U.S. retail and e-commerce sales by business 2021

In 2021, food and beverage stores generated 26.7 billion U.S. dollars through online retail sales in the United States. In total, sales of this type of retail establishments amounted to nearly 890 billion U.S. dollars that year. E-commerce sales of apparel and clothing accessories, in turn, registered e-commerce sales of 20.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Total retail and e-commerce sales value in the United States in 2021, by business (in billion U.S. dollars)

Business	Total	E-commerce
Motor vehicle and parts dealers*	1,484.1	-
Furniture and home furnishings stores	140.59	4.53
Electronics and appliance stores	93.5	2.76
Building materials, garden equipment, and supplies dealers	480.95	2.85
Food and beverage stores	889.15	26.71
Health and personal care stores*	387	-
Gasoline stations**	566.09	-
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	290.65	20.5
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book stores	102.49	6.33
General merchandise stores*	797.7	-
Miscellaneous store retailers	159.5	8.72
Nonstore retailers	1,130.88	823.8
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses	1,027.97	820.84

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December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

E-commerce sales are sales of goods and services where the buyer places an order, or the price and terms of the sale are negotiated, over an Internet, mobile device (M-commerce), extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, electronic mail, or other comparable online system. Payment may or may not be made online. Industry group estimates may not be additive. Estimates are not adjusted for price changes.

* Undisclosed e-commerce value. Denotes an estimate withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher-level totals.
** Undisclosed e-commerce value. Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability, poor response quality, or other concerns about the estimate's quality.

Figures were rounded.

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