How big this market is, as its publishers state it
as of Sep 30, 2026 · 8 figures carried1 publisher carried, 2020–2025, no published outlook among them. Figures are the publishers' own, shown side by side and never averaged.
Last read Sep 30, 2026: wrote 1 figure, refused 3 already stored.
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Where its publishers say it is going
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- U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau: grew 8.6 % a year, 2020–2025, by its own figures.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $815.4 bn | history | 2022 (+1 earlier) | e-commerce sales increased by $244.2 billion or 43% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, rising from $571.2 billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020As the read noted: From the Census Bureau's own story describing the 2020 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) release; this is a different methodology/series than the Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales report used for other years. source |
| 2021 | $870.8 bn | history | 2022 | Total e-commerce sales for 2021 were estimated at $870.8 billion, an increase of 14.2 percent (±0.9%) from 2020. source |
| 2022 | $1.03 tn | history | 2023 | Total e-commerce sales for 2022 were estimated at $1,034.1 billion, an increase of 7.7 percent (±0.4%) from 2021. source |
| 2023 | $1.12 tn | history | 2025 (+1 earlier) | Total e-commerce sales for 2023 were estimated at $1,118.7 billion, an increase of 7.6 percent (±1.2%) from 2022. source |
| 2024 | $1.19 tn | history | 2025 | Total e-commerce sales for 2024 were estimated at 1,192.6 billion, an increase of 8.1 percent (±1.1) from 2023. source |
| 2025 | $1.23 tn | history | 2026 | Total e-commerce sales for 2025 were estimated at 1,233.7 billion, an increase of 5.4 percent (±1.2%) from 2024. source |
E-commerce elsewhere
The same industry as other publishers state it for their own place. Each figure is its publisher’s frame; none is compared with another.
Other markets in North America
What else the yearly read measures in this region.
- HealthcareUnited StatesUS$5.66 tn2025 · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services$9.00 tn by 2034 · 5.3 % a year · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software publishingUnited StatesUS$552.2 bn2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 more, never averaged$896.1 bn by 2034 · 5.0 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- IT servicesUnited StatesUS$799.0 bn2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 more, never averaged$1.10 tn by 2034 · 3.2 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- EnergyUnited StatesUSRead Sep 30, 2026, nothing quotable foundRead from U.S. Energy Information Administration
- AutomotiveUnited StatesUS$754.4 bn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysisas of Sep 30, 2026
- EducationUnited StatesUS$1.60 tn2022 · National Center for Education StatisticsNo outlook published by National Center for Education Statisticsas of Sep 30, 2026
- Construction and real estateUnited StatesUS$2.16 tn2025 · FMI · +2 more, never averaged$2.70 tn by 2030 · 4.5 % a year · FMI’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Advertising and mediaUnited StatesUS$294.6 bn2025 · Interactive Advertising Bureau · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by Interactive Advertising Bureauas of Sep 30, 2026
- Financial servicesUnited StatesUS$3.29 tn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics$3.92 tn by 2035 · 1.8 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software and ITCanadaCACAD 161.9 bn2024 · Statistics CanadaNo outlook published by Statistics Canadaas of Sep 5, 2026