SEOUL COMMERCIAL AREA

종로3가역 발달상권

종로구종로1·2·3·4가동· Area 401,520 m² · Area code 3120009 · Boundary 2023-10 (2023-10-20)

Quarterly statistics by industry that the Seoul commercial analysis service aggregates for this area. Top to bottom: three figures → reading → market change → competition change → customers → detailed data → sources and caveats.

Listed by the newest quarter's store count; not a rating or ranking.

문구 2025 Q4 · Seoul data

Estimated sales (quarter)₩443.9M▼ -31.8% YoY
Stores24▲ +4.3% YoY
Sales per store₩18.5M▼ -34.7% YoY

Reading this area Stores rose 4.3% from a year earlier while estimated sales stayed about the same (-31.8%), so sales per store fell 34.7%. (descriptive pattern: Possible crowding)

Market change how size and per-store sales moved
Change 2021 Q1 → 2025 Q4
Estimated sales▼ -53.1%
Stores▲ +4.3%
Sales per store▼ -55.0%
Market size
Estimated sales (quarter)
₩443.9M
vs 2024Q4
-31.8%
Estimated transactions
12,989
Per-store economics
Estimated sales per store
₩18.5M
vs a year ago
-34.7%
Per transaction
₩34K
Quarter-by-quarter series (20 quarters)

Full series 2021 Q1 → 2025 Q4 · 20 quarters

Estimated sales (quarter)₩443.9M – ₩1,250.6M
20212022202320242025
₩946M₩443.9M
Stores22 – 24
20212022202320242025
2324
Sales per store₩18.5M – ₩56.8M
20212022202320242025
₩41.1M₩18.5M
Openings0 – 1
20212022202320242025
00
Closings0 – 1
20212022202320242025
10
Franchise share8% – 18%
20212022202320242025
17%8%

⚠ Dashed vertical line: the 2024 change of the city’s spatial unit. Keep it in mind when reading across it.

Lines join the values as recorded; a quarter without data breaks the line. Each chart is scaled to its own range. Latest sales YoY -31.8%, stores YoY +4.3%.

Competition change stores, openings, closings, franchise
Competition
Stores
24
vs a year ago
+4.3%
Franchise share
8% (2/24)
Movement
Openings (rate)
0 (0%)
Closings (rate)
0 (0%)
Net store change
±0
Estimated sales 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
₩591.5M₩443.9M
Stores 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
2324
Sales per store 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
₩25.7M₩18.5M

⚠ Vertical line: the 2024 change of the city's spatial unit

Customers when and who (share of estimated sales)
Time of day
  • 00–060%
  • 06–1117%
  • 11–1430%
  • 14–1746%
  • 17–217%
  • 21–240%
Age
  • 10s1%
  • 20s4%
  • 30s6%
  • 40s13%
  • 50s29%
  • 60+47%
Weekday / weekend
  • Weekday96%
  • Weekend4%
Day of week
  • Mon27%
  • Tue19%
  • Wed18%
  • Thu17%
  • Fri16%
  • Sat4%
  • Sun0%
Gender
  • Male73%
  • Female27%

Each split's share of estimated sales in 2025 Q4.

Detailed data every quarter, raw and derived
All quarters (20, from 2021 Q1)
QuarterEst. salesYoYStoresYoYPer storeYoYOpenCloseFranchisePattern
2025Q4₩443.9M-31.8%24+4.3%₩18.5M-34.7%008%Possible crowding
2025Q3₩497.7M-29.0%24+4.3%₩20.7M-32.0%118%Possible crowding
2025Q2₩661.9M+3.5%24+4.3%₩27.6M-0.8%018%Mixed
2025Q1₩577.9M-2.3%24+4.3%₩24.1M-6.4%1013%Possible crowding
2024Q4₩651.2M+15.2%230.0%₩28.3M+15.2%0013%Growing
2024Q3₩701.4M+22.1%230.0%₩30.5M+22.1%0013%Growing
2024Q2₩639.4M+8.8%230.0%₩27.8M+8.8%0013%Growing
2024Q1₩591.5M+6.1%230.0%₩25.7M+6.1%0013%Growing
2023Q4₩565.1M-15.6%230.0%₩24.6M-15.6%0013%Mixed
2023Q3₩574.5M+2.3%230.0%₩25M+2.3%0013%Mixed
2023Q2₩587.5M+5.3%230.0%₩25.5M+5.3%0013%Growing
2023Q1₩557.3M+13.9%23+4.5%₩24.2M+8.9%0013%Growing
2022Q4₩669.5M-46.5%23+4.5%₩29.1M-48.8%0013%Possible crowding
2022Q3₩561.6M-39.8%230.0%₩24.4M-39.8%0013%Mixed
2022Q2₩557.9M-48.3%230.0%₩24.3M-48.3%1013%Mixed
2022Q1₩489.4M-48.3%22-4.3%₩22.2M-45.9%0114%Shrinking
2021Q4₩1,250.6M22₩56.8M0118%
2021Q3₩933.7M23₩40.6M0017%
2021Q2₩1,080M23₩47M0017%
2021Q1₩946M23₩41.1M0117%
Sources and caveats

Seoul commercial-area boundaries (상권 영역) 2023-10-20·Seoul commercial-area store statistics (점포-상권) 2025-12-31·Seoul commercial-area estimated sales (추정매출-상권) 2025-12-31

Source: Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Credit Guarantee Foundation, Seoul Commercial Analysis Service (KOGL type 1, attribution). NumLM Biz processes and analyses the original data.

Meaning & limits

Quarterly sales the city estimates from card data and area-level store statistics. Not actual takings, not the state of any shop, and a different count from the shops inside the radius. Industries are matched approximately to this site's types. The pattern names the direction of sales, stores and sales per store against a year earlier; it is not a score or a recommendation, and the same pattern can be read as opportunity or risk. Arrows show direction only, not good or bad.

⚠ Boundaries come from the 2023-10 file; in 2024 the Seoul service changed its spatial unit. The area codes are the same set in every year 2021–2025 here, but keep the change in mind when reading long series; the vertical line in the charts marks it.