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South Korea cold storage:35 sites, 2.7 million sqm building area.

As of 22 October 2026, Real Assets tracks 35 South Korea cold storage sites, 26 of them placed on a map. Building area is reported for 29 of 35 sites, adding up to 2.7 million sqm. Gyeonggi has the most sites (14, 40% of those tracked).

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Cold storageSouth Korea
35

sites recorded · 21 sourced figures · 10 deals

  • Korea Superfreeze
  • Coupang
  • QUBE Industrial

Where the sites are (positions of up to 250 mapped sites)

35sites tracked
26placed on a map
21sourced figures
2.7 million sqmbuilding area reported

Where the sites are, and who runs them

Gyeonggi leads with 14 sites, and Korea Superfreeze runs the most (4). Top rankings are shown below; unlock the workspace for the full site-by-site table.

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How this data is built

Real Assets reads company pages, filings, news and listings, and records figures with a link to the page that published them.

23 of 35 cold storage sites here have a source link; the rest are listed without one until we find it. Counts are sites we have recorded, not a full census, so they grow as coverage grows. Data updated 22 October 2026.

How our South Korea cold storage figures are sourced

Questions

How many South Korea cold storage sites does Real Assets track?

35 sites as of 22 October 2026, with 26 placed on a map and 21 sourced figures and 10 recorded deals. Coverage: 23 of 35 sites carry a source link and 26 of 35 are on a map. This counts the sites we have recorded, not every cold storage site in South Korea, and it grows as coverage grows.

Which province has the most cold storage sites?

Gyeonggi, with 14 of the 35 sites tracked (40%). Next: Busan (5), Incheon (5), South Gyeongsang (2), North Chungcheong (1). Coverage: counts are sites tracked, not a census; provinces that rank lower are in the workspace.

Are cold storage sites concentrated in a few provinces?

The three provinces with the most sites, Gyeonggi, Busan, Incheon, hold 24 of the 35 sites tracked (69%). Coverage: this is the spread of the sites we track, which may differ from the spread of all cold storage sites in South Korea.

Who has the most cold storage sites in South Korea?

By sites tracked: Korea Superfreeze (4), Coupang (3), QUBE Industrial (2), HL Holdings (2), Borim Logistics (2). This ranks by sites tracked, not by building area, so a ranking by capacity or area can put the same names in a different order. Coverage: the 5 named hold 13 of 35 sites tracked; a site is listed under the operator its source names, and where none is named it is not attributed.

How much building area do these sites hold?

Operating: 2.7 million sqm. No planned figure is reported for this market. Coverage: building area is reported for 29 of 35 sites; a site with no reported figure adds nothing.

How much building area is in Gyeonggi?

In Gyeonggi, building area is 892,043 sqm operating. The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: reported for 12 of 14 sites in Gyeonggi; the rest add nothing.

Which operators have the most cold storage sites in Gyeonggi?

By sites tracked in Gyeonggi: HL Holdings (2), Korea Superfreeze (2), Mapletree Investments (2), QUBE Industrial (1). The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: sites in Gyeonggi whose source names no operator are not attributed to anyone here.

Where are Korea Superfreeze's cold storage sites?

Korea Superfreeze has 4 sites tracked: 3 operating and 1 planned or under construction. Largest provinces: Gyeonggi (2), South Chungcheong (1). The split by site is as of 20 October 2026. Coverage: Korea Superfreeze is the largest operator by sites tracked, and these are the sites we have recorded under its name, not necessarily everything it runs.

How many cold storage deals has Real Assets recorded?

10 deals in South Korea, each with its date and a link to the page that reported it. The full list is in the workspace after sign-in. Coverage: these are deals reported by the pages we read, not every transaction in the market.

Where does the data come from?

Figures link to the page that published them; 23 of 35 sites here carry a source link. Publishers behind this market's data include Cushman & Wakefield, Mingtiandi. How a source line reads, and what is left out, is on the methods page. Coverage: a site without a source link is listed as recorded and its figures are not shown as sourced.

When was this cold storage data last updated?

The public figures on this page are as of 22 October 2026. They change as sites, sources and deals are added. Coverage: this is the date of the latest public export of counts, not of every record in the workspace.

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