Annual sales of retail food and beverage stores in the U.S. 1992-2023

In 2023, annual sales of retail food and beverage stores in the United States amounted to approximately 985 billion U.S. dollars. This marked a constant increase during the reported period and more than double the amount registered two decades earlier.

Food and beverages retail market

In December 2023, monthly retail sales from U.S. food and beverage stores were estimated at approximately 90.3 billion U.S. dollars. This marked an increase of more than 7.4 percent from the previous month, November 2023. Constituting a large part of the industry, the number of food and beverage retail stores in the United States in 2021 amounted to about 154 thousand. Supermarkets and other grocery stores were the most represented, numbering around 62 thousand, followed by beer, wine, and liquor stores numbering nearly 36 thousand.

Leading food and grocery retailers and store types

In 2022, the leading food and grocery retailer in the United States was by far Walmart, which generated sales numbers of close to 421 billion U.S. dollars that year. The Kroger Co., Costco Wholesale Club, and Ahold Delhaize were also among the top U.S. retailers. In 2022, supermarkets and other grocery stores took the lion's share of food and beverage retail store sales with about 85.1 percent, while beer, wine, and liquor stores took the second highest share of sales with 7.4 percent.