Yeongdeungpo-gu Supports Participation Opportunities for Small Business and SME Expo

Applications open until February 20: Recruiting 12 companies to participate in domestic and overseas exhibitions this year
Up to 2.5 million KRW for domestic, up to 5 million KRW for overseas support
From startup to growth... Strengthening tailored support for companies

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it is recruiting ‘domestic and overseas exhibition participating companies’ to help local small business owners and SMEs develop sales channels.

This project supports booth rental fees for companies participating in domestic and overseas exhibitions, helping local small business owners and SMEs widely promote their products and services, and expand exchanges with domestic and international buyers and companies.

Support is provided up to 2.5 million KRW domestically and up to 5 million KRW overseas, recruiting 12 small business owners and SMEs with headquarters or factories located in Yeongdeungpo-gu.

Applications are accepted until February 20, and applicants can visit the Job and Economy Division’s Commerce Support Team at the district office. The selection results will be individually notified in early April.

Required documents include ▲participation plan ▲business registration certificate ▲financial statement certificate, which can be downloaded from the district office website’s ‘Notices’ or ‘Our District News’ bulletin board.

The district is also recruiting new resident companies for the ‘SME Startup Support Center’ located in Mullae-dong to help SMEs grow stably. Companies can receive office space at a low cost and use auxiliary facilities such as meeting rooms and seminar rooms free of charge for up to four years. The recruitment scale is 10 rooms, and the application period is until February 19.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “I hope this will be a good opportunity for small business owners and SMEs to strengthen their competitiveness and enter wider markets,” adding, “We will continue to prepare various support policies to revitalize the local economy.”

Mapo-gu, 2025 Business Survey

From February 7, targeting about 63,000 places, used as basic data for policy making and academic research

From 2025, ‘unmanned store’ survey included, utilized for safety measures

Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) will conduct the ‘2025 Business Survey (based on 2024)’ from February 7 to March 4.

The purpose of this survey is to understand the size and distribution of businesses by region nationwide, and to use the data for government policy making and evaluation, corporate management planning, and academic research.

The survey is led by Statistics Korea and conducted by Mapo-gu.

The survey targets all businesses engaged in industrial activities within Mapo-gu, totaling about 63,000 places.

The survey method involves business surveyors visiting sites and conducting face-to-face interviews. When businesses are busy with operations, telephone or internet surveys and distribution surveys?where questionnaires are left for businesses to fill out and later collected?are also conducted concurrently.

The survey items include ① business name ② business representative ③ location ④ establishment date ⑤ business registration number ⑥ organizational form ⑦ type of business ⑧ number of employees ⑨ annual sales amount, totaling nine items. The collected data is used solely for statistical purposes.

The 2025 survey newly includes a survey targeting unmanned stores. The survey data will be provided to police and fire authorities to establish safety measures for unmanned stores.

To ensure accurate survey execution, Mapo-gu selected and trained 102 survey and management personnel from residents in January.

The survey results will be posted on the National Statistical Portal (KOSIS) in December.

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “The ‘business survey,’ which collects basic data for national and local administration, is very important, so we ask for active cooperation to ensure smooth surveying,” adding, “We will actively utilize the published data in district administration to revitalize Mapo’s economy.”