In 2020, the e-commerce accounted for 31.4 percent of total merchant wholesale trade sales (excluding manufacturers' sales branches and offices), a slight increase from 29.3 percent in the previous year. In the most recently measured period, online wholesale excluding MSBO amounted to 28.6 percent of the total sales.
E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales excluding MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022
* Manufacturers' sales branches and offices.
**Estimates for 2022 might not be entirely trustworthy as the response rates to the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey were below 50 percent.
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US Census Bureau. (January 29, 2024). E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales excluding MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185338/e-commerce-as-percentage-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-excl-msbos/
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E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales excluding MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022 [Graph], US Census Bureau, January 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185338/e-commerce-as-percentage-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-excl-msbos/