Trade and services
One of
the most vigorously developing sectors of Białystok's economy is
trade and services. This sector employs about 24% of the total number of the employed in Białystok (about 30 thousand people). There is an increasing importance of the broadly understood services, including those pertaining to the socalled business environment, especially financial agencies, real estate and business services, hotels and restaurants, as well as transportation and communication.
The local trade infrastructure is comprised by numerous trade shopping chains, such as PSS "Społem", "Przemysł Mięsny Białystok" (Białystok Meat Industry), Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja "Biedronka", "Marcpol", or "Massa"; malls such as "Auchan", "Aneks", "Omnidom", "Leroy Merlin" or "Macro"; companies specialising in trade with eastern markets; Giełda Rolno-Towarowa S.A. (Produce and Food Exchange) and the biggest market in north-eastern Poland on Kawaleryjska Street.
The city's location in the neighbourhood of Eastern European countries is very convenient for the
development of trade. The importance of our city as a trade centre between
the East and West is definitely being constantly strengthened.
Author
Białystok Municipality Internet Information Service
bialystok.pl.