Game Production and Game Distribution Business Registration — District Office Documents and 30-Day Change Registration

Procedure

1. 1. Determine the business type

   Planning and producing games yourself is a game production business, and importing foreign games or supplying them while managing the rights is a game distribution business. If you do both, register each. Production by the state or local governments, production by educational institutions for their own training, and production by public institutions for publicity do not require registration.

2. 2. Prepare the application documents

   A game production business attaches a statement of production facilities and equipment to the application, and a game distribution business attaches a business plan. If the business premises are leased, submit a copy of the lease. The official checks the corporate registration certificate and building registration certificate electronically.

3. 3. Registration with the city, county or district and issuance of the certificate

   Apply to the city, county or district office with jurisdiction over the business premises and receive the registration certificate. A person (including the representative and officers of a corporation) for whom 1 year has not passed since a business closure order or registration cancellation, or who is within a business suspension period, cannot register for the same business type.

4. 4. Game rating classification

   If the purpose is to distribute a game or provide it for use, obtain a rating classification from the Game Rating and Administration Committee (or a designated self-rating business operator) before production or distribution. The committee decides within 15 days from the application date, and you submit materials such as a video of the main game progress, an executable game and a document on game content information.

5. 5. Change registration, succession and closure

   If the business operator (the representative for a corporation), business location, factory location or production items (production business), or handled items (distribution business) change, submit a change application within 30 days from the date the reason arose. The city, county or district notifies you within 15 days, and if there is no notice within that period the change is deemed registered. If you acquire the business, file a succession report, and if you close, file a closure report within 7 days.

Required documents

• Game production business or game distribution business registration application
• Statement of production facilities and equipment (game production business)
• Business plan (game distribution business)
• Copy of the business premises lease (if leased)
• For changes: change application, registration certificate, documents proving the change
• Letter of authorization (when submitted by an agent)

Fees

Registration fees are set by city, county or district ordinance; in Yeonsu-gu, the fee is 20,000 won per registration of a game production or game distribution business and 5,000 won per change of registered details. Government fees are separate. Our office fee starts from the amount shown above and may vary depending on whether you register production and distribution together and whether you also file mail-order or value-added telecommunications reports; we will give you an exact quote after reviewing your documents.

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Legal basis and review date

• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 2
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 21
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 25
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 27
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 29
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 30
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 9
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 15
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 19
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 9
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 28
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 35
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 37
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 45
• Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 48
• Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 7
• Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 11-3
• Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 11-4 and Annex 1
• Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 15
• Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Annex 4
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 5
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 9-2
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, Article 21
• Enforcement Rule of the Game Industry Promotion Act, attached Table 5
• Incheon Metropolitan City Yeonsu-gu Ordinance on the Collection of Fees for Certificates, etc., attached Table 1

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-29

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Changes must be applied for within 30 days. This is easy to miss after a change of representative or an office move.
• The closure report must be filed within 7 days from the date the business is discontinued.

Frequently asked questions