Number of business groups subject to cross-shareholding ban South Korea 2017-2024

In 2024, 48 business groups in South Korea were subject to limitations on cross-shareholding. Under South Korea’s Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, a domestic member company of a business group is not allowed to acquire or hold shares of an affiliated company that in turn acquires or holds shares in that member company. This regulation applies to domestic affiliates of corporate groups whose total assets amount to ten trillion South Korean won or more.Family-owned conglomerates in South KoreaThere is no specific definition of South Korean chaebols, which are also known as large family conglomerates. They can nevertheless be characterized as large business groups controlled by members of the founding family and to which numerous subsidiaries are subordinate. Each year, the Korea Fair Trade Commission designates large business groups subject to disclosure obligations and cross-shareholding restrictions. This is to prevent excessive concentration of economic power on such large companies and to make information about them available to the public.South Korea’s leading chaebol groupsSamsung Group, SK Group, Hyundai Motor Company, and LG Group together form the largest chaebol groups in South Korea. Samsung Group was South Korea’s largest chaebol by total assets and revenue in recent years. These top four groups account for a large part of the South Korean stock market's value.

于2024年，韩国共有48个商业集团受到了交叉持股的限制。根据韩国的反垄断法规与公平交易法，商业集团内的国内成员公司不得收购或持有其附属公司股份，而该附属公司则不得收购或持有该成员公司的股份。此规定适用于总资产达到十万亿韩元或以上的企业集团在国内的附属公司。韩国的家族企业集团对韩国财阀并无明确的定义，亦称大型家族企业集团。然而，它们可被描述为由创始家族成员控制的大型商业集团，并拥有众多子公司。韩国公平交易委员会每年指定需承担披露义务和交叉持股限制的大型商业集团，旨在防止经济权力在如此大型企业中的过度集中，并使相关信息对公众透明。韩国领先的财阀集团，包括三星集团、SK集团、现代汽车公司和LG集团，共同构成了韩国最大的财阀集团。近年来，三星集团在总资产和收入方面一直是韩国最大的财阀。这四家顶级集团占据了韩国股市价值的大部分。