Net sales of Amazon in leading markets 2014-2021

With 314 billion U.S. dollars in net sales, the United States were Amazon’s biggest market in 2021. Germany was ranked second with 37.3 billion U.S. dollars, ahead of the UK with 31.9 billion.

Biggest internet company

Founded in 1994, Amazon has grown into one of the biggest e-commerce marketplaces and cloud computing platforms worldwide. In 2020, Amazon was ranked first in terms of company revenue among global publicly traded internet companies. With an annual revenue of approximately 386 billion U.S. dollars, the e-retailer ranked far ahead of closest competitors Google (181.7 billion U.S. dollars) and Alibaba (109.5 billion U.S. dollars).

Amazon shopping

Amazon is the leading e-retailer in the United States. In September 2021, 65 percent of Amazon customers in the United States held a membership with the company’s subscription service Amazon Prime, benefitting from free 2-day shipping, music and video streaming and exclusive offers and deals. Amazon Prime members are very engaged shoppers: a June 2021 survey found that over four in ten of them were likely to shop not just during Prime days, but also during other retail events, with 56 percent of them showing interest for Cyber Monday.