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Amazon Databank

The Coresight Research Amazon Databank brings together a range of proprietary data on Amazon, with a focus on its US retail operations. The Amazon Databank includes the following:

Infographic: Major Amazon Brands, Divisions and Investments

US Prime Membership Rates

Over half of US consumers now personally have an Amazon Prime membership.

This chart shows the proportion of all respondents agreeing to statements on Amazon Prime membership.

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Bar chart with 3 data series.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying % of Respondent. Data ranges from 17.9 to 100.
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Base: US Internet users aged 18+
Source: Coresight Research

US Apparel Shopper Numbers

Amazon is the most-shopped retailer for apparel in the US.

This chart shows the proportion of clothing and footwear shoppers that had purchased clothing or footwear on Amazon.com and from the next-most-popular retailers in the past 12 months. Respondents were given a list of major retailers and asked to select which they had purchased clothing or footwear from in the past 12 months.

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Line chart with 5 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying % of Respondents. Data ranges from 19.6 to 64.1.
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Base: US respondents aged 18+ who had purchased clothing or footwear in the past 12 months, surveyed in January/February/March each year
Source: Coresight Research

US Grocery Shopper Numbers

Amazon is the second-most-shopped retailer for groceries online in the US.

This chart shows the proportion of online grocery shoppers that had purchased groceries on Amazon.com and from the other leading retailers in the past 12 months.
Respondents were given a list of major retailers and asked to select which they had purchased groceries online from in the past 12 months.

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Line chart with 7 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying % of Respondents. Data ranges from 0 to 62.6.
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Base: US respondents aged 18+ who had purchased groceries online in the past 12 months, surveyed in March/April each year
*In 2022 and 2023, specified as: Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Smith’s Food & Drug, King Soopers, City Market, Ralphs, Dillons and Fry’s. In 2020 and 2021, specified as: Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Smith’s Food & Drug, King Soopers, City Market and Ralphs. In 2018 and 2019, specified as: Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer and Smith’s Food & Drug.
Source: Coresight Research

What US Consumers Buy on Amazon

Clothing and footwear comprise the most-purchased category on Amazon in the US.

This table shows the proportion of all respondents that had purchased the listed categories on Amazon.com in the past 12 months. Respondents were given a list of categories and asked to select which, if any, they had purchased on Amazon.com in the past 12 months.

Base: US respondents aged 18+, surveyed in January/February/March each year (1,732 in 2019, 1,934 in 2020; 2,006 in 2021, 2,138 in 2022, 2,000 in 2023)
*Introduced in 2022 survey 
**”Sports equipment” prior to 2022
***Home improvement included automotive in 2019 and 2020 

Source: Coresight Research

GMV and Share of US E-Commerce

This table shows Amazon’s estimated GMV, globally and for the US, split between first-party sales (made by Amazon itself) and third-party sales (made by sellers on Amazon’s platforms), as well as Amazon’s estimated share of total US Internet retail sales.
Our data are for online sales of physical products and exclude sales made through physical stores, such as Whole Foods Market.

All data are estimated, apart from 2018 Global GMV figures
Source: Company reports/US Census Bureau/Coresight Research

Changes in Fulfillment-Center Network

Amazon opened its first fulfillment center in 1997 and currently operates more than 400 in the US.

The charts show the number of fulfillment centers and total square footage opened by Amazon each year since 2010.

2025 YTD as of February
Source: Company reports/Coresight Research

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