This article lists the largest companies in South Korea in terms of their revenue, net profit, total assets and market value according to American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
2023 Fortune list This list displays all 18 Korean companies in the Fortune Global 500, ranks the world's companies by revenue. The figures below are given in US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2022. National rankGlobalrankNameIndustryHeadquartersRevenue(US$ billions)125Samsung ElectronicsTechnologySuwon, Gyeonggi234.13285Hyundai Motor CompanyAutomotiveSeocho, Seoul110.4392SKHoldingsJongno, Seoul105.964196KIAAutomotiveSeocho, Seoul67.065201POSCOSteelPohang, Gyeongbuk65.856204LG ElectronicsTechnologyYeouido, Seoul64.957258Korea Electric Power CorporationUtilitiesNaju, Jeonnam54.658296HanwhaHoldingsJung, Seoul48.259301HD HyundaiHoldingsSeongnam, Gyeonggi47.1410322GS CaltexPetroleumGangnam, Seoul45.3411339KB FinancialFinanceYeouido, Seoul43.6212371LG ChemChemicalsYeouido, Seoul40.2413372Hyundai MobisAutomotive partsGangnam, Seoul40.2114374Korea GasNatural gasDong, Daegu40.0715437SK HynixTechnologyIcheon, Gyeongggi34.5716457Samsung C&TConstructionSogo shoshaGangdongJung District, Seoul33.4417481CJ CorporationHoldings Jung, Seoul31.718496Samsung Life InsuranceLife insuranceSeocho, Seoul31.24
2023 Forbes list 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. RankNameIndustryHeadquarters Sales Profit Assets Market valueNationalGlobal(US$ billions)114Samsung ElectronicsTechnologySuwon, Gyeonggi220.0734.49348.81334.312104Hyundai MotorAutomotiveSeocho, Seoul114.557.02203.0738.943256KIAAutomotiveSeocho, Seoul70.174.9658.2926.044278KB FinancialFinanceYeouido, Seoul44.383.31557.0914.155279SK HynixTechnologyIcheon, Gyeonggi34.531.7382.1446.116299POSCOSteelPohang, Gyeongbuk63.212.4378.8221.737300Shinhan Financial GroupFinanceJung, Seoul33.383.46534.5113.858339LG ChemChemicalsYeouido, Seoul41.811.3953.7643.269420Hana FinancialFinanceJung, Seoul29.412.8449.889.1710464Hyundai MobisAutomotive partsGangnam, Seoul40.171.9243.8215.1411513Samsung C&TConstructionSogo shoshaGangdongJung District, Seoul32.81.7146.6413.612562Woori FinancialFinanceJung, Seoul20.472.42379.976.4113566Samsung Life InsuranceLife insuranceSeocho, Seoul23.151.23249.479.0714590Samsung SDIBatteryYongin, Gyeonggi16.361.5723.9334.5815620SKHoldingsJongno, Seoul104.640.85153.826.7316628Industrial Bank of KoreaBankingYeouido, Seoul15.92.17341.626.0417631HanhwaHoldingsJung, Seoul48.21.021671.5218703SK InnovationPetroleumJongno, Seoul61.80.5555.2511.5719718Korea GasNatural gasDong, Daegu40.021.1649.371.7520730HD HyundaiHoldingsSeongnam, Gyeonggi50.20.9651.853.0921741LG ElectronicsTechnologyYeouido, Seoul63.310.3344.1614.8722747Korea Electric PowerEnergyNaju, Jeonnam55.15−18.94185.699.2223790Samsung Fire & Marine InsuranceProperty insuranceSeocho, Seoul16.460.9968.417.2924825HMMMaritime transportYeouido, Seoul14.387.7820.547.4125842GS HoldingsHoldingsGangnam, Seoul22.271.6626.832.8226921KTTelecommunicationsSeongnam, Gyeonggi19.850.9732.415.8927961Meritz FinancialFinanceGangnam, Seoul10.70.872.877.11281,004DB InsuranceProperty insuranceGangnam, Seoul13.680.7650.043.64291,037E-martRetailJung, Seoul22.70.7826.261.98301,057S-OilPetroleumMapo, Seoul32.251.1415.576.37311,140Korean AirAirlineGangseo, Seoul10.911.3322.936.38321,144CJ CorporationHoldingsJung, Seoul31.670.1538.152.29331,157Hyundai SteelSteelDong, Incheon20.430.5729.13.54341,161NaverTechnologySeongnam, Gyeonggi6.360.5826.8122.23351,186SK TelecomTelecommunicationsJung, Seoul13.390.6924.767.93361,281Hyundai GlovisLogisticsSeongdong, Seoul20.610.911.234.72371,303CJ CheilJedangFoodJung, Seoul23.280.4623.733.75381,318LGHoldingsYeouido, Seoul4.550.9723.4310.65391,336Korea InvestmentFinanceYeouido, Seoul8.580.4868.252.36401,361LG DisplayTechnologyYeouido, Seoul18.35−3.2428.223.96341,371Hyundai Marine & Fire InsuranceProperty insuranceJongno, Seoul12.210.4340.122.2351,387BNK FinancialFinanceNam, Busan5.50.59108.641.63361,456Samsung SDSTechnologySongpa, Seoul12.560.849.246.93371,459LG InnotekTechnologyGangseo, Seoul15.160.757.944.64381,522Lotte ChemicalChemicalsSongpa, Seoul17.240.0421.185.48391,541HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore EngineeringShipbuildingSeongnam, Gyeonggi14.46−0.0523.634.42401,554Mirae Asset FinancialFinanceJung, Seoul3.140.49843.06411,621Lotte ShoppingRetailJung, Seoul11.98−0.2525.071.7421,629DoosanHoldingsJung, Seoul13.74−0.3520.811.19431,675Daou DataTechnologyMapo, Seoul7.540.1539.440.46441,696Hyundai Engineering & ConstructionConstructionJongno, Seoul17.660.3116.543.44451,700KakaoTechnologyJeju, Jeju5.490.118.1618.89461,730DGB FinancialFinanceBuk, Daegu4.230.3720.88471,732Daou TechnologyTechnologySeongnam, Gyeonggi7.130.2838.960.6481,836Samsung Electro-MechanicsTechnologySuwon, Gyeongggi7.290.758.77.87491,860JB FinancialFinanceJeonju, Jeonbuk2.520.4447.311.22501,909LG UplusTelecommunicationsYongsan, Seoul10.760.5115.643.61511,943Korea ZincNon-steel smeltingGangnam, Seoul8.680.69.577.63521,953Kakao BankBankingSeongnam, Gyeonggi1.40.2231.258.49
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