No. of Korean SMEs & Employees by Year
Unit: No. of Firms and Employees and Ratio %
Total (A) | SMEs (B) | Ratio (B/A) | ||||
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No. of Firms | No. of Employees | No. of Firms | No. of Employees | No. of Firms | No. of Employees | |
'00 | 2,729,957 | 10,768,597 | 2,707,805 | 8,680,694 | 99.2 | 80.6 |
'01 | 2,658,860 | 10,876,418 | 2,649,691 | 9,176,237 | 99.7 | 84.4 |
'02 | 2,861,830 | 11,737,640 | 2,856,913 | 10,154,095 | 99.8 | 86.5 |
'03 | 2,939,661 | 11,870,358 | 2,934,897 | 10,308,574 | 99.8 | 86.8 |
'04 | 2,927,436 | 11,824,074 | 2,922,533 | 10,210,629 | 99.8 | 86.4 |
'05 | 2,867,749 | 11,902,400 | 2,863,583 | 10,449,182 | 99.9 | 87.8 |
'06 | 2,940,345 | 12,234,160 | 2,936,114 | 10,677,789 | 99.9 | 87.3 |
'07 | 2,976,646 | 12,612,692 | 2,974,185 | 11,149,134 | 99.9 | 88.4 |
'08 | 3,046,958 | 13,070,424 | 3,044,169 | 11,467,713 | 99.9 | 87.7 |
'09 | 3,069,400 | 13,398,497 | 3,066,484 | 11,751,022 | 99.9 | 87.7 |
'10 | 3,125,457 | 14,135,234 | 3,122,332 | 12,262,535 | 99.9 | 86.8 |
'11 | 3,234,687 | 14,534,230 | 3,231,634 | 12,626,746 | 99.9 | 86.9 |
'12 | 3,354,320 | 14,891,162 | 3,351,404 | 13,059,372 | 99.9 | 87.7 |
'13 | 3,418,993 | 15,344,860 | 3,415,863 | 13,421,594 | 99.9 | 87.5 |
'14 | 3,545,473 | 15,962,745 | 3,542,350 | 14,027,636 | 99.9 | 87.9 |
'15 | 5,893,802 | 19,259,827 | 5,889,611 | 16,032,404 | 99.9 | 83.2 |
'16 | 6,085,434 | 19,635,071 | 6,080,914 | 16,361,595 | 99.9 | 83.3 |
'17 | 6,301,013 | 20,094,913 | 6,296,210 | 16,689,525 | 99.9 | 83.1 |
'18 | 6,643,756 | 20,591,641 | 6,638,694 | 17,103,938 | 99.9 | 83.1 |
'19 | 6,893,706 | 21,076,582 | 6,888,435 | 17,439,595 | 99.9 | 82.7 |
Source : MSS
No. of Korean SMEs & Employees by Industry
Unit : No. of Firms and Employees and Ratio %
Total (A) | SMEs (B) | Ratio (B/A) | |||||
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No. of Firms | No. of Employees | No. of Firms | No. of Employees | No. of Firms | No. of Employees | ||
All | Industries | 6,893,706 | 21,076,582 | 6,888,435 | 17,439,595 | 99.9 | 82.7 |
A | Agriculture, Forestry & Fishery | 88,476 | 147,866 | 88,457 | 146,205 | 100 | 98.9 |
B | Mining | 2,656 | 12,194 | 2,654 | 11,483 | 99.9 | 94.2 |
C | Manufacturing | 579,002 | 4,759,709 | 577,345 | 3,394,029 | 99.7 | 71.3 |
D | Electricity, Gas, Steam & Water | 94,307 | 137,224 | 94,195 | 99,673 | 99.9 | 72.6 |
E | Sewer/Waste Treatment, Raw Material Reproduction & Environmental Restoration | 11,344 | 93,737 | 11,313 | 85,237 | 99.7 | 90.9 |
F | Construction | 484,611 | 1,990,943 | 484,238 | 1,750,219 | 99.9 | 87.9 |
G | Wholesale & Retail | 1,661,831 | 3,674,757 | 1,661,006 | 3,286,936 | 100 | 89.4 |
H | Transportation & Warehouse | 614,188 | 1,218,409 | 613,985 | 1,060,969 | 100 | 87.1 |
I | Accommodation & Restaurants | 815,269 | 1,995,255 | 815,162 | 1,830,894 | 100 | 91.8 |
J | Information and Communication Technology | 125,741 | 731,167 | 125,427 | 504,916 | 99.8 | 69.1 |
K | Finance & Insurance | 54,135 | 663,524 | 53,711 | 142,164 | 99.2 | 21.4 |
L | Real Estate | 1,167,248 | 1,471,192 | 1,166,553 | 1,409,412 | 99.2 | 95.8 |
M | Specialized, Science & Technical Service | 222,342 | 889,207 | 222,144 | 794,824 | 99.9 | 89.4 |
N | Business Facility Management & Business Support & Rental Service | 150,520 | 1,396,581 | 150,315 | 1,078,748 | 99.9 | 77.2 |
P | Education Service | 223,489 | 368,358 | 223,458 | 353,241 | 100 | 95.9 |
Q | Health & Social Welfare | 77,711 | 650,656 | 77,704 | 646,595 | 100 | 99.4 |
R | Art, Sports & Leisure-related Service | 145,295 | 268,142 | 145,239 | 249,110 | 100 | 92.9 |
S | Repair & Other Individual Service |
375,541 | 607,661 | 375,529 | 594,940 | 100 | 97.9 |
Source : MSS
Trend of Business Start-ups
Unit : No. of Firms
'11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | |
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No. of Newly established Corporations | 65,110 | 74,162 | 75,574 | 84,697 | 93,768 | 96,155 |
Manufacturing | 15,557 | 17,733 | 18,721 | 19,509 | 20,155 | 19,037 |
'17 | '18 | '19 | ||||
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No. of Newly established Corporations | 98,330 | 102,042 | 1,285,259 | |||
Manufacturing | 20,629 | 18,954 | 52,317 |
Source : MSS
※ Due to the changes in the way statistics are compiled since 2019, it is difficult to simply compare to the figures before 2018.
(2011~2018 : only incorporated companies, 2019~ : both incorporated companies and individual proprietorships)
Business Ventures and Inno-Biz
Unit : No. of Firms
'98~'03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | |
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Venture | 43,646 | 7,967 | 9,732 | 12,218 | 14,015 | 15,401 | 18,893 |
Inno-biz | 5,321 | 2,762 | 3,454 | 7,183 | 11,526 | 14,626 | 15,940 |
'10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | |
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Venture | 43,646 | 7,967 | 9,732 | 12,218 | 14,015 | 15,401 | 18,893 |
Inno-biz | 5,321 | 2,762 | 3,454 | 7,183 | 11,526 | 14,626 | 15,940 |
'17 | '18 | '19 | |||||
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Venture | 43,646 | 36,820 | 37,008 | ||||
Inno-biz | 5,321 | 18,093 | 18,345 |