In 2016, Amazon Business, the marketplace for businesses of all sizes, has reached one billion U.S. dollars in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV), just a year after its launch. The B2B marketplace expanded to over ten billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2018. Four years later, it was announced that it reached 25 billion U.S. dollars.
The biggest categories on Amazon Business
Amazon Business is known for its wide range of products diversity. Still, the main categories of products listed in 2020 were maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) with remarkably 18 million products, followed by automotive with 16 million products. Correspondingly, the major number of sellers on Amazon Businessin 2020 is 174,000, who sold maintenance and repair products. Office suppliers followed with 75,000 sellers.
B2B buyers on Amazon marketplaces
The B2B marketplace of the e-commerce giant Amazon holds further potential. In 2020, about 41 percent of B2B U.S buyers consider shopping on Amazon marketplace a common practice, while 40 percent stated to have the intention to purchase on the marketplace in the future.
Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of Amazon Business in selected years from 2016 to 2020
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Marketplace Pulse. (March 16, 2021). Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of Amazon Business in selected years from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223944/amazon-business-gmv/
Marketplace Pulse. "Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of Amazon Business in selected years from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223944/amazon-business-gmv/
Marketplace Pulse. (2021). Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of Amazon Business in selected years from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223944/amazon-business-gmv/
Marketplace Pulse. "Gross Merchandise Volume (Gmv) of Amazon Business in Selected Years from 2016 to 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223944/amazon-business-gmv/
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Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of Amazon Business in selected years from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Marketplace Pulse, March 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223944/amazon-business-gmv/