SEOUL COMMERCIAL AREA

동대문문구완구거리(동대문문구완구시장) 전통시장

종로구창신1동· Area 38,586 m² · Area code 3130018 · 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)₩29,380.1M▼ -7.7% YoY
Stores41▼ -8.9% YoY
Sales per store₩716.6M▲ +1.3% YoY

Reading this area Estimated sales fell 7.7% from a year earlier and stores fell 8.9%. Sales per store are about the same at +1.3%. (descriptive pattern: Shrinking)

Market change how size and per-store sales moved
Change 2021 Q1 → 2025 Q4
Estimated sales▼ -13.1%
Stores▼ -26.8%
Sales per store▲ +18.7%
Market size
Estimated sales (quarter)
₩29,380.1M
vs 2024Q4
-7.7%
Estimated transactions
1,191,200
Per-store economics
Estimated sales per store
₩716.6M
vs a year ago
+1.3%
Per transaction
₩25K
Quarter-by-quarter series (20 quarters)

Full series 2021 Q1 → 2025 Q4 · 20 quarters

Estimated sales (quarter)₩19,523.7M – ₩50,187.6M
20212022202320242025
₩33,814M₩29,380.1M
Stores41 – 56
20212022202320242025
5641
Sales per store₩464.9M – ₩946.9M
20212022202320242025
₩603.8M₩716.6M
Openings0 – 3
20212022202320242025
00
Closings0 – 4
20212022202320242025
01
Franchise share0% – 0%
20212022202320242025
0%0%

⚠ 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 -7.7%, stores YoY -8.9%.

Competition change stores, openings, closings, franchise
Competition
Stores
41
vs a year ago
-8.9%
Franchise share
0% (0/41)
Movement
Openings (rate)
0 (0%)
Closings (rate)
1 (2%)
Net store change
−1
Estimated sales 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
₩32,975.5M₩29,380.1M
Stores 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
4541
Sales per store 2024 Q1 → 2025 Q4
₩732.8M₩716.6M

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

Customers when and who (share of estimated sales)
Time of day
  • 00–060%
  • 06–119%
  • 11–1438%
  • 14–1741%
  • 17–2112%
  • 21–240%
Age
  • 10s1%
  • 20s5%
  • 30s22%
  • 40s26%
  • 50s29%
  • 60+17%
Weekday / weekend
  • Weekday71%
  • Weekend29%
Day of week
  • Mon11%
  • Tue12%
  • Wed15%
  • Thu19%
  • Fri13%
  • Sat19%
  • Sun10%
Gender
  • Male37%
  • Female63%

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₩29,380.1M-7.7%41-8.9%₩716.6M+1.3%010%Shrinking
2025Q3₩19,523.7M-19.2%42-6.7%₩464.9M-13.5%010%Shrinking
2025Q2₩28,221.1M+14.6%43-4.4%₩656.3M+19.9%100%Mixed
2025Q1₩22,941.1M-30.4%42-6.7%₩546.2M-25.5%020%Shrinking
2024Q4₩31,818.9M-6.7%45-4.3%₩707.1M-2.5%110%Shrinking
2024Q3₩24,174.2M-14.3%45-8.2%₩537.2M-6.7%000%Shrinking
2024Q2₩24,630.2M-25.9%45-15.1%₩547.3M-12.7%330%Shrinking
2024Q1₩32,975.5M+4.7%45-16.7%₩732.8M+25.7%020%Mixed
2023Q4₩34,100.2M-32.1%47-11.3%₩725.5M-23.4%020%Shrinking
2023Q3₩28,207.2M-18.3%49-5.8%₩575.7M-13.3%040%Shrinking
2023Q2₩33,235.8M-24.4%53+1.9%₩627.1M-25.8%120%Mixed
2023Q1₩31,481.2M-11.1%54+1.9%₩583M-12.8%100%Mixed
2022Q4₩50,187.6M+26.6%530.0%₩946.9M+26.6%100%Growing
2022Q3₩34,512.4M+39.2%52-1.9%₩663.7M+41.9%000%Growing
2022Q2₩43,953.2M+34.4%52-5.5%₩845.3M+42.1%010%Mixed
2022Q1₩35,425.3M+4.8%53-5.4%₩668.4M+10.7%000%Mixed
2021Q4₩39,646.8M53₩748.1M000%
2021Q3₩24,789.5M53₩467.7M020%
2021Q2₩32,710.7M55₩594.7M120%
2021Q1₩33,814M56₩603.8M000%
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.