How many butcher's shops are there in France ?
In 2006, INSEE counted 15 078 butcher's shops with 40 616 employees. 30,9% of the shops don't have any employees and shops with less than 10 employees represent 96,3% of the companies.
In 2006, pork butcher's represented 5902 companies, according to INSEE. 94,2% had less than 10 employees.
What are the main evolutions of this job ?
The global market was about 8,6 billion euros in 2006, it rose by 1,4 % in comparison with 2005.
Food crisis and changing way of consumption brought about a fall of meat consumption in volume (less than 1,5% in 2006 according to INSEE). However, the consumption is rising in value because of the increase of the retailer price.