Five establishments are representative of businesses of more than 50 employees Number of companies: 688 Number of salaried employees: 2,749 Net turnover: €548
million
(data as of 1 January 2004)
In numbers of businesses, wholesale trade in food products is strongly represented ;
approximately 37% of the total of wholesale trade as against 19% at the national level. This is followed by inter-industrial wholesale with 33%, then wholesale intermediaries (20%), and wholesale non-food consumer products (9,5%). Number of companies : 1,265 Number of salaried employees : 4630 Net turnover : €2
billion
(data as of 1 January 2004)
The Charente department has the highest density of hypermarkets (sales surface of over 2500 m²) in the Poitou Charentes region :
• 165 m² for 1,000 inhabitants,
• 138 for the Region
• 127
national
The density of supermarkets (sales surface of between 300 and 2500 m²) is :
• 175
m² for 1,000 inhabitants
• 189
in the Region
• 164
nationality
Home equipment stores are well-placed compared with the regional and national averages, with a particularly high concentration in the Angoulême conurbation (Charente: 462 m² / 1,000 inhab. - Angoulême conurbation: 690 m²/ 1,000 inhab. - Region: 404 - France: 309 - Urban France: 486). Number of companies : 2,379 Number of salaried employees : 8,235 Net turnover : €1
billion (data as of 1 January 2004)