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KFTC-Designated Business Groups
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) designates Korea's large business groups each May based on total assets. The 2026 cycle, announced 2026-04-29, covers 102 groups (+10 vs. last year).
Learn about KFTC designation102 groups61 listed affiliatesBased on the most recent KFTC designation · Refreshed after each annual announcement
KFTC 2026 Activity
Official KFTC designation · 2026-05-01 ↗Outcome of the KFTC 2026 annual designation cycle (92 → 102 groups, net +10). Filter by event type below.
Newly added to the disclosure-designated roster
Groups whose total domestic assets crossed the ₩5T threshold for the first time. They now face quarterly disclosure obligations on group structure, executives, shareholdings, and large intragroup transactions, even for unlisted affiliates.
- LINELINE newly designated (Tier 2)
- Korean Teachers Credit UnionKorean Teachers Credit Union newly designated (Tier 2)
- WoongjinWoongjin newly designated (Tier 2)
- SK ShieldusSK Shieldus newly designated (Tier 2)
- Daemyung ChemicalDaemyung Chemical newly designated (Tier 2)
- Toss (Viva Republica)Toss (Viva Republica) newly designated (Tier 2)
- Kolmar KoreaKolmar Korea newly designated (Tier 2)
- HeesungHeesung newly designated (Tier 2)
- OrionOrion newly designated (Tier 2)
- QCP GroupQCP Group newly designated (Tier 2)
- Iljin GlobalIljin Global newly designated (Tier 2)
All rows from the KFTC 2026 designation · effective 2026-05-01. Group names link to that entity's page when we cover it; entries we don't yet track are rendered as plain text until we expand the roster.
Group Rankings
DART · fnltt_singl_acntTrailing-twelve-month consolidated revenueTop 0 shown · all 102 in list
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Sources: DART OpenAPI (revenue, operating income, net income, employees, foreign ownership) · KRX live close (market cap). Group and affiliate names are AI-translated from Korean. Rankings exclude groups whose underlying DART metric is not yet indexed; foreign ownership is market-cap-weighted across listed affiliates. Figures may lag the latest filing — informational only, not investment advice.
Asset Map
102 groups·Total ₩3558T·As of May 2025
Every KFTC-designated business group, ordered by total assets across eight columns — the largest groups fill the tall cells on the left, and cells step down as the ranking descends. Cell colour runs a blue-to-green spectrum by rank; 48 groups are MRC tier (cross-shareholding restricted) and 54 Disclosure tier. Hover a cell for its asset total; click to open the group page.
Samsung Group₩589T
Samsung Group₩589TKFTC #1SK Group₩422T
SK Group₩422TKFTC #2Hyundai Motor Group₩321T
Hyundai Motor Group₩321TKFTC #3LG Group₩186T
LG Group₩186TKFTC #4Hanwha Group₩150T
Hanwha Group₩150TKFTC #5Lotte Group₩142T
Lotte Group₩142TKFTC #6POSCO Group₩141T
POSCO Group₩141TKFTC #7HD Hyundai₩89.2T
HD Hyundai₩89.2TKFTC #8NongHyup₩83.5T
NongHyup₩83.5TKFTC #9GS Group₩80.4T
GS Group₩80.4TKFTC #10Shinsegae Group
Shinsegae Group₩74.6TKFTC #11Hanjin Group
Hanjin Group₩62.5TKFTC #12KT Group
KT Group₩47.3TKFTC #13LS Group
LS Group₩41.7TKFTC #14CJ Group
CJ Group₩39.7TKFTC #15Kakao
Kakao₩36.6TKFTC #16HMM
HMM₩33.0TKFTC #17Doosan Group
Doosan Group₩30.9TKFTC #18Celltrion Group
Celltrion Group₩29.3TKFTC #19Naver
Naver₩29.2TKFTC #20Jungheung Group
Jungheung Group₩28.4TKFTC #21S-Oil
S-Oil₩26.7TKFTC #22DL Group
DL Group₩26.4TKFTC #23Young Poong / Korea Zinc
Young Poong / Korea Zinc₩25.9TKFTC #24Mirae Asset Group
Mirae Asset Group₩25.1TKFTC #25Coupang
Coupang₩22.3TKFTC #25Hyundai Department Store Group
Hyundai Department Store Group₩23.2TKFTC #26Hyosung Group
Hyosung Group₩22.5TKFTC #27Harim Group
Harim Group₩22.2TKFTC #28Booyoung Group
Booyoung Group₩21.7TKFTC #29Hankook & Company
Hankook & Company₩21.4TKFTC #30Sinokor Merchant Marine
Sinokor Merchant Marine₩21.0TKFTC #31Hoban Construction Group
Hoban Construction Group₩20.1TKFTC #32KCC Group
KCC Group₩19.9TKFTC #33HDC Group
HDC Group₩17.6TKFTC #34SM Group
SM Group₩17.5TKFTC #35DB Group
DB Group₩17.3TKFTC #36KT&G
KT&G₩15.8TKFTC #37Kolon Group
Kolon Group₩15.5TKFTC #38Nexon Group
Nexon Group₩15.1TKFTC #39Dunamu
Dunamu₩13.7TKFTC #40Kyobo Life
Kyobo Life₩13.5TKFTC #41LX Group
LX Group₩13.4TKFTC #42OCI Group
OCI Group₩13.2TKFTC #43Netmarble
Netmarble₩13.0TKFTC #44SeAH Holdings
SeAH Holdings₩12.7TKFTC #45Daou Kiwoom Group
Daou Kiwoom Group₩12.2TKFTC #46Taekwang Group
Taekwang Group₩11.6TKFTC #47KG Mobility
KG Mobility₩11.1TKFTC #48E-Land Group
E-Land Group₩11.0TKFTC #49EcoPro Group
EcoPro Group₩11.0TKFTC #50Sono International
Sono International₩10.4TKFTC #51Korea Aerospace Industries
Korea Aerospace Industries₩10.4TKFTC #52Daebang Group
Daebang Group₩10.3TKFTC #53Kumho Group
Kumho Group₩10.2TKFTC #54Taeyoung Group
Taeyoung Group₩10.2TKFTC #55Samchully Group
Samchully Group₩9.9TKFTC #56Dongwon Group
Dongwon Group₩9.8TKFTC #57HL Group
HL Group₩9.6TKFTC #58KG Group
KG Group₩9.6TKFTC #59LINE
LINE₩9.4TKFTC #60Krafton
Krafton₩9.3TKFTC #61LIG Group
LIG Group₩9.1TKFTC #62Amorepacific Group
Amorepacific Group₩8.9TKFTC #63MDM Group
MDM Group₩8.8TKFTC #64Global Sae-A Group
Global Sae-A Group₩8.6TKFTC #65BS Group
BS Group₩8.5TKFTC #66Dongkuk Steel Mill
Dongkuk Steel Mill₩8.4TKFTC #67Daishin Securities
Daishin Securities₩7.8TKFTC #68Aekyung Group
Aekyung Group₩7.6TKFTC #69Eugene Group
Eugene Group₩7.5TKFTC #70Samyang Group
Samyang Group₩7.4TKFTC #71JoongAng Group
JoongAng Group₩7.4TKFTC #72Korea Teachers' Credit Union
Korea Teachers' Credit Union₩7.2TKFTC #73Korea Investment Holdings
Korea Investment Holdings₩7.0TKFTC #74Bithumb
Bithumb₩6.6TKFTC #75BGF Group
BGF Group₩6.5TKFTC #76Woongjin Group
Woongjin Group₩6.5TKFTC #77Bando Group
Bando Group₩6.4TKFTC #78OK Financial Group
OK Financial Group₩6.3TKFTC #79Daekwang Group
Daekwang Group₩6.3TKFTC #80Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance₩6.2TKFTC #81Nongshim Group
Nongshim Group₩6.1TKFTC #82SHIELDUS
SHIELDUS₩6.0TKFTC #83DN Group
DN Group₩5.8TKFTC #84Sajo Group
Sajo Group₩5.6TKFTC #85Paradise Group
Paradise Group₩5.6TKFTC #86HiteJinro Group
HiteJinro Group₩5.6TKFTC #87HYBE
HYBE₩5.6TKFTC #88Daemyung Chemical
Daemyung Chemical₩5.6TKFTC #89Hansol Group
Hansol Group₩5.5TKFTC #90Shinyoung Group
Shinyoung Group₩5.5TKFTC #91Sampyo Group
Sampyo Group₩5.5TKFTC #92Toss
Toss₩5.4TKFTC #93EUKOR Car Carriers
EUKOR Car Carriers₩5.4TKFTC #94Kolmar Korea
Kolmar Korea₩5.2TKFTC #95Wonik Group
Wonik Group₩5.2TKFTC #96Heesung Group
Heesung Group₩5.2TKFTC #97Orion Group
Orion Group₩5.1TKFTC #98QCP Group
QCP Group₩5.1TKFTC #99IS Group
IS Group₩5.1TKFTC #100Iljin Global
Iljin Global₩5.1TKFTC #101Rank 1Rank 102— colour by asset rank (larger → smaller)
Internal-Stake Composition
KFTC · Specially-Related-Party StakeAs of 2025-05 · 2026 cycle stake filing pending (typically Aug–Sep). How each KFTC-designated group's internal shareholdings split across four stakeholder classes — every number is the raw % of total internal-stake capital reported by KFTC, summing to 100% per row. Click any column header to re-sort by that dimension. Inline bar length scales each cell against the column's maximum across all 92 groups.
92 groups · 7 with outsized relatives stake (> 10%) · 0 with succession signal
| # | Group · Controller | Controller↕ 동일인 | Relatives↓ 친족 | Executives↕ 임원 | Foundations↕ 비영리법인 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | KCC Group Chung Mong-jin | 76.2 | 23.3 | 0 | 0.53 |
| 02 | Bando Group Kwon Hong-sa | 79.1 | 20.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 03 | Hankook & Company Cho Yang-rae | 81.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04 | Nongshim Group Shin Dong-won | 79.2 | 17.6 | 0.04 | 3.1 |
| 05 | Sono International Park Choon-hee | 86.3 | 13.7 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 06 | BGF Group Hong Seok-jo | 87.1 | 12.8 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 07 | Aekyung Group Chang Young-shin | 89.6 | 10.4 | 0.03 | 0 |
| 08 | DB Group Kim Joon-ki | 90.2 | 9.2 | 0.05 | 0.58 |
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Source: Korea Fair Trade Commission · Specially-Related-Party Stake (sllInnerQotaList). Every value shown is the raw KFTC-reported share of total internal-stake capital — the four columns sum to 100% per row. Bar length within a cell is value / column-max across all 92 groups (stable regardless of sort order). Outsized relatives stake (> 10%) often correlates with next-generation succession positioning under KFTC tunneling-rule (사익편취 규제) scrutiny. amounts in 백만원 (million KRW). Percentages computed from current-cycle sums.
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2026 Designation Watch
KFTC · Apr 29, 2026 announcementKorea's Fair Trade Commission refreshes its list of designated business groups each year — reshaping the disclosure, intragroup-transaction, and cross-shareholding rules each group must follow. The 2026 list was announced on April 29. Below: our running coverage of the entities driving that review.
- Announcement
- Apr 29, 2026
- Entities
- 16
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Recent Disclosures
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Affiliate-Acquisition Heatmap
As of KFTC designation cycle May 2026Each cell counts how many affiliates joined a group in that calendar year, taken from the KFTC's official 계열편입일 (group-incorporation date) field. Darker = more acquisitions that year. Rows are ordered by KFTC asset rank.
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Source: KFTC 기업집단포털 OpenAPI · 계열편입일 field · Click any cell or row label to open the group page.