In 2021, there were about 111.7 thousand medium-sized enterprises in South Korea, up from about 104.2 thousand in the previous year. The total number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Korea stood at around 7.7 million that year.
Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Medium-sized enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are not classified as small enterprises.
Small enterprises are SMEs with three-year average sales of one billion South Korean won or less to 12 billion or less.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are for-profit businesses whose total assets do not exceed 500 billion South Korean won and which meet the criterion of independence (not a subsidiary of a large enterprise). Depending on the type of business, companies with average three-year sales of 40 billion South Korean won or less to 150 billion or less are defined as SMEs.
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KOSIS. (September 12, 2023). Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/
KOSIS. "Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/
KOSIS. (2023). Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/
KOSIS. "Number of Medium-sized Enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/
KOSIS, Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Number of medium-sized enterprises in South Korea from 2019 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], KOSIS, September 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1333105/south-korea-number-of-medium-sized-enterprises/