| Business of chain operation of Wholesale and Retail Trade(2015) | ||||||||||
| Item | Number of chain head stores (unit) |
Number of Stores(unit) | Operational Area(sq.m) | Engaged Persons(person) | ||||||
| Total | Under Direct Management |
Through License Arrangement |
Total | Under Direct Management |
Through License Arrangement |
Total | Under Direct Management |
Through License Arrangement |
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| Total | 151 | 11383 | 9495 | 1888 | 17028143 | 16806613 | 221530 | 175316 | 167643 | 7673 |
| by Sector | ||||||||||
| Wholesale Trade | 16 | 4032 | 3316 | 716 | 5134482 | 5028681 | 105801 | 23339 | 20245 | 3094 |
| Retail Trade | 135 | 7351 | 6179 | 1172 | 11893661 | 11777932 | 115729 | 151977 | 147398 | 4579 |
| by Status of Registration | ||||||||||
| Domestic Funded Enterprises | 141 | 10878 | 9001 | 1877 | 16413572 | 16192922 | 220650 | 163642 | 156006 | 7636 |
| State-owned Enterprises | 6 | 248 | 248 | 95501 | 95501 | 5294 | 5294 | |||
| Collective-owned Enterprises | 4 | 181 | 39 | 142 | 200620 | 181280 | 19340 | 1091 | 714 | 377 |
| Cooperative Enterprises | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10210 | 10210 | 298 | 298 | |||
| Joint Ownership Enterprises | ||||||||||
| Limited Liability Corporations | 55 | 3159 | 2689 | 470 | 4066192 | 4013649 | 52543 | 48615 | 46863 | 1752 |
| Share-holding Corporations Limited | 18 | 4900 | 3869 | 1031 | 11418778 | 11277861 | 140917 | 92705 | 87602 | 5103 |
| Private Enterprises | 53 | 2269 | 2085 | 184 | 600598 | 594748 | 5850 | 15157 | 14855 | 302 |
| Other Enterprises | 4 | 112 | 62 | 50 | 21673 | 19673 | 2000 | 482 | 380 | 102 |
| Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong, | 3 | 365 | 365 | 128884 | 128884 | 4071 | 4071 | |||
| Macao and Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Joint-ventures Enterprises | 2 | 187 | 187 | 75900 | 75900 | 2129 | 2129 | |||
| Cooperative Enterprises | ||||||||||
| Enterprises with Sole Investment | 1 | 178 | 178 | 52984 | 52984 | 1942 | 1942 | |||
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. With | ||||||||||
| Funds from Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Others | ||||||||||
| Foreign Funded Enterprises | 7 | 140 | 129 | 11 | 485687 | 484807 | 880 | 7603 | 7566 | 37 |
| Joint-venture Enterprises | 2 | 71 | 71 | 429260 | 429260 | 5443 | 5443 | |||
| Cooperation Enterprises | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12120 | 12120 | 740 | 740 | |||
| Enterprises with Sole Foreign Funds | 4 | 67 | 56 | 11 | 44307 | 43427 | 880 | 1420 | 1383 | 37 |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | ||||||||||
| With Foreign Investment | ||||||||||
| Others | ||||||||||
| by Business Categories | ||||||||||
| Convenience Store | 2 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 5107 | 4227 | 880 | 507 | 470 | 37 |
| Discount store | ||||||||||
| Supermarket | 26 | 2186 | 1753 | 433 | 2159410 | 2111512 | 47898 | 42462 | 40799 | 1663 |
| Large supermarket | 9 | 200 | 200 | 2562113 | 2562113 | 25308 | 25308 | |||
| Warehouse club stores | ||||||||||
| Department store | 12 | 868 | 366 | 502 | 5203850 | 5147449 | 56401 | 60384 | 57927 | 2457 |
| Professional store | 84 | 6636 | 6478 | 158 | 5530081 | 5515741 | 14340 | 31070 | 30625 | 445 |
| In:Gas Station | 19 | 3655 | 3655 | 4910206 | 4910206 | 11075 | 11075 | |||
| Specialty store | 8 | 660 | 472 | 188 | 31210 | 27160 | 4050 | 2182 | 1892 | 290 |
| Home-furnishings store | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7841 | 7841 | 54 | 54 | |||
| Factory Outlet Center | ||||||||||
| Others | 9 | 768 | 172 | 596 | 1528531 | 1430570 | 97961 | 13349 | 10568 | 2781 |