A unicorn company is a privately owned company valued at one billion US dollars or more. From 2020 to 2023, the figures also include unicorn companies, which the South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups separately recorded.
In 2023, South Korea had ** unicorn companies, one more than the previous year. The number of unicorns has been steadily increasing over the past seven years.
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