The central market serves Aneho and the surrounding Lacs Prefecture, drawing traders and buyers from across the coastal strip and from across the nearby border with Benin. The range of goods reflects the town's border-town character: Togolese and Beninese produce, household goods, cloth, and fish from the Gulf of Guinea. The market operates daily but is busiest on the main market days when the larger volume of activity brings the town to life.
The covered sections of the market are dense and atmospheric — narrow alleys between stalls selling dried fish, vegetables, palm oil, and the vivid machine-printed fabrics that are a West African staple. The border location means some cross-border goods appear here that are harder to find further inland.