Development of trade infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus as of July 1, 2018

According to the Trade Register of the Republic of Belarus, the number of retail trade facilities operating in the Republic of Belarus increased by 5% (by 5239 units) in the first half of 2018 and amounted to 110525 units as of July 1, 2018.

The retail area of ​​retail trade facilities increased by 5% (by 303.3 thousand square meters) and amounted to 6352.9 thousand square meters as of July 1, 2018.

The number of stores in the Republic of Belarus in January-June 2018 increased by 5.4% (by 2413 units) and amounted to 47032 units as of July 1, 2018.

The retail area of ​​stores in the abovementioned period increased by 5.2% (by 278.4 thousand square meters) and amounted to 5676.1 thousand square meters as of July 1, 2018.

The number of shopping centers in the Republic in the abovementioned period increased by 2.6% (by 15 units) and amounted to 596 units as of July 1, 2018. The area of ​​shopping centers allocated for trade facilities increased by 6.4% (by 113.8 thousand square meters) and amounted to 1905.5 thousand square meters.

The retail area density is 740.86 square meters per 1000 people as of July 1, 2018:  

• Brest Region - 697.51 square meters;
• Vitebsk Region - 647.86 square meters;
• Gomel Region - 634.47 square meters;
• Grodno Region - 623.37 square meters;
• Minsk - 875.42 square meters;
• Minsk Region - 895.28 square meters;
• Mogilev Region - 699.3 square meters.
   

Online shopping also continues to develop. As of July 1, 2018, 17801 online stores were registered in the Trade Register (an increase by 10.1% or 1626 units by the beginning of 2018), of which 8670 (48.7%) belong to legal entities, 9131 (51.3%) belong to self-employed entrepreneurs.

Retail trade in online stores is carried out by 10911 retailers, of which:

• 4711 (43.2% of the total number of trade entities) of legal entities;
• 6200 (56.8% of the total number of trade entities) of self-employed entrepreneurs.