# South Korea Korea: Small & Medium Enterprises / Business Condition BSI (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Small & Medium Enterprises / Business Condition BSI (BOK ECOS) was 74.00 in October 2026, up 10.4% from September 2026 and up 21.3% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since May 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 41.00 (May 2020) to 88.00 (Jun 2021), averaging 67.76.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.BIZCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-X6000-AA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (130 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-small-and-medium-enterprises-business-condition-bsi-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 74.00 |
| September 2026 | 67.00 |
| August 2026 | 72.00 |
| July 2026 | 72.00 |
| June 2026 | 66.00 |
| May 2026 | 69.00 |
| April 2026 | 64.00 |
| March 2026 | 61.00 |
| February 2026 | 61.00 |
| January 2026 | 59.00 |
| December 2025 | 60.00 |
| November 2025 | 60.00 |
| October 2025 | 61.00 |
| September 2025 | 63.00 |
| August 2025 | 62.00 |
| July 2025 | 60.00 |
| June 2025 | 65.00 |
| May 2025 | 67.00 |
| April 2025 | 59.00 |
| March 2025 | 59.00 |
| February 2025 | 54.00 |
| January 2025 | 54.00 |
| December 2024 | 56.00 |
| November 2024 | 64.00 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BIZCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-X6000-AA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BIZCONF.M.NSA.ITEM-X6000-AA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```