Unit: store
Restaurants Eating
houses
Other restaurants
Inns Lease of
a seat
Others hotels
Total Restaurants Hotels Lease of
a seat
1910 1,104 20,761 1,168 8,680 260 558 32,530 1,104 608 -
1911 1,026 25,036 901 14,183 311 518 41,974 1,026 993 -
1912 1,444 29,916 972 15,678 316 712 49,037 1,444 1,097 - 1913 1,378 31,442 1,044 13,905 329 1,046 49,142 1,378 973 -
1914 1,229 30,647 987 14,431 327 1,026 48,646 1,229 1,010 - 1915 1,330 36,404 947 15,898 384 780 55,742 1,330 1,113 - 1916 1,167 34,052 911 16,092 494 663 53,378 1,167 1,126 - 1917 1,146 35,956 896 15,821 489 694 55,000 1,146 1,107 - 1918 1,056 35,442 881 16,319 484 627 54,807 1,056 1,142 - 1919 1,110 35,253 1,076 16,211 510 591 54,748 1,110 1,135 - 1920 1,076 36,257 727 13,822 527 584 52,992 1,076 968 -
1921 1,357 36,868 1,110 16,824 525 615 57,298 1,357 1,178 - 1922 1,318 34,050 643 16,953 489 677 54,128 1,318 1,187 - 1923 1,300 33,108 577 17,683 488 638 53,793 1,300 1,238 - 1924 1,283 32,166 511 18,226 488 599 53,272 1,283 1,276 - 1925 1,342 32,126 475 18,111 477 606 53,136 1,342 1,268 - 1926 1,435 31,459 881 17,407 465 548 52,193 1,435 1,218 - 1927 1,442 29,145 1,106 17,809 434 612 50,546 1,442 1,247 - 1928 1,710 28,734 711 17,449 423 698 49,725 1,710 1,221 - 1929 1,458 25,049 636 17,638 443 694 45,917 1,471 1,435 1
1930 1,387 27,658 973 16,941 408 695 48,060 1,525 1,537 4
1931 1,348 25,915 786 16,600 410 787 45,845 1,286 967 3
1932 1,307 24,448 721 16,436 386 841 44,138 1,400 942 2
1933 1,374 23,869 3,294 16,410 369 918 46,233 1,495 930 2
1934 1,362 23,697 4,090 15,772 369 944 46,234 1,651 981 2
1935 1,413 23,508 4,076 15,279 353 933 45,561 1,753 1,046 2
1936 1,409 22,556 4,369 14,194 354 943 43,824 1,940 1,197 3
1937 1,337 21,759 4,425 13,677 354 949 42,500 2,115 1,402 5
1938 1,279 20,597 4,413 13,101 351 984 40,723 2,149 1,624 5
1939 1,256 20,151 4,303 12,766 388 995 39,857 2,315 1,926 8
1940 1,217 19,298 4,087 12,042 357 905 37,904 2,406 2,319 8
1941 1,160 19,225 3,671 12,077 350 927 37,409 2,429 2,876 11
1942 1,113 19,070 3,067 11,512 344 1,050 36,154 2,270 3,550 12 Note : ' - ' indicates the value is zero.
1) The number of shops calculated in terms of average scale shop is calculated by (Japanese shop + foreign shop + Korean shop * 0.5).
2) The number of shops paying a business tax before 1928 is the estimated number.
Source : Nak Nyeon Kim, ed. 2006. Economic Growth in Korea 1910-1945. Seoul National University Press. pp. 456.
Number of Restaurants and Hotels, 1910-1942
Number of shops by category1) Number of store paying business tax2)
