South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market

South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Size Report – In a Glance

As per the survey report on South Korea e-commerce logistics market, the market is expected to foresee a CAGR value of 8.7% during 2025-2035, and further generate a market size of USD 33.5 billion by the end of 2035. In 2025, the market size was value at USD 16.3 billion revenue.

• The South Korea e-commerce logistics market’s growth is driven by rising demand for automation in delivery systems.
• KDMI analyst’s growth analysis foresees expansion of online shopping as the growth drivers for South Korea e-commerce logistics market.

South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Analysis

E-commerce logistics refers to movement of goods from online retail to consumer, and it involves all activities from manufacturing to selling of products. E-commerce logistics is a process that includes warehousing, inventory management, shipping, and returns, acting as a supply chain for online businesses by ensuring smooth and timely delivery of goods. E-commerce logistics offers enhance consumer satisfaction, cost reduction, scalability, and much more to online businesses. The South Korea e-commerce logistics market growth is driven by automation, green logistics, and advancement in delivery system. The shifting preference for sustainable system is leading the market. The study report shows, South Korea is expected to witness a growth of 9% over the period of 2025, and gaining the market attraction by integrating smart, innovative systems in ensuring timely delivery and improving consumer experience. DHL Group logistics, FedEx Logistics, and CJ Logistics are some of the significant participants in the South Korea e-commerce logistics market.

South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Growth Drivers and Restraints

Growth Drivers

• Expansion of Online Shopping and rising consumer demand for fast and convenient delivery services – The South Korea e-commerce logistics market growth is driven by rapid expansion of online shopping and growing consumer demand for fast delivery services. As the South Korea is one of the top markets for high usage of internet services and highest demand for smart devices like smartphones, this leads to higher demand for online shopping and efficient delivery services. The expansion of e-commerce market in the country is leading to the potential demand for productive logistic services like same-day delivery, advanced warehousing, and connectivity to remote areas. The increasing advancement in research and development of e-commerce infrastructure has led the overall market to grow significantly and offer exclusive services to consumers.
• Technological advancement and smart logistic solutions – South Korea’s well-developed infrastructure and focus on building smart logistics infrastructure to support efficient delivery of products. The advancement in logistics system enhances efficiency by adopting robotics technology, drones, real-time tracking systems, and big data analytics that help the supply chain management to work productively and effectively by ensuring timely delivery services. Also, the trend of cross-border e-commerce and growing demand for various K-products in the World is driving the market growth.

Restraints

• High operational costs and intense competition – The advancement in logistics system has led to the increased demand for fast deliveries which puts pressure on logistics companies to highly invest in automation, remote areas connectivity, and other services, which is an expensive process for small and medium-sized companies. Also, the increasing competition in the market from various logistic companies led to challenging situation for new entrants to grow and expand their business significantly. E-commerce logistic market is highly competitive in nature that impacts profit margin of companies, limiting the market growth.

South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Segmentation

Our experts at KD Market Insights have segmented the South Korea e-commerce logistics market research report as:

Analyst’s Observation on South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Recent Developments

Over the years, the experts at KD Market Insights have been observing the recent developments associated with South Korea e-commerce logistics market trends. Our expert’s market forecast analysis has recorded the market players adopting plentiful of key strategies including new product launches, mergers & acquisitions, and collaborations.

JD.com announced that JD Korea is all set to open its own logistics centers in Incheon and Icheon and will begin delivery services soon. JD Korea is the logistics company under China’s largest e-commerce corporation – JD.com. The newly opened logistics centers are facilitated with automated packaging machine and wrapping machines.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners has acquired a prime last-mile logistics portfolio in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. This portfolio has two major logistic centers in Gimpo and Namyangju to serve e-commerce and logistic companies.

South Korea E-commerce Logistics Market Competitive Landscape

Some of the significant participants who top the South Korea e-commerce logistics market share:

• DHL Group Logistics
• FedEx Logistics
• CJ Logistics
• SF Express
• Pantos Logistics
• Logos Global
• DB Schenker
• Lotte Global Logistics
• Yusen Logistics
• Sunjin Logistics