Accesserty Data Note
Analyzing South Korea’s Web Accessibility Certification Records
This Data Note analyzes source distribution, service areas, domain overlap, and record granularity in Accesserty’s published South Korea accessibility certification records.
Citation details
- Published
- Updated
- Source snapshot date
Accesserty, “Analyzing South Korea’s Web Accessibility Certification Records,” source snapshot date 2026-08-22, published 2026-08-22, https://accesserty.com/en/public-data/notes/south-korea-accessibility-certification-records/.
Summary
Accesserty currently publishes 3,390 active certification-like records for South Korea from two sources: WA Web Accessibility Certification Mark and WebWatch Web Accessibility Quality Certification.
This note does not treat the records as a ranking or as proof of whole-site user experience. It asks where the records appear by service area, whether the two sources duplicate each other, and whether a record is closer to an organization, a domain, or a specific web service.
Key figures
- Published Korea records
- 3,390
- Sources
- 2
- WA and WebWatch
- Unique domains
- 2,811
- Overlapping domains
- 29
- present in both sources
Data tables
Source distribution
The two sources are similar in size, but unique-domain counts and later classifications show that they are not simple duplicates of the same list.
| Source | Records | Share | Unique domains |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA Web Accessibility Certification Mark | 1,739 | 51.3% | 1,450 |
| WebWatch Web Accessibility Quality Certification | 1,651 | 48.7% | 1,390 |
Service area classification
The classification uses site names, organization names, domains, and URLs. It is an analysis-layer field, not an original source field.
| Service area | Records | Share | WA | WebWatch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central / local government | 817 | 24.1% | 475 | 342 |
| Public institution / nonprofit | 531 | 15.7% | 254 | 277 |
| Finance / insurance | 481 | 14.2% | 262 | 219 |
| Education | 360 | 10.6% | 156 | 204 |
| Culture / tourism / public life | 336 | 9.9% | 174 | 162 |
| Health / welfare | 330 | 9.7% | 155 | 175 |
| Private / commercial service | 309 | 9.1% | 131 | 178 |
| Environment / utilities | 112 | 3.3% | 58 | 54 |
| Transport | 92 | 2.7% | 63 | 29 |
| Other / unclear | 22 | 0.6% | 11 | 11 |
Domain suffix distribution
Domain suffixes are not the same as organization types, but they help test whether the data is limited to government websites.
| Suffix | Records | Share | WA | WebWatch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| go.kr | 1,197 | 35.3% | 662 | 535 |
| or.kr | 794 | 23.4% | 431 | 363 |
| co.kr | 389 | 11.5% | 227 | 162 |
| .com | 365 | 10.8% | 140 | 225 |
| .kr other | 260 | 7.7% | 133 | 127 |
| ac.kr | 175 | 5.2% | 66 | 109 |
| re.kr | 121 | 3.6% | 37 | 84 |
| .org | 44 | 1.3% | 28 | 16 |
| .net | 39 | 1.2% | 11 | 28 |
| other | 6 | 0.2% | 4 | 2 |
Domains with multiple records
Multiple records under one domain are not automatically duplicates. They often point to separate sub-sites, mobile sites, service pages, or project websites under the same organization.
| Domain | Records | Sources | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| office.jbedu.kr | 20 | WA | Education |
| ggtour.or.kr | 14 | WA, WebWatch | Culture / tourism / public life |
| sangju.go.kr | 11 | WA, WebWatch | Central / local government |
| cheongju.go.kr | 11 | WebWatch | Culture / tourism / public life |
| namwon.go.kr | 11 | WebWatch | Central / local government |
| kdca.go.kr | 10 | WA, WebWatch | Health / welfare |
| busanbank.co.kr | 9 | WebWatch | Finance / insurance |
| starfield.co.kr | 8 | WA | Private / commercial service |
| museum.seoul.go.kr | 8 | WA | Culture / tourism / public life |
| banking.nonghyup.com | 7 | WA, WebWatch | Finance / insurance |
Observations
Government and public institutions are the largest group, but not the whole dataset
Central/local government accounts for 817 records, and public institutions/nonprofits for 531. Together they make up 1,348 records, or 39.8%. Public-sector and public-interest organizations are a major part of the dataset, but more than half of the records appear elsewhere.
Finance, education, health, and culture leave visible signals
Finance/insurance has 481 records, education 360, culture/tourism/public life 336, and health/welfare 330. These are not marginal counts. The Korean records make many everyday digital services visible, not only administrative homepages.
The two sources have limited overlap
The 3,390 records contain 2,811 unique domains. Only 29 domains appear in both sources. For Accesserty, WA and WebWatch therefore function as complementary sources rather than duplicate copies of one list.
The record unit is closer to a web service than an organization directory
The same domain can have multiple records, including education office sites, local government services, banking services, tourism services, and health-related services. This makes the data better suited for reading certified websites or services, not for counting organizations directly.
Method
- Service-area classification is added by the analysis layer using site names, organization names, domain suffixes, and URL keywords. It is not an official classification supplied by the Korean sources.
Limits
- This is not a complete census of all accessible websites in South Korea and not a ranking of website accessibility quality.
- One record may represent a website, sub-site, mobile site, or specific service. It does not necessarily represent one unique organization.
- Service-area classification includes rule-based and manual judgment, so errors and boundary cases are possible.
- Certification records are public signals, not guarantees of whole-site user experience, legal compliance, or full accessibility.