Domestic operating businesses are approaching nearly 10 million…real estate rental business takes the top spot with 2.43 million.

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, ‘As of the end of last year, the number of domestic businesses operating had reached close to 10 million.’,
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, “According to the ‘2023 Business Registration and Value-Added Tax Filing Status’ released by the National Tax Service, the number of ‘active businesses’ operating as of the end of last year was calculated to be 9.95 million.”,
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, ‘This is an increase of 273,000 (2.8%) compared to the 9.677 million businesses in the previous year.’,
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, ‘Among all businesses, individual business owners accounted for 8.648 million (86.9%), while corporate businesses accounted for 1.302 million (13.1%).’,
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, ‘By industry, real estate leasing had the highest number of businesses at 2.431 million, followed by retail with 1.463 million, and restaurants with 820,000.’,
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, ‘The number of new businesses established last year was 1.276 million, a decrease of 76,000 compared to the previous year, with the largest number of new business owners being in their 40s at 334,000.’,
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, ‘As of the end of last year, the number of female business owners had surpassed 4 million for the first time, reaching 4.018 million.’,
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