What is the 'Average' Delivery Fee for Dining Out? 47.3% Pay 'Around 3,000 Won'

The delivery fee per order for dining out was found to be mostly in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 won.

According to the "Dining Out Delivery Fee Index Results" announced by Statistics Korea on the 29th, delivery fees range from free per order up to a maximum of 7,000 won, with 3,000 won (32.1%) being the most common.

As major delivery app companies introduce measures to reduce delivery fees and the number of users begins to increase, a motorcycle delivery worker is making deliveries early in the morning on the 8th in downtown Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

By range, the '2,000 won to 3,000 won' bracket accounts for 78.2%, with the 3,000 won range making up 47.3%.

The '2,000 won to 3,000 won' range accounts for 78.2%, with the 3,000 won range making up 47.3%.

The highest delivery fees by industry are 7,000 won for foreign cuisine, 6,200 won for Korean cuisine, 5,000 won for simple foods such as pizza, hamburgers, and chicken, and 4,500 won for coffee and beverages, with 3,000 won being the most common fee across all industries. Most industries have delivery fees in the 2,000 won and 3,000 won ranges, with simple foods showing a particularly high rate of 59.5% in the 3,000 won range.

The industry with the highest delivery fee proportion is simple foods such as chicken, accounting for 48.8%, the highest among all. This is followed by foreign cuisine at 22.6%, Korean cuisine at 11.6%, and coffee and beverages at 7.0%.