The South Korean Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act prohibits circular shareholding of business groups with total assets of ten trillion South Korean won or more. According to the law, a member company of a business group subject to limitations on circular shareholding "shall neither acquire nor hold shares of any affiliate that, in turn, acquires or holds shares of that member company."
The threshold for the total assets of business groups subject to this regulation was increased from five to ten trillion South Korean won in September 2016.
Since 2016, public companies have been excluded.
1,000 South Korean won equals 0.73 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of June 2025.Ìý
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Total assets of conglomerates subject to cross-shareholding ban South Korea 2017-2025
As of May 2025, the total assets of business groups in South Korea subject to cross-shareholding restrictions amounted to about trillion South Korean won. This was an increase compared with the previous year. The ban on cross-shareholdings aims, among other things, to prevent the excessive concentration of economic power of large corporate groups and conglomerates, also known as chaebols.Ìý
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Statistics Korea. (May 1, 2025). Total assets of large business groups subject to limitations on cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in trillion South Korean won) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/
Statistics Korea. "Total assets of large business groups subject to limitations on cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in trillion South Korean won)." Chart. May 1, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/
Statistics Korea. (2025). Total assets of large business groups subject to limitations on cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in trillion South Korean won). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/
Statistics Korea. "Total Assets of Large Business Groups Subject to Limitations on Cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in Trillion South Korean Won)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 1 May 2025, /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/
Statistics Korea, Total assets of large business groups subject to limitations on cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in trillion South Korean won) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/ (last visited August 03, 2026)
Total assets of large business groups subject to limitations on cross-shareholding in South Korea from 2017 to May 2025 (in trillion South Korean won) [Graph], Statistics Korea, May 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1312984/south-korea-total-assets-of-conglomerates-under-cross-shareholding-regulations/
