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The number of employees who are the first choice for youth entrepreneurship in coffee shops has increased by nearly 20% in a year.

Published: 2026-05-14 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/05/14, Following Cafe Review (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that although coffee is imported from the beautiful cafe, South Korea's love of coffee is by no means lagging behind. Not only drink coffee frequently, Korean youth also regard coffee shop as the first to start a business.

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Although coffee is imported, Korean people's love of coffee is not backward at all. Not only drink coffee frequently, Korean youth also take the coffee shop as the first choice for starting a business.

According to the statistics of 40 closely related industries released by South Korea's National tax Agency on the 11th, by the end of April this year, the total number of employees in South Korean coffee shops reached 39856, an increase of 19.2% over the same period last year. The average increase of employees in 40 industries is 3.3%, and the increase of employees in coffee shops is nearly 6 times the average.

According to the "Asian economy" analysis, the growth of coffee shop employees is mainly due to the continuous growth of coffee consumption in South Korea and the relatively low investment cost of coffee shops, which has become the first choice for a large number of young people to start businesses.

In May this year, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Animal products and Food Circulation Co., Ltd. released a report saying that South Korean adults consumed 377 cups of coffee per capita last year, and that coffee market sales exceeded 6.4 trillion won (about 39.2 billion yuan).

In addition to coffee shops, the number of people engaged in the beauty industry also increased by 18.7% compared with the same period last year. Employees in industries such as communication equipment stores (12.2%), convenience stores (10.8%), gyms (9.4%), real estate agents (8.7%) and interior decoration agencies (8.5%) also showed a significant increase.

In contrast, the number of people working in the catering industry fell from a year earlier to 54990 from 58537 a year ago, a decrease of 6.1 per cent. The number of employees in stationery stores (- 5.9%), bathrooms (- 2.8%), hair salons (- 2.6%) and clothing stores (- 2.4%) also decreased to varying degrees.

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