Amazon UK Services: turnover in the UK 2009-2018

Amazon UK Services Ltd generated 2.35 billion British pounds in turnover in 2018. The United Kingdom based company is responsible for the operation of the e-commerce giant’s distribution centers in the country. It increased its turnover in each year between 2009 and 2018, with figures for the latter year being 21 times the amount seen in 2009.
As of 2019, Amazon was the most valuable brand worldwide.

Employment in the UK

Amazon was employer to an estimated 18,900 people working in its transport and logistics sector in the United Kingdom in 2019. It operates a variety of distribution centers – or so-called “fulfillment centers” – across Europe. The greatest number of such employees were found in Germany, followed by the United Kingdom.

Amazon’s financial performance

The turnover growth trend noted by Amazon’s UK operations reflected the company’s overall increase in net revenues. Ten years after its foundation in 1994, Amazon already made 6.92 billion U.S. dollars in net revenues, however figures ballooned further in the following years and reached 232.89 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.