"50s Groups Actively Enter Real Estate and Leasing Businesses... SK Has the Most Affiliates"

Leaders Index Analysis
Real Estate and Rental Businesses Lead with 301 Companies
SK Affiliates 186 Companies... LG 73 Companies, Samsung 60 Companies

Over the past decade, the industry that the top 50 domestic conglomerates have most frequently entered is real estate and rental services.

Leaders Index, a corporate analysis research institute, announced on the 26th that this result came from analyzing the industries in which the subsidiaries of the top 50 groups by assets, as reported to the Fair Trade Commission from 2013 to this year, have participated.

Current Status of Industries Participated by 50 Major Group Affiliates. [Provided by Leaders Index]

As of this year, the top 50 groups have 2,177 subsidiaries participating in a total of 46 industries.

By industry, real estate and rental services (310 companies) was the largest. This was followed by construction (292), distribution (285), energy (233), service industry (201), content and entertainment (181), manufacturing (179), food (171), IT and software (163), and transportation (155).

Looking at the increase and decrease over the past 10 years, real estate and rental services grew from 117 companies in 2013 to 310 companies this year, an increase of 193 companies (165.0%) over 10 years. The groups with the most subsidiaries participating in real estate and rental services were SK (17 companies), Lotte and Shinsegae (16 companies each), DL (14 companies), Hanwha (13 companies), and Netmarble (10 companies).

During the same period, as companies entered power generation businesses such as solar and wind power, energy companies increased from 88 to 233, a rise of 145 companies (164.8%). Additionally, as IT service and gaming-related groups joined the top 50 groups, content and entertainment companies increased from 46 to 181, a growth of 135 companies (293.5%).

On the other hand, industries such as petroleum (-7.1%), manufacturing (-3.2%), telecommunications network (-2.8%), and metal industry (-1.3%) saw a decrease in subsidiaries.

Among the top 50 domestic groups, SK Group was recorded as having the largest number of subsidiaries. SK Group has 186 subsidiaries this year, significantly exceeding the average of the four major groups: Samsung Electronics (60), Hyundai Motor (57), and LG Group (73). It also has more than 50 subsidiaries compared to Kakao (136), which has the most subsidiaries among the top 30 groups. The growth rate over the past 10 years was also the fastest, increasing by 105 subsidiaries from 81 in 2013, making it the fastest-growing in terms of subsidiaries within the top 30 groups.

SK also leads in the number of industries its subsidiaries participate in. SK Group subsidiaries belong to 31 out of 46 industries based on major industry classifications. This is followed by LG and GS (26 each), Lotte (25), Hanwha (23), Samsung (21), and Hyundai Motor (20).

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