HYBE하이브

HYBE (하이브) is a South Korean entertainment company, listed on the KOSPI, the Korea Exchange's main market, since October 15, 2020. It began as Big Hit Entertainment, which producer Bang Si-hyuk (방시혁) founded and which was incorporated on February 4, 2005, and it was renamed HYBE on March 30, 2021. Big Hit is where BTS debuted, in 2013.¹³

For fiscal 2025 HYBE reported consolidated revenue of ₩2,649.9 billion, up 17.5% and, in its business report's words, the highest since the company was founded. Its operating profit fell 73.2% to ₩49.3 billion, a margin of 1.9%, and it booked a consolidated net loss of ₩254.4 billion after impairments on intangible assets and investments. Concert revenue, which includes fan meetings, rose 69.4% to ₩763.9 billion from 279 shows. In Billboard's 2025 year-end Boxscore, covering October 2024 to September 2025, HYBE ranked No. 4 among the world's promoters, with $469.2 million in tour revenue.¹

At the end of 2025 the parent company employed 893 people, and 85 subsidiaries were in its consolidated accounts. Bang Si-hyuk held 30.86% of the company.¹ HYBE also appears in DabPop's explainer on survival shows: I-Land was made by Mnet with Belift Lab, the joint venture of HYBE and CJ ENM, and produced ENHYPEN.²