Harim Holdings

What Harim Holdings does

Harim Holdings (주식회사 하림지주) is a South Korean holding company and parent of Harim Group, a vertically integrated global food and agribusiness enterprise that manages the full food value chain from grain trading and maritime shipping through feed manufacturing, livestock production, slaughtering and processing, food manufacturing, and retail/logistics distribution. The group operates seven business segments through wholly-owned subsidiaries: Pan Ocean (bulk shipping, grain distribution, container/tanker/LNG transport), Jeil Feed, Sunjin, and Farmsco (compound feed and animal pharmaceuticals), Harim and Allen Harim Foods (chicken breeding, processing, and distribution), Harim Industries (HMR food manufacturing, sauces, ready meals, and the FBH online logistics center), and NS Home Shopping (TV home shopping, T-commerce, online/mobile malls, and live commerce).

The company serves individual consumers through multiple channels — its own NS Home Shopping broadcast platform reaching 36.31 million Korean households, online brand malls (Harim Mall, Hyupork Mall, NS Mall, OddGrocer), supermarkets and convenience stores, and the Harim Mexican franchise — while also supplying B2B food service operators, restaurants, and hotels with branded proteins (Harim chicken, HyPork, Sunjin pork). Geographic footprint spans Korea, the US, China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, and India. Recent strategic moves include the proposed KRW 300 billion acquisition of Homeplus Express, a KRW 2 trillion food processing factory groundbreaking at the National Food Cluster, and the launch of the OddGrocer D2C fresh food platform. Consolidated FY2025 revenue reached approximately KRW 13.2 trillion (~USD 9.5-10 billion), with net profit of KRW 229.7 billion, a sharp increase from KRW 26.4 billion in FY2024.

Name

Harim Holdings

Legal name

주식회사 하림지주 (Harim Holdings Corp.)

Website

https://harimholdings.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Harim Holdings is a South Korean holding company that vertically integrates the entire food value chain — from grain shipping and feed milling through livestock production, processing, food manufacturing, and retail/distribution — across brands including Harim, HyPork, Sunjin, NS Home Shopping, and Pan Ocean.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food & Agribusiness (Integrated Food Production)

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444), Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (4245)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Seed Conditioning (Drying, Tempering, Aeration) (AFAOADAC)

Keywords

• Integrated food production
• Poultry processing
• Animal feed manufacturing
• Meat processing
• Food distribution logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Iksan

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Chicken and Poultry Processing: Production and processing of chicken meat products including fresh chicken, frozen processed foods, and cooked items through subsidiary Harim. Includes slaughtering, primary and secondary processing, and branded pork through Hyupork.
2. Food Manufacturing: Manufacture and sale of comprehensive foods, processed meats, food services, and pet food. Products include HMI (Home Meal Itself), instant rice, ramen, sauces, and seasonings through Harim First Kitchen. Premium pet food under Harim Pet Food brand.
3. Shipping and Logistics: Pan Ocean, a bulk shipping company, provides maritime transport services for iron ore, coal, grain, steel, pulp, and other dry bulk cargo. Also operates container, tanker, and LNG vessels, and manages grain distribution business.
4. Feed Milling: Compound feed, additives, and organic fertilizers produced by Jeil Feed, Farmsco, and Sunjin for poultry, swine, and cattle. Also produces pet food. Subsidiaries hold leading positions in Korean feed market.
5. TV and E-commerce Home Shopping: NS Home Shopping operates TV home shopping, T-commerce, internet shopping mall, mobile app, and live commerce platforms. Sells food, health supplements, apparel, kitchen goods, travel, and rental products. Food-related broadcasts account for approximately 60% of programming.
6. Livestock Breeding and Fattening: Poultry and swine breeding, fattening, animal pharmaceuticals, and hatcheries across domestic farms and overseas operations including Allen Harim Foods in the US.
7. Innovative Logistics (D2C): FBH (Fulfillment By Harim) online logistics center integrated with Harim First Kitchen manufacturing facility. D2C (Direct to Consumer) model delivering fresh food products directly from manufacturing to consumer without intermediate distribution. Also operates Yangjae High-Tech Logistics Complex for urban logistics in Seoul.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Harim Holdings is a global food and agribusiness holding company that integrates and manages the entire food value chain across seven business segments: grain trading, maritime shipping, feed manufacturing, livestock breeding, slaughter and meat processing, food manufacturing (HMR, sauces, processed meats, pet food), and distribution/logistics. The group produces fresh and processed chicken (Harim brand), pork (HyPork, Sunjin Pork), beef, duck, feed, and pet food through subsidiaries including Pan Ocean, Jeil Feed, Harim, Sunjin, Farmsco, NS Home Shopping, Harim Industries, Allen Harim Foods, and Orimart.

Product overview

Harim Holdings is a global food and agribusiness holding company that integrates and manages the entire food value chain from nature to table. The company operates seven core business segments: grain trading/shipping (via Pan Ocean), feed manufacturing (via Jeil Feed, Sunjin, Farmsco), livestock production (poultry via Harim and Allen Harim Foods, pork via Sunjin and Farmsco), slaughter and processing, food manufacturing (via Harim Industries), and logistics/distribution (via NS Home Shopping). Key products include fresh and processed chicken (Harim brand), pork (HyPork, Sunjin Pork brands), and pet food (Harim Pet Food). Recent additions include OddGrocer D2C e-commerce platform and Harim Foods processing facility at the National Food Cluster.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harim (하림): Chicken meat, processed poultry, HMR products — core chicken brand of Harim Group
• Hypork (하이포크)
• Sunjin Pork (선진포크)
• Harim Industries / Harim First Kitchen (하림산업 / 하림 퍼스트키친)
• The Miseok (더미식)
• Odd Grocer (오드그로서)
• NS Home Shopping (NS홈쇼핑)
• Nampork
• Harim Pet Food (하림펫푸드)
• Happy Dance Studio
• Pan Ocean (팬오션)
• Cheonaha Jeil Feed (천하제일사료)

Quantifiable outcome

• NS FOOD FESTA 2025 attracted 21,000 visitors as Korea's largest food culture festival
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Ottogi: Korean packaged food, sauce, and noodle manufacturer with broad retail distribution. Comparable in processed food and sauce categories overlapping with Harim Industries' product range.
• Nongshim: Korea's leading ramen and snack manufacturer with vertically integrated flour-based food operations. Comparable to Harim's Harim First Kitchen (The Miseok) and the new Chicken Kalguksu Ramen launch, and an entrenched competitor Harim is entering against.
• Lotte Food: Korean confectionery, packaged food, and food service company under Lotte Group. Comparable in processed/packaged food manufacturing and HMR categories overlapping with Harim Industries.
• Tyson Foods: US-based vertically integrated poultry, beef, and pork processor — the global analogue to Harim's chicken slaughtering/processing business via Harim Co. and Allen Harim Foods.
• WH Group (Smithfield Foods): Global pork producer and processor with vertically integrated operations. Comparable to Harim's pork operations (HyPork/Farmsco, Sunjin Pork) and processed meat manufacturing.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with grain trading, animal nutrition, and food ingredients. Comparable to Harim's Pan Ocean grain terminal (EGT), Jeil Feed/Sunjin/Farmsco feed milling, and commodity trading segments.

Direct peers

• Pulmuone: Korean HMR, fresh noodles, tofu, and organic food company with strong D2C and retail distribution. Directly comparable to Harim Industries' HMR platform (The Miseok) and OddGrocer's fresh food positioning.
• CJ CheilJedang: Korea's largest diversified food/feed/bio conglomerate (CJ Group). Operates integrated feed-to-food value chain with strong presence in processed meat, HMR, and branded packaged foods — directly comparable to Harim's poultry, pork, and processed-food segments.
• Pilgrim's Pride: US-listed pure-play poultry processor with integrated operations. Closest pure-poultry comparable to Harim Co. and Allen Harim Foods' US chicken business.
• Hyundai Green Food: Korean food service, catering, and ingredient company within Hyundai Department Store Group. Comparable in B2B food service, HMR, and institutional customer segments Harim serves through Harim Food and Harim Industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCZUzWxIRmSG3prTtjz3G75w
• Facebookfacebook.com/NSshopping
• Instagraminstagram.com/ns_homeshopping
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harimholdings

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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