Economy / Areas of business:
TRADE

Three major sectors (source INSEE)
TRADE AND AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS

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)

Businesses with 50 employees and more
WHOLESALE

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: 4,630
Net turnover: €2 billion
(data as of 1 January 2004)

Businesses with 50 employees and more
RETAIL SALES, REPAIRS

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 nationall

The density of supermarkets (sales surface of between 300 and 2500 m²) is:
175 m² for 1,000 inhabitants
189 in the Region
164 nationally

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)

Businesses with 50 employees and more
 


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