Pau and its region are home to numerous companies from different business sectors: Total (oil industry), Rhône-Poulenc (petrochemicals), Pau-Euralis (agriculture), 3A, Fromagerie des Chaumes, Lindt & Sprüngli (food processing), Turboméca, Messier-Dowty (aeronautics), Décathlon (sport), Leclerc, Carrefour, Auchan and Intermarché (hypermarkets), and many more.