This article showcases our top picks for the best Seoul based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Seoul Retail Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
CLO Virtual Fashion
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CLO Virtual Fashion develops true-to-life, 3D garment simulation technology for fashion and film/gaming industries.
MUSINSA
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Online fashion platform where you can enjoy everything about fashion.
Coupang
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Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations.
Balaan
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A luxury fashion platform innovating luxury industry by utilizing IT and reforming distribution structure with 200+ boutiques connected
SSG
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SSG is a company that provides online retail sales through it’s website for home delivery.
E.LAND
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E.LAND provides fashion, retail, dining, construction services.
Star Vision
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Korean beauty contact lens and fashion sunglasses retailer
Boosters
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Boosters is a brand aggregator that acquires, develops, and expands brands.
FLEAPOP
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Fleapop provides women in their teens and 20s with an opportunity to experience the latest fashion items and online items every two days.
GS Shop
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GS Shop is an on-line shop set up to make the purchasing of products much easier and available.
Lotte Group
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Lotte is a multinational food and shopping corporation with headquarters in South Korea and Japan.
Brich
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An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online .
Woman’s Talk
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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.
Qustreet
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Qustreet.com is an online retail store specialized in selling apparels from new brands in Korea.
AUUR
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Auur.in is a brand development and content marketing company.
E-mart
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E-mart is a retail company that distributes and sells products through online shopping, specialty stores, and supermarkets.
BOOKCUBE
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BOOKCUBE is an eBook portal that provides comics and webtoons books.
GS Holdings
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GS Holdings engages in the energy, retail, and construction businesses in South Korea and internationally together its subsidiaries.
Homeplus
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Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain.
Sellerhub
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Sellerhub is a web-based eCommerce platform for the online sellers integrating with up to 30 major eCommerce sites (ex. Coupang, Naver).
10 Minute Squad
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GoPuff for Korea. We deliver groceries in 10 minutes in Seoul through a networks ‘dark stores’.
MH & Co
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MH & Co is a medium-sized household goods company.
New Vessel
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New Vessel is a e-commerce operations, strategy, finance, and law.
Fila Korea
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Fila Korea is an e-commerce company that provides sports apparel.
Lotte Shopping
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Lotte Shopping engages in the operation of department stores and supermarkets.
KT Alpha
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KT Alpha provides T-commerce platform for shopping, marketing and trading and supplies content rights for movies, animations & others
Daiwa Korea
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Daiwa Korea is a fishing goods brand offering all kinds of Japanese fishing products.
Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials
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Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials manufactures and supplies top-tier electronic materials.
Helinox
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Helinox is an online shop for outdoor equipments.
Castelbajac
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Castelbajac engages in the design, manufacture and trade of golf apparel and golf accessories.
Innolite
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Innolite is a retro-reflective product manufacturing company.
SHINSEGAE DUTY FREE
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SHINSEGAE DUTY FREE is a shopping space provider company .
Shopl & Company
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Shopl is B2B Saas software for deskless employees
Rolling Square
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Rolling Square is the creator of Pink Pouch, an app that works as a mobile marketing platform for beauty and fashion products.
Testgut
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Testgut is an e-commerce site that offers consumer products.
Jongdal Lab
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Jongdal Lab provides a cloud-based relay solution for the domestic apparel market.
Donggle
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Donggle is a shopping platform that directly connects consumers and wholesalers and allows purchases at wholesale at a low price.
Vivastudio
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Vivastudio is an online marketplace for clothing.
ALL for LAB
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ALL for LAB is an e-commerce platform that offers chemicals, scientific and medical equipment.
Afterplus
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Afterplus is an online portal for skincare products.
Hitachi Korea
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Hitachi Korea is a manufacturer and seller of electronic and electrical products.
ZLGOON
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ZLGOON is a developer of B2C & B2B mobile coupon solutions.
Taptilo
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Taptilo is a braille education device for learning and teaching braille.
Shinyoungwacoal
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Shinyoungwacoal manufactures lingerie and other women’s undergarments.
Wellbiotec
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Wellbiotec is engaged in biopharmaceutical, fashion, and specialized construction of machinery and equipment business.
Agabang & Company
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Agabang & Company manufactures and supplies baby clothing.
Lotte Duty Free
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Lotte Duty Free is a chain of domestic duty-free shops in Korea.
Sejinplus
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Sejinplus is a textile company that specializes in sewing and clothing manufacturing.
manyo
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manyo is an online marketplace for beauty, cosmetic and personal care products.
renoma swim
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renoma swim is an online marketplace for swimsuits.
Univera
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Univera offers aloe science, aloe health functional food, cosmetics.
Tistory
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Tistory specializes in manufacturing and supplying clothes.
Dinosoles
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Dinosoles designs and produces a Jurassic dinosaur themed series of children’s products.
Almanac
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Almanac is an online marketplace for watches and jewelry products.
DAZE DAYS
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DAZE DAYS is an online marketplace for clothing.
Esquire
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Esquire is a retailing company that manufactures leather shoes.
A-thumb FNC
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A-thumb is a South Korean shoe-maker that creates beautiful and comfortable handmade shoes, “Thdam”.
SAMYANG TONGSANG Co.
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Samyang Tongsang Co. is a manufacturer and supplier company focusing on leather products applicable in the handbag industry.
Toebox Korea
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Toebox Korea company is in retail industry and offers products such as skincare, kids wear, shoe wear for women and other consumer goods.
Goose & Home
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Goose & Home is a e-Commerce website for home decor and accessories.
Amitto Products
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Amitto Products is an e-commerce platform that offers lifestyle accessories.
Giftinfo
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Giftinfo is a distributor and producer of consumer goods.
Dure Coopunion
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Dure Coopunion is a food delivery service company.
PAKYOUNGSA
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PAKYOUNGSA is an online marketplace for books.
IP Dream
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IP Dream is the provider of computer hardware products retail sales services.
Intercommerce
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Intercommerce is a cross-border e-commerce oriented company that offers shopping services.
FUJIFILM
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FUJIFILM Korea is an e-commerce company that provides instant cameras, smartphone printers, photo books and printing services
STI Group
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STI Group provides distribution, wholesale and retail services.
Hiliving
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Hiliving aims to provide high quality products to more consumers at reasonable prices.
Pething
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Pething is an online marketplace for animal feed and nutrition products.
Boonco
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Boonco is a family home care brand that provides safer household items for your family, dog and home.
Dolsilnai
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Dolsilnai is an online store that provides hemp clothes.
apM Coin
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apM Coin is a customer reward and payment management company.
Value Factory
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VALUE FACTORY develops trend analysis-based online shopping malls.
Noodle Lovers
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Noodle Lovers engages in the sales of frozen noodles.
Azoo Leports Korea
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Azoo Leports Korea is an online e-commerce platform for sporting goods.
MacPlus
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MacPlus provides software, hardware, and solutions through licensing agreements with leading domestic and international software vendors.
BENRO KOREA
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BENRO KOREA is a camera and camera equipment store in South Korea.
Meesig
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Meesig delivers the food of the best producers in the country as it is at home.
ETHRICA
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ETHRICA is a unisex contemporary casual fashion brand.
MISS21
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MISS21 is an e-commerce company that provides accessories for women.
Center Coffee
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Center Coffee is an online shop that provides coffee beans.
GUTEA
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GUTEA is a Korean tea company specialized in Pu-erh tea & Zisha teapot.
Hanok Magazine
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Hanok Magazine is an e-commerce site that offers architecture magazines.
Heyday Doggy
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Heyday Doggy is an online store for dog products.
CI Works
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CI Works is a brand consulting, education and retail service company.
HAPPY QUILT
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HAPPY QUILT is an online seller of character and quilt fabrics.
Cconlab
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Cconlab is a flower and nature company that produces flower tea, health tea, and natural cosmetics.
Honeylabel
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Honeylabel is an online shop that offers honey products.
koreahuo.net
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koreahuo.net specializes in women’s clothing wholesale and Guangzhou purchasing services.
Mpoqm
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Mpoqm is an e-commerce site that offers consumer goods.
tathata
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tathata is an operator and developer of fabric living brand corr.
O2 Farm
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O2 Farm provides distribution channels for direct sales of domestic agricultural and marine products.