List of largest companies of South Korea
This article lists the largest companies in South Korea in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
2020 Fortune list[edit]
This list displays all 14 Korean companies in the Fortune Global 500, ranks the world's companies by revenue. The figures below are given in dollars US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2019.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
| Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Samsung Electronics | Technology | 197,705 | 18,453 | 287,439 | Suwon |
| 2 | 84 | Hyundai Motor | Automotive | 90,740 | 2,557 | 114,032 | Seoul |
| 3 | 97 | SK Holdings | Holdings | 86,163 | 616 | 108,911 | Seoul |
| 4 | 194 | POSCO | Steel | 55,592 | 1,600 | 35,261 | Seoul |
| 5 | 207 | LG Electronics | Technology | 53,464 | 27 | 74,000 | Seoul |
| 6 | 227 | Korea Electric Power Corporation | Utilities | 50,257 | −2,013 | 47,452 | Naju |
| 7 | 229 | Kia Motors | Automotive | 49,894 | 1,567 | 52,448 | Seoul |
| 8 | 277 | Hanwha | Conglomerate | 43,258 | 77 | 57,967 | Seoul |
| 9 | 385 | Hyundai Mobis | Automotive parts | 32,649 | 1,966 | 32,065 | Seoul |
| 10 | 426 | KB Financial Group | Banking | 29,470 | 2,842 | 26,702 | Seoul |
| 11 | 437 | CJ Corporation | Holdings | 28,986 | 229 | 59,915 | Seoul |
| 12 | 447 | GS Caltex | Oil and gas | 28,541 | 388 | 3,283 | Seoul |
| 13 | 467 | Samsung Life Insurance | Insurance | 27,291 | 839 | 5,346 | Seoul |
| 14 | 481 | Samsung C&T | Construction | 26,396 | 901 | 16,580 | Seoul |
2023 Forbes list[edit]
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019. The 52 highest ranked companies from South Korea are listed.[2]
| Rank | Name | Industry | Headquarters[3] | Sales | Profit | Assets | Market Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Global | (US$ billions) | ||||||
| 1 | 14 | Samsung Electronics | Technology | Suwon, Gyeongggi | 220.07 | 34.49 | 348.81 | 334.31 |
| 2 | 104 | Hyundai Motor | Automotive | Seocho, Seoul | 114.55 | 7.02 | 203.07 | 38.94 |
| 3 | 256 | KIA | Automotive | Seocho, Seoul | 70.17 | 4.96 | 58.29 | 26.04 |
| 4 | 278 | KB Financial | Finance | Yeouido, Seoul | 44.38 | 3.31 | 557.09 | 14.15 |
| 5 | 279 | SK Hynix | Technology | Icheon, Gyeongggi | 34.53 | 1.73 | 82.14 | 46.11 |
| 6 | 299 | POSCO | Steel | Pohang, Gyeongbuk | 63.21 | 2.43 | 78.82 | 21.73 |
| 7 | 300 | Shinhan Financial Group | Finance | Jung, Seoul | 33.38 | 3.46 | 534.51 | 13.85 |
| 8 | 339 | LG Chem | Chemicals | Yeouido, Seoul | 41.81 | 1.39 | 53.76 | 43.26 |
| 9 | 420 | Hana Financial | Finance | Jung, Seoul | 29.41 | 2.8 | 449.88 | 9.17 |
| 10 | 464 | Hyundai Mobis | Automotive parts | Gangnam, Seoul | 40.17 | 1.92 | 43.82 | 15.14 |
| 11 | 513 | Samsung C&T | Construction Sogo shosha |
Gangdong Jung District, Seoul |
32.8 | 1.71 | 46.64 | 13.6 |
| 12 | 562 | Woori Financial | Finance | Jung, Seoul | 20.47 | 2.42 | 379.97 | 6.41 |
| 13 | 566 | Samsung Life Insurance | Life insurance | Seocho, Seoul | 23.15 | 1.23 | 249.47 | 9.07 |
| 14 | 590 | Samsung SDI | Battery | Yongin, Gyeonggi | 16.36 | 1.57 | 23.93 | 34.58 |
| 15 | 620 | SK | Holdings | Jongno, Seoul | 104.64 | 0.85 | 153.82 | 6.73 |
| 16 | 628 | Industrial Bank of Korea | Banking | Yeouido, Seoul | 15.9 | 2.17 | 341.62 | 6.04 |
| 17 | 631 | Hanhwa | Holdings | Jung, Seoul | 48.2 | 1.02 | 167 | 1.52 |
| 18 | 703 | SK Innovation | Petroleum | Jongno, Seoul | 61.8 | 0.55 | 55.25 | 11.57 |
| 19 | 718 | Korea Gas | Natural gas | Dong, Daegu | 40.02 | 1.16 | 49.37 | 1.75 |
| 20 | 730 | HD Hyundai | Holdings | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 50.2 | 0.96 | 51.85 | 3.09 |
| 21 | 741 | LG Electronics | Technology | Yeouido, Seoul | 63.31 | 0.33 | 44.16 | 14.87 |
| 22 | 747 | Korea Electric Power | Energy | Naju, Jeonnam | 55.15 | −18.94 | 185.69 | 9.22 |
| 23 | 790 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | Property insurance | Seocho, Seoul | 16.46 | 0.99 | 68.41 | 7.29 |
| 24 | 825 | HMM | Maritime transport | Yeouido, Seoul | 14.38 | 7.78 | 20.54 | 7.41 |
| 25 | 842 | GS Holdings | Holdings | Gangnam, Seoul | 22.27 | 1.66 | 26.83 | 2.82 |
| 26 | 921 | KT | Telecommunications | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 19.85 | 0.97 | 32.41 | 5.89 |
| 27 | 961 | Meritz Financial | Finance | Gangnam, Seoul | 10.7 | 0.8 | 72.87 | 7.11 |
| 28 | 1,004 | DB Insurance | Property insurance | Gangnam, Seoul | 13.68 | 0.76 | 50.04 | 3.64 |
| 29 | 1,037 | E-mart | Retail | Jung, Seoul | 22.7 | 0.78 | 26.26 | 1.98 |
| 30 | 1,057 | S-Oil | Petroleum | Mapo, Seoul | 32.25 | 1.14 | 15.57 | 6.37 |
| 31 | 1,140 | Korean Air | Airline | Gangseo, Seoul | 10.91 | 1.33 | 22.93 | 6.38 |
| 32 | 1,144 | CJ Corporation | Holdings | Jung, Seoul | 31.67 | 0.15 | 38.15 | 2.29 |
| 33 | 1,157 | Hyundai Steel | Steel | Dong, Incheon | 20.43 | 0.57 | 29.1 | 3.54 |
| 34 | 1,161 | Naver | Technology | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 6.36 | 0.58 | 26.81 | 22.23 |
| 35 | 1,186 | SK Telecom | Telecommunications | Jung, Seoul | 13.39 | 0.69 | 24.76 | 7.93 |
| 36 | 1,281 | Hyundai Glovis | Logistics | Seongdong, Seoul | 20.61 | 0.9 | 11.23 | 4.72 |
| 37 | 1,303 | CJ CheilJedang | Food | Jung, Seoul | 23.28 | 0.46 | 23.73 | 3.75 |
| 38 | 1,318 | LG | Holdings | Yeouido, Seoul | 4.55 | 0.97 | 23.43 | 10.65 |
| 39 | 1,336 | Korea Investment | Finance | Yeouido, Seoul | 8.58 | 0.48 | 68.25 | 2.36 |
| 40 | 1,361 | LG Display | Technology | Yeouido, Seoul | 18.35 | −3.24 | 28.22 | 3.96 |
| 34 | 1,371 | Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance | Property insurance | Jongno, Seoul | 12.21 | 0.43 | 40.12 | 2.2 |
| 35 | 1,387 | BNK Financial | Finance | Nam, Busan | 5.5 | 0.59 | 108.64 | 1.63 |
| 36 | 1,456 | Samsung SDS | Technology | Songpa, Seoul | 12.56 | 0.84 | 9.24 | 6.93 |
| 37 | 1,459 | LG Innotek | Technology | Gangseo, Seoul | 15.16 | 0.75 | 7.94 | 4.64 |
| 38 | 1,522 | Lotte Chemical | Chemicals | Songpa, Seoul | 17.24 | 0.04 | 21.18 | 5.48 |
| 39 | 1,541 | HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering | Shipbuilding | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 14.46 | −0.05 | 23.63 | 4.42 |
| 40 | 1,554 | Mirae Asset Financial | Finance | Jung, Seoul | 3.14 | 0.49 | 84 | 3.06 |
| 41 | 1,621 | Lotte Shopping | Retail | Jung, Seoul | 11.98 | −0.25 | 25.07 | 1.7 |
| 42 | 1,629 | Doosan | Holdings | Jung, Seoul | 13.74 | −0.35 | 20.81 | 1.19 |
| 43 | 1,675 | Daou Data | Technology | Mapo, Seoul | 7.54 | 0.15 | 39.44 | 0.46 |
| 44 | 1,696 | Hyundai Engineering & Construction | Construction | Jongno, Seoul | 17.66 | 0.31 | 16.54 | 3.44 |
| 45 | 1,700 | Kakao | Technology | Jeju, Jeju | 5.49 | 0.1 | 18.16 | 18.89 |
| 46 | 1,730 | DGB Financial | Finance | Buk, Daegu | 4.23 | 0.3 | 72 | 0.88 |
| 47 | 1,732 | Daou Technology | Technology | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 7.13 | 0.28 | 38.96 | 0.6 |
| 48 | 1,836 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics | Technology | Suwon, Gyeongggi | 7.29 | 0.75 | 8.7 | 7.87 |
| 49 | 1,860 | JB Financial | Finance | Jeonju, Jeonbuk | 2.52 | 0.44 | 47.31 | 1.22 |
| 50 | 1,909 | LG Uplus | Telecommunications | Yongsan, Seoul | 10.76 | 0.51 | 15.64 | 3.61 |
| 51 | 1,943 | Korea Zinc | Non-steel smelting | Gangnam, Seoul | 8.68 | 0.6 | 9.57 | 7.63 |
| 52 | 1,953 | Kakao Bank | Banking | Seongnam, Gyeonggi | 1.4 | 0.22 | 31.25 | 8.49 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ^ "The Global 2000". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Corporate Disclosure Channel KIND". KIND. Korea Exchange. Retrieved 2024-04-26.