Trade and service enterprices (to the state of januare)

unit

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of trade enterprices having status of legal entity, total	24120	26445	28752	30817	32544
of which:
larde and medium enterprices	278x)	1828xx)	2865xx)	2698xx)	2577xx)
Number of merchandise, food and fixed qoods fairs and markets	185	185	176	161	149
Number of trade places in markets and fairs	66636	67090	67260	64310	59850
Number of private owners engaged in trade without establishing of legal entity	120756	123497	144013	147552	155554
Number of stores, unit	37925	42600	47300	48056	48173
Trade area of stores, thousand Sq.m	1912.6	2176.9	2369.7	2385.6	2394
Number of stands, unit	2160	2430	3925	5665	5690
Number of catering establishments, unit	4136	4925	5450	7590	7645
Number of seats in catering establishments, thousand seats	151.4	172.2	191.3	242.1	244.3
Number of ateliers, personal service shops	3683	4030	6120	9005	13278

x) Enterprises having 25 and more than 25 employees. xx) - number of employees: - retail trade and other services enterprise,with 5 and over - wholesale trade enterprises with 10 and over employees.

© The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan