국토지리학회지 ISSN:1225-3766(Print) THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF KOREA

The purpose of this paper is to understand the current status of the producer services industry in Busan and to examine changes in spatial distribution patterns of them. As a result of the study, first, the producer services industry in Busan has a smaller proportion than the distribution services industry and the personal services industry, and the size of the business is small, but it has grown in terms of quantity. Second, there was a tendency to be spatially concentrated or distributed according to the type of producer services industry. Third, the position of the producer services industry, which was concentrated in the city center, was weakened. Instead, with the emergence of new clusters such as Haeundae-gu and Gangseo-gu, the producer service industry has spread to the subcenter and surrounding areas. The fact that the producer services industry in Busan is spatially distributed and expanded to the surroundings is positive in terms of bridging the regional gap, but it should be developed in consideration of functional and spatial links between these core regions.