16-36  Basic Conditions of Chain Retail Enterprises by Business Categories
Business Categories	Number of Stores		Operating Area		Engaged Persons		Total Sales
									Retail Value
	(unit)		(10 000 sq.m)		(10 000 persons)		of Commodities
	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008
Total	151694	168502	8892.1	10197.8	174.70	197.08	16931.5	20466.5	11683.0	14369.7
Convenience Store	13912	16196	126.6	184.2	9.27	9.79	231.7	276.0	219.4	262.1
Discount Store	628	784	18.4	22.5	0.74	0.94	27.3	34.8	27.3	34.8
Supermarket	27145	30240	1735.4	1959.4	37.56	41.97	1919.5	2249.5	1583.5	1840.6
Hypermarket	7332	8072	1124.5	1324.9	30.53	35.82	1871.7	2233.8	1580.2	1895.5
Warehouse Club	324	331	39.6	44.0	1.21	1.31	139.0	162.7	28.4	36.3
Department Store	3674	3805	940.2	1110.4	15.92	18.53	1625.4	1943.0	1334.1	1614.3
Specialty Store	84943	93656	4565.4	5111.2	66.98	74.48	10106.5	12315.3	6250.9	7882.0
Gas Station	26390	27361	3278.1	3412.7	22.49	23.88	6830.6	8473.4	4183.1	5431.3
Franchised Store	13047	14651	220.7	319.6	10.89	12.42	884.5	1112.7	554.5	705.1
Building Material Store	93	116	67.8	94.9	1.04	1.22	79.7	84.7	69.3	74.2
Factory Outlets Center	46	50	5.2	6.5	0.04	0.04	11.5	13.9	11.2	13.6
Other Store	550	601	48.4	20.3	0.52	0.57	34.7	40.0	24.2	11.2