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The objective of this research is to find out the policy implication through a comparative analysis on industrial growth change of metropolitan city. The case study was performed for five metropolitan cities in Korea, which play an pivotal role in Mega-Econoimic Regions. A Shift-Share model was applied to investigate the industrial growth change of metropolitan city during 1999-2009. The data of census on basic characteristics of establishments and on establishments are utilized for the model. The analysis result of this research represented that the industrial growth change of metropolitan cities in recently 10 years had been driven significantly by the national growth effect, not by industrial mix effect and regional share effect. The positive value in total change effect for the analysis on industrial growth change for five metropolitan cities was observed largely in distribution & center service industry. In addition, business service, education service and health & social welfare industry showed positive value in regional growth effect. Incheon, Daejeon, and Gwangju metropolitan cities exhibited comparative advantage in service industry. Gwangju metropolitan city represented comparative advantage in finance & insurance industry. Daejeon metropolitan city showed comparative advantage in public administration, national defense & social security administration. Industrial policies to be able to foster high-tech manufacturing industries are highly necessary to continuously develop the service industry of metropolitan city.