An electronic device and a method for providing a service corresponding to the selection of an object in an image are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, a memory, and a processor operationally connected to the camera, the display, and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured to detect a plurality of object regions included in an image acquired using the camera, remove object regions having a size exceeding a threshold range from among the detected plurality of object regions, calculate the importance of objects within the threshold range, select a number of main objects that is no greater than the number of objects allowed by the electronic device, select auxiliary objects spatially related to the selected main objects, recognize the main objects and the auxiliary objects, recognize service attributes provided by the recognized main objects and auxiliary objects, determine services provided by the main objects and the auxiliary objects, and display the determined services on the display.