Three major sectors (Data INSEE/CLAP of 09/12/31 and turnover as of 06/12/31)
TRADE AND AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS
Five establishments are representative of businesses of more than 50 employees Number of companies: 686 Number of salaried employees: 2,605 Net turnover: €596 million
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 : 1,293 Number of salaried employees : 4916 Net turnover : €2.93 billion
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 : 3,545 Number of salaried employees : 8,543 Net turnover : €1.36 billion