E-commerce share of B2B and B2C shipments, sales and revenues in the U.S. 2019-2021

Published by Daniela Coppola, Jan 8, 2024
In 2021, e-commerce accounted for 69.6 percent of manufacturing shipments in the United States. In contrast, online sales only accounted for 14.7 percent of total retail trade shipments and revenues in the U.S.

E-commerce as percentage of total B2B and B2C shipments, sales, and revenues in the United States from 2019 to 2021, by sector

Characteristic201920202021
Service industries revenue 7.9% 8.2% 8.7%
Retail trade sales 10.6% 14.6% 14.7%
Merchant wholesale trade¹ sales 33.6% 35.6% 33.9%
Manufacturing shipments 68.1% 68.5% 69.6%
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May 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2019 to 2021

Supplementary notes

¹ Total merchant wholesale trade, including manufacturers’ sales branches and offices.
Data pooled from the following surveys: Annual Survey of Manufactures, Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, Annual Retail Trade Survey, and Service Annual Survey.

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