By the Numbers: Amazon’s Effect on American Communities

Civic Economics and the American Booksellers Association combined efforts to study the economic impact of Amazon’s retail operations in the United States.

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The number of Amazon Books brick-and-mortar stores that are open or in the works.

44,000

The number of displaced shops in 2016, amounting to 380 million square feet.

637,000

The number of lost retail jobs in 2016.

$1 billion

Estimated Amazon direct sales in Wisconsin in 2016.

$1.3 billion

Estimated Amazon third-party sales in Wisconsin in 2016.

$4 billion to $5 billion

The amount of uncollected sales tax through Amazon transactions in 2016.

$23 billion

Amazon’s third-party (Marketplace) service revenue in 2016.

$59 billion

The cost of goods sold by Amazon in 2016.

$74.1 billion

The cost of goods sold by third-party sellers through Amazon in 2016.

Source: civiceconomics.com