Furniture is the merchandise lines that registered the highest e-commerce sales in the United States in 2022. During that year, total electronic sales of furniture and home furnishings reached over 150 billion U.S. dollars, of which around 132 billion were generated through e-commerce platforms.
Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line
(in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Total
E-commerce
Other merchandise*
153,080
132,182
Furniture and home furnishings
137,588
131,165
Clothing and clothing accessories (includes footwear)**
133,146
124,365
Electronics and appliances
92,252
85,507
Drugs, health aids, and beauty aids
258,144
84,354
Food, beer, and wine
41,505
38,287
Sporting goods
39,083
33,642
Toys, hobby goods, and games
30,902
28,682
Books (includes audio books and e-books)
22,542
20,949
Audio and video recordings (includes purchased downloads)
* 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.
** These figures represent the data from 2021. The source did not provide datapoints for 2022 for the following reason: "Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability, poor response quality, or other concerns about the estimate's quality. Unpublished estimates derived from this table by subtraction are subject to these same limitations and should not be attributed to the U.S. Census Bureau."
Source states that estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey. Estimates have been adjusted using final results of the 2017 Economic Census. *Includes other merchandise such as collectibles, souvenirs, auto parts and accessories, hardware, and lawn and garden equipment and supplies. **Includes nonmerchandise receipts such as auction commissions, customer training, customer support, advertising, and shipping and handling.
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US Census Bureau. (January 29, 2024). Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/
US Census Bureau. "Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/
US Census Bureau. (2024). Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/
US Census Bureau. "Total and E-commerce Sales of U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-order Houses in 2022, by Merchandise Line (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/
US Census Bureau, Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total and e-commerce sales of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses in 2022, by merchandise line (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Census Bureau, January 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184970/value-of-sales-of-us-e-commerce-and-us-total-sales/
