Amazon: Annual Revenue 2004-2018: Published By, May 7, 2019

Amazon: annual revenue 2004-2018
Published by J. Clement, May 7, 2019

STATISTIC | The time series shows the net revenue of Amazon.com's e-
commerce and service sales from 2004 to 2018, in billion US dollars. In the
last reported year, the multinational e-commerce company's net revenue was
232.88 billion U.S. dollars, up from 177.86 billion US dollars in 2017.
Amazon.com, an American electronic commerce company originally founded

in 1994, is the world’s largest online retailer of books, clothing, electronics,
music and many more goods. As of 2017, the company generates the majority
of it's net revenues through online retail product sales, followed by third-party
retail seller services, retail subscription services including Amazon Prime, and
AWS. Amazon is also the producer of the leading e-book reader, the Amazon
Kindle.
Through Amazon, consumers are able to purchase goods at a rather

discounted price from both small and large companies as well as from other
users. Both new and used goods are sold on the website. Due to the wide
variety of goods available at prices which often undercut local brick-and-
mortar retail offerings, Amazon has dominated the retailer market. As of
2018, Amazon’s brand worth amounts to approximately almost 207 billion
U.S. dollars, topping the likes of companies such as Walmart, Ikea, as well as
digital competitors Alibaba and eBay. One of Amazon's first forays into the
Global net revenue of Amazon 2014-2018, by
product group
Published by J. Clement, Aug 9, 2019
STATISTIC | In 2018, Amazon's net revenue from subscription services
segment amounted to 14.17 billion U.S. dollars. Subscription services
include Amazon Prime, which is estimated to have had 95 million members in
the United States as of June 2018. The AWS category generated 25.66 billion
U.S. dollars in annual sales. During the most recently reported fiscal year, the
company’s net revenue amounted to almost 233 billion U.S. dollars.
Amazon revenue segments
Amazon is one of the biggest online companies worldwide. In 2018, the

company’s revenue increased by 31 percent, compared to Google’s revenue
growth during the same fiscal period, which was just 23 percent. The majority
of Amazon’s net sales are generated through its North American business
segment, which accounted for 141.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. The United
States are the company’s leading market, followed by Germany and the
United Kingdom.
Business segment: Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services, commonly referred to as AWS, is one of

the strongest-growing business segments of Amazon. AWS is a cloud
computing service that provides individuals, companies and governments with
a wide range of computing, networking, storage, database, analytics and
application services, among many others. As of the first quarter of 2019, AWS
accounted for approximately 31.5 percent of the global cloud infrastructure
services vendor market.
world of hardware was its e-reader Kindle, one of the most popular e-book
readers worldwide. In recently years, Amazon has also released smartphone,
tablets and multimedia sticks under it's Fire brand in order to increase digital
media consumption via these devices. This strategy is connected to the digital
Amazon ecosystem which features video and audio content as value-added
services for Prime subscribers.
Due to its location, Amazon offers more services in North America than
worldwide. As a result, the majority of the company’s net revenue in 2016 was
actually earned in the United States and Canada. In 2017, approximately
106.11 billion U.S. dollars was earned in North America compared to only
roughly 54.3 billion U.S. dollars internationally.
Amazon: annual net income 2004-2018

Published by J. Clement, Aug 9, 2019
PREMIUM-STATISTIC | In 2018, online retail platform Amazon reported a
net income of 10.07 billion U.S. dollars, up from a 3.03 billion U.S. dollar net
income in the previous year. During the same fiscal period, the company’s
revenue amounted to almost 233 billion U.S. dollars.
Amazon Web Services
The Seattle-based company does not rely on retailing alone to generate

profits. Amazon’s cloud business, AWS, is the one segment raking in steady
profits with a 7.3 billion U.S. dollar operating income in the most recently
reported year. The annual revenue of the business segment came to 25.66
billion U.S. dollars in 2018. As of the fourth quarter 2018, Amazon Web
Services accounted for 34 percent of the global cloud infrastructure service
market.
Amazon’s other businesses
Due to the company’s financial resources, Amazon has the capability to invest
in new products and markets, such as online and offline grocery sales. In
June 2017, Amazon purchased grocery retailer Whole Foods Market for 13.7
billion U.S. dollars, the company’s most expensive acquisition by far. This
acquisition was primarily a move to expand the company's online grocery
business, one of the fastest growing online shopping trends in the United
States.

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Published by J. Clement, May 7, 2019

Amazon.com, an American electronic commerce company originally founded

Through Amazon, consumers are able to purchase goods at a rather

Amazon revenue segments

Amazon is one of the biggest online companies worldwide. In 2018, the

Business segment: Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services, commonly referred to as AWS, is one of

Amazon: annual net income 2004-2018

Amazon Web Services

The Seattle-based company does not rely on retailing alone to generate

Amazon’s other businesses

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