What Toss Securities does

Toss Securities is a Korean online securities brokerage firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm operates under the Toss brand — associated with one of South Korea's most widely recognized consumer fintech platforms — and is positioned to serve South Korean retail investors with digital securities trading and investment services accessible through the Toss ecosystem. As of the latest available data, the company maintains a workforce of 326 employees and operates a dedicated corporate domain at corp.tossinvest.com, indicating an active, dedicated brokerage operation rather than a thin product extension.

The available source data is materially sparse: no specific product offerings, underlying technology architecture, fee schedules, regulatory licenses, customer segments, geographic footprint, or partnerships are disclosed. No parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, or management team information is recorded in the source material — the parent_company field explicitly registers as not present, though the shared Toss brand across the corporate URL and DBA strongly suggests an affiliation with the broader Toss corporate ecosystem that is not formally captured in this dataset. This data gap limits the depth of operational and structural characterization that can be drawn from primary sources.

Based on industry-standard patterns for Korean online brokerages operating within a super-app context, revenue is most likely generated through retail trading commissions, bid-ask spreads on securities transactions, margin interest income, and ancillary fees on investment products such as mutual funds or ETFs. However, these revenue mechanics are inferred from industry patterns rather than directly evidenced in the supplied data — no pricing model, transaction volume, AUM, or disclosed financials are available to triangulate revenue, headcount productivity, or unit economics.

Name

Toss Securities

Website

https://corp.tossinvest.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Toss Securities is a Seoul-based Korean online securities brokerage founded in 2018, operating under the Toss fintech brand to provide digital retail investment and trading services to South Korean consumers within the Toss super-app ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

Toss Securities operates a mobile-first online brokerage platform that enables Korean retail investors to trade domestic and overseas stocks and related securities. Operating under the Toss Invest brand, the service is delivered through a digital interface tightly integrated with the broader Toss (Viva Republica) super-app ecosystem, allowing streamlined onboarding, KYC/identity verification, funding, and trading within a single mobile experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toss Invest mobile brokerage platform Mobile-first online brokerage platform that allows individual Korean investors to open an account, complete KYC, fund their account, and trade domestic and overseas stocks via a smartphone application. Targeted at retail consumers seeking low-cost, frictionless stock trading.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• NH Investment & Securities: Top-tier Korean brokerage with the country's largest retail customer base, leveraging the NH Financial Group network. A direct incumbent competitor to Toss Securities across Korean retail trading.
• Samsung Securities: Major Korean retail brokerage with strong mobile and online platforms. Competes head-to-head with Toss Securities for Korean retail trading volume, while also running institutional and wealth businesses.
• Korea Investment & Securities: Established Korean broker with strong online/mobile presence (M-able platform). Competes with Toss Securities in mobile retail trading and US-stock access.
• Kiwoom Securities: Pioneer of Korean online brokerage with the widely used 'Hero' platform. Directly competes with Toss Securities in mobile-first retail trading and zero-commission US-stock products.
• Mirae Asset Securities: Largest Korean retail and institutional brokerage. Directly competes with Toss Securities in Korean retail stock and US-stock trading, but offers a much broader investment-banking and institutional franchise that Toss Securities does not match.

Direct peers

• Futu Holdings: Hong Kong-based mobile-first brokerage serving Asian retail investors with multi-market (Hong Kong, US, China) trading. Highly comparable to Toss Securities in cross-border retail brokerage and mobile-first design.
• Tiger Brokers (UP Fintech Holding): Singapore-listed mobile-first brokerage focused on Asian retail investors trading US and Hong Kong equities. Closely comparable business model and cross-border retail focus to Toss Securities.
• Robinhood: US mobile-first retail brokerage known for commission-free trading and a streamlined UX — the closest international analog to Toss Securities in terms of target customer and product philosophy.
• Webull: Mobile-first, commission-free global brokerage serving retail investors in the US, Asia, and other regions. Comparable to Toss Securities in product offering (US stocks, mobile app, zero-commission) and customer profile.

Emerging players

• Kakao Pay / Kakao Investment Services: Korean fintech super-app and securities affiliate of Kakao, providing another mobile-native distribution channel for Korean retail investing. A direct emerging competitor to Toss Securities in app-embedded brokerage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/toss-securities

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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