101 Top South Korean Retail Companies and Startups

October 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Korean 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

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Top South Korean Retail Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Coupang

Coupang

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Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations.

CLO Virtual Fashion

CLO Virtual Fashion

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CLO Virtual Fashion develops true-to-life, 3D garment simulation technology for fashion and film/gaming industries.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Balaan

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A platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days.

CLO Virtual Fashion

FEELWAY

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FEELWAY is the 1st largest domestic luxury products market place in korea.

CLO Virtual Fashion

E.LAND

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E.LAND provides fashion, retail, dining, construction services.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Melixir

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Melixir is a vegan cosmetic brand that offers skincare products with plant-based ingredients.

CLO Virtual Fashion

OWiN

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OWiN is a computer company that provides a device and software platform that connects car divers and merchants online and offline.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Perfitt

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Shoe Size Recommendation Solution, B2B Solution, Retail Technology

CLO Virtual Fashion

Casual Steps

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Casual Steps provides global online shopping services and solutions.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Shinsegae

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A South Korean department store franchise.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Loplat

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Loplat is a location platform tech company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Star Vision

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Korean beauty contact lens and fashion sunglasses retailer

CLO Virtual Fashion

Sweet Spot

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Sweet Spot is a platform for companies and retailers who need space for marketing and sales.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Club Venit

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Club Venit is a private Korean e-commerce company offering luxury brands online.

CLO Virtual Fashion

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.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Woman’s Talk

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Woman’s Talk, Korea’s is a first online mobile beauty home shopping.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Lotte Group

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Lotte is a multinational food and shopping corporation with headquarters in South Korea and Japan.

CLO Virtual Fashion

BOOKCUBE

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BOOKCUBE is an eBook portal that provides comics and webtoons books.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Brich

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An O2O service delivering the latest Korean fashion trends online .

CLO Virtual Fashion

PureSpace

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PureSpace produces a nanotechnology device that extends shelf-life and improves food safety by decomposing ethylene gas.

CLO Virtual Fashion

AUUR

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Auur.in is a brand development and content marketing company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

KT&G Corporation

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KT&G Corporation offers manufacturing and distribution of tobacco products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

MUSINSA

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Online fashion platform where you can enjoy everything about fashion.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Qustreet

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Qustreet.com is an online retail store specialized in selling apparels from new brands in Korea.

CLO Virtual Fashion

E-mart

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E-mart is a retail company that distributes and sells products through online shopping, specialty stores, and supermarkets.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Labelby.me

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labelby.me is a social e-commerce platform that provides its users with fashion merchandising services.

CLO Virtual Fashion

YES24.com

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YES24.com is an internet online bookstore.

CLO Virtual Fashion

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.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Lululemon Athletica Korea

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Lululemon Athletica Korea is an e-commerce shop for fashion items.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Hyundai Department Store Group

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Hyundai Department Store is a departmental store.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SSG

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SSG is a company that provides online retail sales through it’s website for home delivery.

CLO Virtual Fashion

GS Retail

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GS Retail sells beauty and skincare products, candles, gifts, perfumes, bathroom accessories and other products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Homeplus

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Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain.

CLO Virtual Fashion

z-emotion

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z-emotion is a 3D garment technology company providing solutions to help fashion industry forward its digital transformation process.

CLO Virtual Fashion

ATOMY

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ATOMY is a Korean network marketing company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

W Concept Korea

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W Concept Korea operates as an online retailer.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Hyundai Green Food

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Hyundai Green Food is a retail and wholesale company that provides catering and food material distribution and foodservice.

CLO Virtual Fashion

GS Holdings

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GS Holdings engages in the energy, retail, and construction businesses in South Korea and internationally together its subsidiaries.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Eve Condoms

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Eve Condoms makes condoms for sexual healthcare.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Marco Roho

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Marco Roho is an e-commerce platform for donation accessories.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Fila Korea

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Fila Korea is an e-commerce company that provides sports apparel.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Itemscout

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Itemscout is a provider of keyword analysis solutions for online sellers and businesses.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SIIIIDO

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SIIIIDO is an online shopping platform for clothing.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Geo-Young

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Geo-Young is a wholesale drug distributor.

CLO Virtual Fashion

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).

CLO Virtual Fashion

RAINUS

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RAINUS is a technology company that specializes in Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) to empower customers across various industries.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Bite Me

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Bite Me is an online marketplace for pet supplies.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Lotte Himart

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Lotte Himart is an online marketplace provides electronics, home appliance, digital, kitchen utensils.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Casamia Co.

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A local furniture company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

YAMAHA Make Waves

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YAMAHA Make Waves is a musical instrument store.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Imdak

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Imdak is an online marketplace for food products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

BIXOLON

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Bixolon Co., Ltd. is a global printer manufacturer of POS Printers, Label Printers & Mobile Printers.

CLO Virtual Fashion

ALLETS

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ALLETS is an online content e-commerce platform in Korea.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Quiksilver

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Quiksilver is an online marketplace for clothing and sportswear.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Univera

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Univera offers aloe science, aloe health functional food, cosmetics.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Helinox

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Helinox is an online shop for outdoor equipments.

CLO Virtual Fashion

BORA

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BORA is a provider of grocery products such as dairy products, sauces and pasta.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Merry monde

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Merry monde is a contemporary beauty brand.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Vintage Hollywood

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Vintage Hollywood is an online shop that provides jewelry and accessories.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Evezary

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Evezary offers mattress and consumer products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

XATION

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XATION is a personal care company that offers men’s skincare and haircare brands.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Lotte Shopping

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Lotte Shopping engages in the operation of department stores and supermarkets.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SK stoa

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SK stoa is an online marketplace for consumer goods.

CLO Virtual Fashion

MPS Korea

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MPS Korea is a battery manufacturing and retail company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Paris Croissant

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Paris Croissant is a bakery chain based in South Korea.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Albireo

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Albireo is a skin care brand that offers beauty products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Almanac

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Almanac is an online marketplace for watches and jewelry products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Seoul Store

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Seoul Store is an e-commerce site for buying apparel and accessories for men and women.

CLO Virtual Fashion

MULAWEAR

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MULAWEAR is an e-commerce site that offers clothes for men and women.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Compuzone

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Compuzone is an e-commerce platform for the sales of computer and electronic products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

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.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SmartBuy

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SmartBuy is an e-commerce platform that offers household, cosmetics and kitchen products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Shopl & Company

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Shopl is B2B Saas software for deskless employees

CLO Virtual Fashion

Intercommerce

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Intercommerce is a cross-border e-commerce oriented company that offers shopping services.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Plainist

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Plainist is an online store that provides towels, masks and baby clothes.

CLO Virtual Fashion

AMK Korea

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AMK Korea is an international trading company that focuses primarily on exporting and distributing eco-friendly and organic products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Sejong

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Sejong engages in the production of automobile exhaust systems.

CLO Virtual Fashion

FREEWILL

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FREEWILL is an online marketplace for bags.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Lotte Duty Free

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Lotte Duty Free is a chain of domestic duty-free shops in Korea.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SodaGift

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SodaGift is an international gifting service operated by Sodacrew Inc & It focuses on a seamless user experience and multilingual customers.

CLO Virtual Fashion

BlockOdyssey

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Blockchain based B2B Solution

CLO Virtual Fashion

MIXOLOGY

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MIXOLOGY is an online contact lens store.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Ollie Korea

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Ollie Korea is an online shop that provides eco-friendly premium water bottles.

CLO Virtual Fashion

ESAMSA

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ESAMSA engages in the bicycle and patient vehicle manufacturing industry.

CLO Virtual Fashion

CANDYONE

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CANDYONE is an online marketplace for hand-made candies.

CLO Virtual Fashion

ESTHER FORMULA

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ESTHER FORMULA is an online store that provides health functional food products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

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.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Parabara

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Parabara is a non-face-to-face used trading vending machine.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Aracare

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Aracare is a total healthcare management company that introduces excellent medical devices and healthcare services.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Bigcle

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Bigcle is an e-commerce platform that offers watches, bags, gifts and other lifestyle products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Hansoll Textile

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Hansoll Textile is a global textile company that manufactures and exports mainly knit apparel.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Value Factory

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VALUE FACTORY develops trend analysis-based online shopping malls.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials

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Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials manufactures and supplies top-tier electronic materials.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Decathlon Korea

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Decathlon Korea is an online retail store that sells sportswear, shoes, and accessories.

CLO Virtual Fashion

MH & Co

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MH & Co is a medium-sized household goods company.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Motte & Bailey

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Motte & Bailey is an online marketplace for cosmetics and skincare products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Convenience

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Convenience is a vertical commerce company that produces the Barunsengkak brand of condoms and gels.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Wearingeul

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Wearingeul is an online literature design shop.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Dinosoles

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Dinosoles designs and produces a Jurassic dinosaur themed series of children’s products.

CLO Virtual Fashion

SJ TNC

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SJ TNC is a distributor of semiconductors and electronic materials.

CLO Virtual Fashion

Daiwa Korea

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Daiwa Korea is a fishing goods brand offering all kinds of Japanese fishing products.

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