables through its own farms. The company delivers end-to-end services spanning vertical/container/interior smart farm construction, IoT-AI integrated control systems, cultivation technology, and direct produce sales via Metro Farm subway locations, Farm Cafe, and salad vending machines. It also markets portable FARMILLO units and educational Farm Academy programs to consumer, retail, and education segments.

Product overview

PlanTFarm is a smart farm integrated solution brand (company) encompassing PLAN+PLANT+TECHNOLOGY+FARM. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of smart farm products: T-FARM (mass-produced vertical farms for large-scale vegetable production), Container Farm (automated 40ft container-based systems including polar models), FARMILLO (portable small smart farms for homes/businesses), Design Farm (custom interior installations), and Smart Greenhouse (entry-level diffusion-level greenhouses). These are supported by the proprietary Vertical Farm Integrated Control System for monitoring and AI-based environmental analysis, and the T-Farming Execution System for production management. The company also operates Metro Farm (subway-based urban farms), Farm Academy (educational programs), and Farm Cafe (fresh produce dining). The portfolio ranges from small-scale home units to large industrial facilities, with 70 construction cases totaling 12,060m² and 154 crop recipes developed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• T-FARM: Vertical farm mass-produced model that produces large quantities of safe and clean vegetables year-round for continuous monetization
• CONTAINER FARM
• FARMILLO
• DESIGN FARM
• SMART GREENHOUSE
• METRO FARM
• FARM ACADEMY
• FARM CAFE
• AgT Lab
• 3 통합 시스템

Products and services

• T-FARM (Vertical Farm) Mass-produced vertical farm model that produces large quantities of safe, clean vegetables year-round for continuous monetization. Facilities range from 165 m² to 3,630 m² producing 2-252 tons annually; targeted at large enterprises, agricultural corporations, retail chains, and government agencies.
• Container Farm Automated cultivation model built on a 40ft container with an automated transport system, dedicated to young leaf vegetable production. Includes a polar container farm variant for extreme environments, deployed to Antarctica, and standard models for export and remote-site production.
• FARMILLO (Portable Smart Farm) Portable small-scale smart farm that miniaturizes PlanTFarm's smart farm system for research, learning, and interior use. Supports remote Internet-based control; designed for households, cafes, schools, and government offices.
• Design Farm (Interior Smart Farm) Custom-made interior smart farm installations built at small scale in various spaces including restaurants, hypermarkets, department stores, apartment community spaces, and public institutions. Facility sizes range from 18 m² to 330 m².
• Smart Greenhouse Diffusion-level smart greenhouse for cultivating reproductive/nutritive crops such as fruits and vegetables, using renewable energy infrastructure such as geothermal heat. Entry-level smart farm type with remote control and actuator automatic control.
• Metro Farm (Urban Subway Smart Farm) World's first urban smart farm installed in Seoul subway stations, combining fresh produce production with Farm Cafe retail, salad vending machines, and Farm Academy education. Generates revenue through Farm Cafe and salad vending machine sales at subway locations.
• Facility Construction and Operation Service Full-service smart farm construction and operation support including customer requirements analysis, layout planning, equipment calculation, cost estimation, on-site inspection, construction, commissioning, cultivation training, and ongoing A/S (after-sales) support. Includes remote monitoring and 24/7 technical consultation.
• Farm Cafe Cafeteria space at Metro Farm locations where eco-friendly vegetables produced on-site are served fresh as salads, vegetable juice, coffee, and drinks. Includes salad vending machines at subway stations that dispense fresh salads from Metro Farm produce.
• Farm Academy (Educational Programs and Field Trips) Educational experience program where children and groups learn about smart farms and future agriculture through agricultural activities including sowing, harvesting, seed experiments, the Plantuino coding convergence curriculum, and the 'Challenge! Kids Salad Chef' cooking program. Priced at 200,000 won minimum for up to 20 people and 10,000 won per person for groups of 21+.
• Plant and Crop Sales (Fresh Produce) Sales of fresh vegetables produced in PlanTFarm's own facilities (T-FARM vertical farms, Container Farms, Hwaseong Paprika Farm, Cheonan Mega Mart Indoor Farm, Icheon salad processing). Crops include leafy greens, herbs, edible flowers, and special crops. Sold to retail partners and through Farm Cafe and salad vending machines.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40x production efficiency compared to the same area of open field cultivation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• 지구인컴퍼니 (JiGyuin Company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2021PlanTFarm (팜에이트) signed an MOU with plant-based meat company 지구인컴퍼니 for the development of vegan food products. The agreement, titled 'Contribution to Healthy Human Life and Happiness Enhancement,' was signed at PlanTFarm's headquarters in Pyeongtaek, with the goal of combining PlanTFarm's eco-friendly vegetables with 지구인컴퍼니's plant-based meat technology to develop new vegan food products.
• Farm8 Co., Ltd.coreOthers · 1 January 2021Farm8 Co., Ltd. established PlanTFarm Co., Ltd. through a physical division in June 2020, making Farm8 the parent company. In January 2021, PlanTFarm signed an investment agreement of 15 billion won with Farm8 Co., Ltd. and Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City for a plant factory and processing plant. PlanTFarm operates as an affiliated brand under the Farm8 corporate umbrella.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• N.THING: Korean vertical farming company that designs, builds, and operates smart farms using IoT and proprietary cultivation technology. Closest Korean peer to PlanTFarm with similar build-operate-grow model and Asia-focused customer base.
• NextOn: Korean indoor vertical farm operator that converted an abandoned semiconductor tunnel into a smart farm for strawberry and leafy green production. Direct competitor in Korean indoor vertical farming with similar urban/agricultural positioning.
• Infarm: Berlin-based urban vertical farming company that placed modular farms in supermarkets and restaurants across Europe. Closest global peer to PlanTFarm's Metro Farm urban-infra deployment model, though it entered insolvency in 2023.
• Plenty: US vertical farming company building large indoor farms for leafy greens and berries with proprietary robotics and AI. Comparable in vertical-farm-as-platform technology and resource-efficiency narrative, despite different geography.
• Bowery Farming: US indoor vertical farming operator serving grocery retailers with pesticide-free leafy greens. Comparable in B2B retail customer model (akin to PlanTFarm's Hyundai Department Store and Cheonan M Mart relationships) and proprietary farm OS.
• AeroFarms: US vertical farming company known for aeroponic technology and large Newark flagship facility; filed for Chapter 11 in 2023. Closest direct US peer in B2B leafy-greens vertical farming model, useful as a cautionary benchmark.

Regional players

• Spread Co., Ltd. Japanese vertical farming company operating Techno Farm and producing packaged leafy greens for retail. Comparable in crop recipe focus and packaged salad branding, serving the Japan market that PlanTFarm has begun to enter.
• Mirai Company: Japanese vertical farming pioneer operating one of the world's largest plant factories. Compares to PlanTFarm's T-FARM in scale and grocery-channel leafy-greens production, focused on the Japanese domestic market.
• Sky Greens: Singapore-based vertical farming company using rotating tiered tower systems for tropical leafy greens. Comparable in urban space-efficient farming and tropical/cold-climate deployment engineering.
• Sananbio: Chinese vertical farming technology provider and operator spun out from Sanan Optoelectronics, with focus on horticulture LED integration and indoor farm build-outs. Comparable in Asia scale and integrated hardware-plus-cultivation offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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