Profitability rose for French food wholesalers between 2020 and 2024
Insee says the economic profitability rate of agro-food wholesalers increased from 9.1% in 2020 to 10.7% in 2024. Sales volumes were weaker over the same period.
A sector study released by Insee on 20 October found that the economic profitability rate of France’s agro-food wholesalers rose by 1.6 percentage points between 2020 and 2024, reaching 10.7%. The report describes sharp increases in selling prices for food and agricultural wholesalers, while sales volumes weakened over the period.
Results varied by segment. In 2024 the profitability rate was 13.6% for wholesalers of food products, beverages and tobacco, compared with 4.4% for wholesalers of raw agricultural products and live animals. Insee calculates these measures for legal entities and excludes sole traders under France’s micro-entrepreneur status; the findings do not equate wholesaler profitability with consumer food-price inflation.
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Profitability rose for French food wholesalers between 2020 and 2024
Insee says the economic profitability rate of agro-food wholesalers increased from 9.1% in 2020 to 10.7% in 2024. Sales volumes were weaker over the same period.
Economic profitability of agro-food wholesalers
10.7 percentData period: 2024 · Observed
Economic profitability of food-beverage-tobacco wholesalers
13.6 percentData period: 2024 · Observed
Economic profitability of raw-agricultural-product and live-animal wholesalers
4.4 percentData period: 2024 · Observed
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2024 economic profitability rates from the Insee study, covering legal units excluding micro-entrepreneurs. Sector ratios are not additive and are not consumer-price inflation. Commercial margin and economic profitability are distinct concepts.
Insee says the economic profitability rate of agro-food wholesalers increased from 9.1% in 2020 to 10.7% in 2024. Sales volumes were weaker over the same period.
A sector study released by Insee on 20 October found that the economic profitability rate of France’s agro-food wholesalers rose by 1.6 percentage points between 2020 and 2024, reaching 10.7%. The report describes sharp increases in selling prices for food and agricultural wholesalers, while sales volumes weakened over the period.
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Source: INSEE Hauts-de-France
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