A light emitting device including a substrate having a first region and a second region, a light emitting stack including vertically stacked semiconductor layers disposed on the first region of the substrate, at least one pillar disposed on the second region of the substrate and laterally spaced apart from the light emitting stack, and at least one electrode extending from the first region to the second region of the substrate and electrically connecting the light emitting stack to the at least one pillar, in which the at least one pillar is disposed on the at least one electrode, respectively.