# South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade, accommodation and food services (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade, accommodation and food services (BOK ECOS) was up 1.4% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 3.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 57,708 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.7% (Q4 2023) to 7.7% (Q3 2022), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1106`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-wholesale-and-retail-trade-accommodation-and-food-services-bok

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 57,708 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q2 2026 | 57,958 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 57,647 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 56,942 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 56,888 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 55,835 ₩ billion | −0.04 |
| Q1 2025 | 55,379 ₩ billion | −1.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 55,210 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 54,941 ₩ billion | −1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 55,856 ₩ billion | −0.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 56,317 ₩ billion | −2.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 55,731 ₩ billion | −6.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 55,728 ₩ billion | −5.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 56,096 ₩ billion | −3.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 57,760 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 59,742 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 58,943 ₩ billion | 7.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 58,041 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 55,247 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 57,496 ₩ billion | 7.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 54,730 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 54,510 ₩ billion | 2.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 52,959 ₩ billion | −2.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 53,613 ₩ billion | −5.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1106"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1106",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```