The Small Enterprise and Market Service said on April 28 it received the highest rating, “Top,” in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ 2025 public agency shared growth evaluation.
It was the first time SEMAS earned the top grade in the assessment. Over the past five years, its results were: 2020 (Needs Improvement), 2021 (Average), 2022 (Good), 2023 (Excellent) and 2024 (Excellent).
The evaluation reflects public agencies’ shared-growth performance and surveys of how partner small and midsize companies perceive cooperation. Results are divided into five grades: Top, Excellent, Good, Average and Needs Improvement. SEMAS said the rating recognized its sustained, agencywide efforts to grow alongside small businesses and small merchants.
SEMAS received strong marks for pushing institutional changes to make job placement links for closed businesses and career-transition incentive payments tax-exempt, expanding purchases of products made by small and midsize firms to boost public procurement, and diversifying shared sales channels for partner companies.
The agency also said it identified shared-growth tasks tied to its core programs and expanded cooperation initiatives that partner firms and local communities can feel, while working to meet public agencies’ social responsibilities.
SEMAS Chairman In Tae-yeon said, “Earning the top grade reflects the combined efforts of all employees to support the sustainable growth of small and midsize companies and small merchants.”
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