How is Buford Highway different from Duluth?

Buford Highway is an older, denser immigrant corridor where Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Latin American businesses sit side by side on one road. Duluth and Suwanee are suburban, organised into shopping centers, and almost entirely Korean.

Where are the Korean grocery stores?

Duluth, Suwanee, Doraville each have Korean markets and grocers. The directory lists them by area.

How many Korean-owned businesses are there?

This directory lists 343 Korean-owned businesses across metro Atlanta, verified and maintained by us. It is not every business in the area, but it is the part we have checked.

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Atlanta Koreatown: Where It Is, What Is There

Atlanta’s Koreatown is not one street. The densest concentration is in Duluth and Suwanee, in Gwinnett County northeast of the city, along the I-85 corridor around Pleasant Hill Road and Satellite Boulevard. An older immigrant strip runs along Buford Highway closer to town. This directory lists 343 Korean-owned businesses across the metro.

Korean businesses by area

Counted from the businesses in this directory. Select an area for its full listing.

Area	Total	Mostly
Duluth	135	Korean Restaurants 66 Cafés & Bakeries 21 Markets & Groceries 6 Everyday Services 7
Suwanee	82	Korean Restaurants 38 Cafés & Bakeries 14Markets & Groceries 4Everyday Services 6
Doraville	19	Korean Restaurants 9 Cafés & Bakeries 6Markets & Groceries 2
Atlanta	18	Korean Restaurants 10Cafés & Bakeries 3Markets & Groceries 3
Johns Creek	15	Korean Restaurants 5Cafés & Bakeries 3Markets & Groceries 2Everyday Services 3
Buford	13	Korean Restaurants 8Cafés & Bakeries 3Everyday Services 2
Marietta	9	Korean Restaurants 6Everyday Services 2
Alpharetta	7	Korean Restaurants 5Cafés & Bakeries 1Everyday Services 1

Why Duluth and Suwanee

Both are in Gwinnett County on the I-85 corridor, roughly half an hour northeast of downtown Atlanta. Korean businesses there cluster by shopping center, so a restaurant, a market, a clinic and an academy often share one parking lot. Doraville and Buford Highway, closer to the city, developed earlier and differently: Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Latin American businesses share the same road.

What each area is like

Duluth: A long-established hub for Korean dining and groceries in north Atlanta.
Suwanee: A growing Korean dining and cafe scene north of Duluth.
Doraville: The original Korean Atlanta corridor along Buford Highway.
Atlanta: Korean restaurants and bars in Midtown, Buckhead, and the urban core.
Johns Creek: Family-oriented Korean dining and a strong cluster of Korean-owned clinics.
Buford: A growing Korean cluster around the Mall of Georgia area.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Atlanta’s Koreatown?: There is no single block. The densest concentration is in Duluth and Suwanee, in Gwinnett County northeast of the city, along the I-85 corridor around Pleasant Hill Road and Satellite Boulevard. An older immigrant commercial strip runs along Buford Highway closer to town.
How is Buford Highway different from Duluth?: Buford Highway is an older, denser immigrant corridor where Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Latin American businesses sit side by side on one road. Duluth and Suwanee are suburban, organised into shopping centers, and almost entirely Korean.
Where are the Korean grocery stores?: Duluth, Suwanee, Doraville each have Korean markets and grocers. The directory lists them by area.
How many Korean-owned businesses are there?: This directory lists 343 Korean-owned businesses across metro Atlanta, verified and maintained by us. It is not every business in the area, but it is the part we have checked.

Counts come from this directory and cover the businesses we have verified, not every Korean-owned business in the metro. Geographic detail follows public administrative and road data.