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🏢 Largest Companies in South Korea

The biggest Korean companies by revenue (Fortune Global 500, 2023 list).

📅 2023📏 USD billion18 entries🇰🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →

Samsung Electronics21%

Hyundai Motor Company9.7%

SK9.3%

KIA5.9%

POSCO5.8%

LG Electronics5.7%

Korea Electric Power Corporation4.8%

Hanwha4.2%

HD Hyundai4.1%

GS Caltex4%

KB Financial3.8%

LG Chem3.5%

Hyundai Mobis3.5%

Korea Gas3.5%

SK Hynix3%

Samsung C&T2.9%

CJ Corporation

Samsung Life Insurance

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of $1,138.8B (18 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

Samsung ElectronicsTechnology

$234.1B

Hyundai Motor CompanyAutomotive

$110.4B

SKHoldings

$106.0B

KIAAutomotive

$67.1B

POSCOSteel

$65.9B

LG ElectronicsTechnology

$65.0B

Korea Electric Power CorporationUtilities

$54.7B

HanwhaHoldings

$48.3B

HD HyundaiHoldings

$47.1B

GS CaltexPetroleum

$45.3B

KB FinancialFinance

$43.6B

LG ChemChemicals

$40.2B

Hyundai MobisAutomotive parts

$40.2B

Korea GasNatural gas

$40.1B

SK HynixTechnology

$34.6B

Samsung C&TConstruction Sogo shosha

$33.4B

CJ CorporationHoldings

$31.7B

Samsung Life InsuranceLife insurance

$31.2B

Highlights

Within South Korea, Samsung Electronics ranks first in 2023 with $234.1B, followed by Hyundai Motor Company ($110.4B) and SK ($106.0B).

Samsung Electronics is 2.1 times higher than Hyundai Motor Company, the runner-up.

Across 18 entries, values run from $234.1B (Samsung Electronics) to $31.2B (Samsung Life Insurance), with a median of $46.2B.

Source: Fortune Global 500 (2023) (via Wikipedia), 2023. Unit: USD billion.

Source: Fortune Global 500 (2023) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Wikipedia's most recent Korean company table is the 2023 Fortune list.