The number of public institutions receiving a rating of "excellent" or higher in Korea's 2025 shared growth evaluation reached 90, up 23% from the previous year.
According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) on Thursday, the "Public Institution Shared Growth Evaluation" assesses public institutions' cooperative activities with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and classifies the results into five grades: outstanding, excellent, good, fair, and needs improvement.
The evaluation covered 133 public institutions. Of these, 65 institutions (48.9%) received the outstanding grade, while 25 institutions (18.8%) received the excellent grade. Institutions rated excellent or higher accounted for 67.7% of the total, an increase of 17 institutions, or 23.3%, from the previous year. The good grade was given to 19 institutions (14.3%), fair to 13 (9.8%), and needs improvement to 11 (8.2%). Korea Midland Power maintained its outstanding rating for the 11th consecutive year.
By institution type, SR Corp. earned the highest score in the social overhead capital (SOC) category of public enterprises, Korea Midland Power in the energy category, and Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation in the industrial promotion and services category. Among quasi-governmental institutions, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund topped the fund management category, while Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency led the commissioned execution category. Korea Creative Content Agency received the highest score among other public institutions.
The MSS plans to reflect the evaluation results in the management assessment of public institutions and provide customized consulting to institutions rated good or lower to support their shared growth activities.
