All 19 창조경제혁신센터: Partner, Launch Date and Published Field, from the KISED Dataset
전국 19개 창조경제혁신센터 현황
The complete directory, transcribed from KISED's own dataset rather than assembled from English summaries: every centre's 전담 대기업, 출범일 and 특화분야. SK holds two centres, Incheon holds two partners, and two centres are privately operated — which is the whole of the 17-versus-19 question.
Every row below is transcribed from KISED's published dataset, 데이터 기준일 2026-06-04. None of it is inferred from what a partner company sells, which is how most English descriptions of this network are assembled and why several of them are wrong.
| # | Centre | 전담 대기업 | 출범일 | 특화분야 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 강원 Gangwon (춘천) | 네이버 | 2015-05-11 | 푸드테크, 기후테크 |
| 2 | 경기 Gyeonggi (판교) | KT | 2015-03-30 | AI, 기후테크 |
| 3 | 경남 Gyeongnam (창원) | 두산 | 2015-04-09 | 우주항공, 원전 |
| 4 | 경북 Gyeongbuk (구미) | 삼성 | 2014-12-17 | 소재부품, 미래모빌리티 |
| 5 | 광주 Gwangju | 현대차 | 2015-01-27 | AI·빅데이터, 친환경 모빌리티 |
| 6 | 대구 Daegu | 삼성 | 2014-09-15 | ABB(AI, Bigdata, Blockchain), 로봇 |
| 7 | 대전 Daejeon | SK | 2014-10-10 | 우주, 국방 |
| 8 | 부산 Busan | 롯데 | 2015-03-16 | 스마트해양, 핀테크 |
| 9 | 서울 Seoul (용산) | CJ | 2015-07-17 | D.N.A(Digital, Network, AI), 인구테크 |
| 10 | 세종 Sejong (조치원) | SK | 2015-06-30 | AI·빅데이터, 기능성 바이오 |
| 11 | 울산 Ulsan | 현대중 | 2015-07-15 | 스마트 조선·해양, 친환경 에너지 |
| 12 | 인천 Incheon (송도) | 한진, KT | 2015-07-22 | 바이오·헬스케어, 빅데이터·AI |
| 13 | 전남 Jeonnam (여수) | GS | 2015-06-02 | 석유화학, 조선 및 2차전지 |
| 14 | 전북 Jeonbuk (전주) | 효성 | 2014-11-24 | 기후테크, 핀테크·AI |
| 15 | 제주 Jeju | 카카오 | 2015-06-26 | 우주·항공, 에너지 |
| 16 | 충남 Chungnam (아산) | 한화 | 2015-05-22 | 제조융합(모빌리티, 반도체, 디스플레이), 기후테크 |
| 17 | 충북 Chungbuk (오송) | LG | 2015-02-04 | 바이오, 이차전지 |
| 18 | 포항 Pohang (민간) | 포스코 | 2015-01-30 | 전력, 에너지신산업 |
| 19 | 빛가람 Bitgaram / 나주 (민간) | 한전 | 2017-02-08 | 에너지, 환경, 소재, ICT, 바이오 |
The three structural facts worth knowing
SK is the only company with two centres, Daejeon and Sejong. Incheon is the only centre with two partners, 한진 and KT. And two rows carry 민간.
Those three exceptions account for most of the confusion in circulation. The 17-versus-19 question has its own treatment in our post on what the centres are and who runs them; this page is the directory.
How to use the table
Read down the 특화분야 column, not the partner column. The partner tells you whose name is on the letterhead; the field tells you what the centre is designated to back.
Several fields appear at exactly one centre — 인구테크 at Seoul, 푸드테크 at Gangwon, 기능성 바이오 at Sejong. A single-door field is the strongest position an applicant can be in.
Frequently asked questions
- Are there 17 CCEIs or 19?
- Both numbers are correct and they count different things. Seventeen centres are government-designated, one per 시·도. Two more — 포항 and 빛가람 — are marked 민간, privately operated, in KISED's own dataset. KISED's contact page says 전국 19개.
- Does any company run more than one centre?
- SK does, and only SK: Daejeon and Sejong. Samsung appears twice as 삼성 for Daegu and Gyeongbuk in the same dataset column, and Hanwha appears once, for Chungnam.
- Does any centre have more than one partner?
- Incheon, and only Incheon: 한진 and KT. Every other row names a single company.
- Which centre opened first?
- Daegu, on 2014-09-15. Then Daejeon (2014-10-10) and Jeonbuk (2014-11-24). The newest is Bitgaram, on 2017-02-08, two years after the rest.
- How do applications work across the network?
- Calls run 연중수시 — rolling through the year — rather than through a single annual window, and each 모집공고 carries its own eligibility line and deadline.
- Why do English descriptions of these centres disagree with this table?
- Because most infer a centre's focus from its partner company's business. That inference is wrong for at least Gangwon, Jeonbuk, Jeju, Busan and Sejong, and it is the reason this page quotes the dataset instead.
Sources
- 창업진흥원_창조경제혁신센터 데이터 현황_20260604 — KISED's centre dataset: 전담 대기업, 출범일, 지역, 주소 and 특화분야 for all 19 centres — read 2026-09-01
- CCEI unified portal — centre directory and notices — read 2026-09-01
- KISED, 창업 인프라 — states 전국 19개 창조경제혁신센터 and the centre contact directory — read 2026-09-01
Everything above is the rule as published. See how it applies to your case.