# Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration.

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[Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_pumps/) (energy) and [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration → Wholesale and retail trade*

4 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **4** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Cold-chain storage and reefer transport operators: refrigeration plant (criticality 3 of 5)
- Mall owners and retail real-estate developers: air conditioning (criticality 3 of 5)
- Supermarket and hypermarket chains: refrigeration and cooling (criticality 2 of 5)
- Specialty fashion and electronics chains: air conditioning (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.