This timeline shows the share of e-commerce in the total value of U.S. merchant wholesale trade sales including manufacturers' sales branches and offices from 2002 to 2020. In the last reported year, the share of e-commerce sales was 35.6 percent, an increase from 33.2 percent in 2019.
E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales including MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022
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*Manufacturers' sales branches and offices Values were calculated by Statista based on Annual Wholesale Trade Survey figures.
**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 including MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185344/share-of-e-commerce-in-total-value-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-including-msbos-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. "E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales including MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022." Chart. January 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185344/share-of-e-commerce-in-total-value-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-including-msbos-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. (2024). E-commerce as percentage of total merchant wholesale trade sales including MSBOs* in the United States from 2006 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185344/share-of-e-commerce-in-total-value-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-including-msbos-since-2002/
US Census Bureau. "E-commerce as Percentage of Total Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales including Msbos* in The United States from 2006 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185344/share-of-e-commerce-in-total-value-of-us-merchant-wholesale-trade-sales-including-msbos-since-2002/
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