Wholesale distributor industry grows 0.6% in 2016 and invoice $250.5 bi

Sao Paulo-the Brazilian Association of wholesalers and distributors (ABAD) today released (24) the results of the Ranking ABAD/Nielsen 2017-base year 2016, survey conducted annually by the entity that offers the most comprehensive overview of national distributor wholesaler segment, with relevant data for all companies that make up the supply chain in the country.
According to the search results ranked in 2016 the wholesaler distributor segment grew by 0.6% in real terms and 6.9% in nominal terms, reaching a turnover of 250.5 billion R$. The result, although approaches stability, is considered satisfactory, considering that last year, the GDP (gross domestic Product) suffered -3.6 retraction%.
With that, the distribution agents respond today for a slice of 53.7% of the national mercearil, comprising common household products, such as food, beverages, cleaning, hygiene and personal care and reached the sum of R$ 466.2 billion in 2016. Is the twelfth consecutive year in which the wholesale distributor''s participation in this market remains above 50%.
The numbers are calculated from data supplied voluntarily by companies associated with ABAD and analyzed by Nielsen consulting, in partnership with the FIA (Fundação Instituto de Administração).
Atacarejo X Hypermarkets
The atacarejo billing grew 11.3% in 2016, consolidating this model as an important channel of supply of the families in this time of high unemployment and search for economy. "It is important to note that the atacarejo doesn''t take too much market business models such as the Distributor and wholesaler with delivery," explains the President of ABAD, Emerson Destro.
Instead, according to Nilsen, the atacarejo has bothered especially the hypermarkets, which had 7.4 percent fall in 2016 compared to 2015. Today, families have made purchases (higher volume) in atacarejo to the detriment of hypermarkets. Replacement purchases (weekly or daily) are still made in the neighborhood retail (main client sector Wholesaler Distributor).
"Even the neighborhood retail and fall compared to last year ( -5.1%), on account of the tax cuts to families by the economic situation, this trend remains and supply should grow back as soon as there is a resumption of job growth", concluded the President of the entity.
In this year''s Ranking, the positive result is accompanied by the back of expectations of improvement in revenue, volume and profitability in all business models of distribution.
Representativeness
The Ranking ABAD/Nielsen-2016 2017 year base attended by 572 wholesalers and distributors of all Brazil. These companies account for about a third of the Brazilian Distributor, wholesaler market in billing.
The segment accounts for 95% of the supply of traditional retail and small markets (1 to 4 checkouts), 85% of supply of bars and 45% that is provided to retailers of farma-cosmetics.
Regions
In number of respondents, the highlight is the participation of the Northeast, with 197 companies. Already in terms of billing, we note that the Southeast corresponds to 38% of sector, followed in importance by the Northeast (25%), the South (17%), Midwest (12%) and the North (8%).
The results confirm the importance of the Southeast region, which concentrates most of the GDP; on the other hand, the poll numbers indicate that companies respondents in Southeast and Northeast grew 8.6% respectively and 8.0%, below the national average (10.1%), while the greatest growth has been in business in the northern region (15%), followed by the Midwest (12.6%) and South (12.8%).
Other information brought by the study corroborate the trend already observed in previous research and that is consolidated, more marked growth in medium-sized companies that meet only one State. These are in greater numbers in the study and also grew 12.1%, above the national average, indicating the decentralization/regionalization.
Ranking
The Ranking ABAD/Nielsen is held annually since 1994, with the goal of providing a wholesaler distributor segment, from answers prepared by the companies themselves. It is the result of a partnership with Nielsen consulting entity and the FIA (Fundação Instituto de Administração). The data obtained allow to visualize the evolution of the segment and of the trades carried out by companies in the period, as well as their relationship to the economy as a whole.
ABAD
The Brazilian Association of wholesalers and distributors of industrial products (ABAD), created in 1981, represents nationally the thread and brings together over 4000 companies around the Brazil that sell food products, candies, beverages, industrial products of personal hygiene and household cleaning, pharmaceuticals and Perfumery, stationery and building materials, among others, and move about from 5% of GDP (gross domestic product) in the country.