# South Korea Korea: Commercial / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Commercial / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS) was 3,661.0 units in September 2026, up 6.3% from August 2026 and down 28.0% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2,989.0 units (Jan 2025) to 8,011.0 units (May 2022), averaging 5,278.3 units.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABB-2`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: units
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-commercial-number-of-buildings-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 3,661.0 units |
| August 2026 | 3,444.0 units |
| July 2026 | 4,124.0 units |
| June 2026 | 4,185.0 units |
| May 2026 | 3,638.0 units |
| April 2026 | 4,809.0 units |
| March 2026 | 4,495.0 units |
| February 2026 | 3,118.0 units |
| January 2026 | 3,736.0 units |
| December 2025 | 4,340.0 units |
| November 2025 | 3,953.0 units |
| October 2025 | 3,464.0 units |
| September 2025 | 5,087.0 units |
| August 2025 | 3,917.0 units |
| July 2025 | 4,347.0 units |
| June 2025 | 4,014.0 units |
| May 2025 | 4,336.0 units |
| April 2025 | 4,724.0 units |
| March 2025 | 4,482.0 units |
| February 2025 | 3,573.0 units |
| January 2025 | 2,989.0 units |
| December 2024 | 4,549.0 units |
| November 2024 | 4,560.0 units |
| October 2024 | 4,389.0 units |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABB-2"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABB-2",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```