List of companies of Benin

Benin is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 114,763 square kilometers^[2] and its population in 2015 was estimated to be approximately 10.88 million.^[3] Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming.^[4]

Name	Industry	Sector	Headquarters	Founded	Notes	Status
Name	Industry	Sector	Headquarters	Founded	Notes
Afric'Air Charter	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2002	Airline, defunct 2004	P	D
Afrique Airlines	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2002	Airline, defunct 2006	P	D
Banque Internationale du Bénin	Financials	Banks	Cotonou	1990^[5]	National bank	P	A
Benin Golf Air	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2002	Airline, defunct 2012	P	D
Communauté Électrique du Bénin	Utilities	Conventional electricity	Cotonou	1968	Electricity	P	A
Compagnie Béninoise de Négoce et de Distribution (CBND)	Consumer services	Broadline retailers	Cotonou	1973	Trading and retail	P	A
COTAIR	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2008	Airline, defunct 2009	P	D
Financial Bank Benin	Financials	Banks	Cotonou^[6]	1996^[6]	Bank	P	A
La Poste du Bénin	Industrials	Delivery services	Cotonou	2004	Postal services	S	A
Royal Air	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2009	Charter airline, defunct 2012	P	D
Société Nationale de Commercialisation des Produits Pétroliers	Oil & gas	Exploration & production	Cotonou	1974	Petroleum	P	A
Trans Air Benin	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2000	Airline	P	A
Zircon Airways Benin	Consumer services	Airlines	Cotonou	2001	Airline, defunct 2002	P	D

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