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Beer in South Korea

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  • 30 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: South Korea
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 2775908
In 2024, total volume sales of beer in South Korea saw a solid increase, with a better performance than in the previous year. In 2022 and 2023, off-trade sales declined and on-trade sales increased, in a post-pandemic correction as consumers returned to drinking outside the home. However, in 2024 this trend stabilised, with off-trade and on-trade sales seeing similar growth rates.

The Beer in South Korea report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2020-2024), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Dark Beer, Lager, Non/Low Alcohol Beer, Stout.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Beer market
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Domestic lager benefits from recent launches and changing habits
  • Lotte Chilsung Beverages sees exceptional growth
  • Convenience retailers continues its rising share of sales of beer
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Decline expected to be driven by health and economic factors
  • The falling share of on-trade sales likely to impact companies
  • Health likely to be a major theme in innovations moving forward
CATEGORY BACKGROUND
  • Lager price band methodology
  • Summary 1 Lager by Price Band 2024
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Beer by Category: Total Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Beer by Category: Total Value 2019-2024
  • Table 3 Sales of Beer by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 4 Sales of Beer by Category: % Total Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 5 Sales of Beer by Off-trade vs On-trade: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 6 Sales of Beer by Off-trade vs On-trade: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 7 Sales of Beer by Off-trade vs On-trade: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 8 Sales of Beer by Off-trade vs On-trade: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 9 Sales of Beer by Craft vs Standard 2019-2024
  • Table 10 GBO Company Shares of Beer: % Total Volume 2020-2024
  • Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Beer: % Total Volume 2020-2024
  • Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Beer: % Total Volume 2021-2024
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Beer by Category: Total Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Beer by Category: Total Value 2024-2029
  • Table 15 Forecast Sales of Beer by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 16 Forecast Sales of Beer by Category: % Total Value Growth 2024-2029
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN SOUTH KOREA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Alcoholic drinks in 2024: The big picture
  • 2024 key trends
  • Competitive landscape
  • Retail developments
  • On-trade vs off-trade split
  • What next for alcoholic drinks?
MARKET BACKGROUND
  • Legislation
  • Legal purchasing age and legal drinking age
  • Drink-driving
  • Advertising
  • Smoking ban
  • Opening hours
  • On-trade establishments
TAXATION AND DUTY LEVIES
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
  • Contraband/parallel trade
  • Duty free
  • Cross-border/private imports
KEY NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES
  • Outlook
MARKET INDICATORS
  • Table 17 Retail Consumer Expenditure on Alcoholic Drinks 2019-2024
MARKET DATA
  • Table 18 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 19 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: Total Value 2019-2024
  • Table 20 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 21 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: % Total Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 22 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category by Off-trade vs On-trade: Value 2024
  • Table 23 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category by Off-trade vs On-trade: % Volume 2024
  • Table 24 Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category by Off-trade vs On-trade: % Value 2024
  • Table 25 GBO Company Shares of Alcoholic Drinks: % Total Volume 2020-2024
  • Table 26 Distribution of Alcoholic Drinks by Format: % Off-trade Value 2019-2024
  • Table 27 Distribution of Alcoholic Drinks by Format and by Category: % Off-trade Volume 2024
  • Table 28 Forecast Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 29 Forecast Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: Total Value 2024-2029
  • Table 30 Forecast Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 31 Forecast Sales of Alcoholic Drinks by Category: % Total Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 2 Research Sources