Share of gross margin of U.S. grocery sales 2021

This statistic shows the U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of sales of groceries and related products from 1993 to 2021. In 2021, the gross margin's share of sales of groceries and related products in U.S. wholesale amounted to 16.8 percent.

U.S. merchant wholesalers' gross margin as a share of sales of groceries and related products from 1993 to 2021

Characteristic	Share of gross margin
2021	16.8%
2020	15.2%
2019	15.3%
2018	14.8%
2017	14.9%
2016	14.4%
2015	14%
2014	13.9%
2013	14.3%
2012	14.3%
2011	14%
2010	14.4%
2009	13.6%
2008	14.1%
2007	14.8%
2006	15%
2005	15.5%
2004	15.9%
2003	18.3%
2002	16.9%
2001	16%
2000	15.9%
1999	16.4%
1998	15.5%
1997	16.2%
1996	16.6%
1995	16.6%
1994	15.6%
1993	15.3%

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1993 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Excludes manufacturers' sales branches and offices.
Estimates have been adjusted using the final results of the 2017 Economic Census.
Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found here.

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