In 2017, the modern retail space saturation amounted to 862 m2 per 1000 residents, i.e. over 465,000 m2.
In 2017, 63% of the total working population of the enterprise sector worked in the trade and services sector. Total revenues from all activities in the trade sector in 2017 increased by 25.2%. Growth was also recorded in most of the service sectors, ranging from 12% in the “Real estate services” section to 21% in the “Transportation and warehouse management” section. Sales companies and car repair companies employed 16% of all people working in the city.
Shops and fuel stations
According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS), in 2016 (the latest available data) there were over 1.8 thousand shops and 78 fuel stations (with more than 9 employees) in Poznań. Apart from small stores of various assortment (including fruit, vegetables, and fish), which constituted one quarter of Poznań’s shops, specialized stores dominated, especially those selling clothing, general food products, bread, cakes and pastries, and meat products. They employed 16.9 thousand people. The stores occupied a sales area of 698,000 m2. The city had 22 large department stores, hypermarkets, and 129 supermarkets with a total sales area of 253,000 m2, employing 6,000 people.
Modern retail space
Poznań is one of the cities with the best developed retail network in the country, it is the second largest retail market in Poland, after Wrocław, in terms of the size of its modern retail space, amounting to 866 m2 per 1000 residents. The largest retail space is owned by: Avenida Poznań, Stary Browar Business and Art Centre, Galeria Malta and Galeria Posnania. The city has large shopping malls and facilities belonging to the largest Polish and foreign retail chains: Auchan, Castorama, Carrefour,
Decathlon, IKEA, Intermarche, Jula, Leroy Merlin, Media Markt, Neinver, OBI, Piotr i Paweł, Praktiker, Tesco. The German Makro Cash&Carry and Selgros, as well as the Dutch Eurocash, are the biggest large-size wholesale facilities. Some shopping facilities also offer recreational and cultural services. The FMCG segment is represented by over 100 large chain grocery stores.