In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, Walmart's revenue amounted to approximately 648 billion U.S. dollars worldwide. Compared to a year earlier, the retailer's revenue increased by six percent. Walmart, formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is one of the most well-known and valuable brands in the world. The company operates discount stores, supercenters, and neighborhood markets globally.

Powerhouse of retail in both domestic and international markets
Walmart deals in a wide variety of products, such as groceries, apparel, furniture, home appliances, and electronics. The company operates through three distinct business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. Walmart’s strongest segment, in terms of revenue, is Walmart U.S., which operates retail stores in the company’s domestic market of the United States. This segment also includes Walmart’s U.S. eCommerce website: walmart.com. The company’s Walmart International and Sam’s Club business divisions operate globally generating revenue through retail, wholesale, membership club, and online product sales.

How do other leading retailers compare to Walmart, in terms of sales revenue?
Walmart is far ahead of its rivals in the global fast moving consumer goods sector, with nearly double the retail sales of its closest competitors. In terms of historic sales revenue, Amazon and Costco have also witnessed the steady growth experienced by Walmart over the past number of years.

In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, Walmart's global net sales amounted to 642.6 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of approximately six percent in comparison to a year earlier.

Walmart Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Walmart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In the United States, the company includes Walmart discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam’s Club warehouse membership clubs. The company also has many international operations. Walmart is considered a variety store which focuses on low prices featuring apparel as well as hard goods, and has been committed to upholding their basic value of customer service. Beginning in the early 1990s, Walmart went to great lengths to increase their market share. They introduced a full line of groceries into their stores, diversified their market by appealing to certain ethnic groups through bilingual advertisements, and took steps to promote the awareness of environmental issues.As of 2024, Walmart operated 10,616 stores worldwide; with 4,615 of those stores located in the United States alone.

Walmart International's net sales amounted to around 115 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. An increase of about 14 million dollars from the previous year. Meanwhile, Sam's Club had net sales amounting to about 86.2 billion U.S. dollars. Between 2021 and 2022 the net sales of Walmart International had decreased by nearly 21 billion dollars due to the end of the company's operations in the United Kingdom and Japan.

Walmart Wal-Mart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Wal-Mart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In the United States, the company includes Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam’s Club warehouse membership clubs. The company also has many international operations. Wal-Mart is considered a variety store which focuses on low prices featuring apparel as well as hard goods, and has been committed to upholding their basic value of customer service.

Beginning in the early 1990s, Wal-Mart went to great lengths to increase their market share. They introduced a full line of groceries into their stores, diversified their market by appealing to certain ethnic groups through bilingual advertisements, and took steps to promote the awareness of environmental issues.

As of 2024, Walmart operated just under 11,000 stores worldwide of which 10,616 were retail units. As of that year, the company generated nearly 643 billion U.S. dollars in net sales.

In fiscal year 2025, the revenue per employee at Walmart was $9.73M. The revenue per employee increased by $9.42M from $308.63K (in 2024) to $9.73M (in 2025).

Edible groceries were the category that generated the highest revenue for the U.S. multinational retail chain Walmart in 2022. According to estimates, by 2027 the value of edible groceries is forecast to reach over 300 billion U.S. dollars.

Walmart's annual revenue was $680.99B in fiscal year 2025. The annual revenue increased $32.86B from $648.13B (in 2024) to $680.99B (in 2025), representing a 5.07% year-over-year growth.

According to the data, Walmart's net sales were forecast to be around 547 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, following the upsurge in 2020 that was driven by COVID-19. From 2021 onwards, Walmart's net sales were forecast to increase with each consecutive year. By 2026, it was forecast that Walmart's net sales would grow to 675.2 billion U.S. dollars, which includes store-based and e-commerce net sales.

In fiscal year 2024, Walmart International registered sales of approximately 49.7 billion U.S. dollars in Mexico and Central America. Meanwhile, net sales in China amounted to around 17 billion, up from about 13.9 billion in the previous year. Walmart International had total net sales of approximately 115 billion U.S. dollars that year. Walmart Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Walmart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In the United States, the company includes Walmart discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam’s Club warehouse membership clubs. Company divisions The company operates through three distinct business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. Walmart’s strongest segment, in terms of revenue, is Walmart U.S., which operates retail stores in the company’s domestic market of the United States. The company’s Walmart International and Sam’s Club business divisions operate globally generating revenue through retail, wholesale, membership club, and online product sales. As of fiscal year 2024, around 18 percent of Walmart’s net sales came from the international division. This division saw its sales fluctuate during the last decade, and especially saw a significant drop when, in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the company terminated its operations in the United Kingdom and Japan.

In fiscal year 2025, Walmart's revenue by segment (products & services) are as follows: Walmart International: $123.36B, Walmart U S: $465.01B.

In 2024, grocery sales accounted for 59.8 percent of the net sales of Walmart U.S. in the United States. In contrast, only 12.4 percent corresponded to health and wellness. WalmartWalmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Walmart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In the United States, the company includes Walmart discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam’s Club warehouse membership clubs. Beginning in the early 1990s, Walmart went to great lengths to increase their market share. They introduced a full line of groceries into their stores, diversified their market by appealing to certain ethnic groups through bilingual advertisements, and took steps to promote the awareness of environmental issues. Company divisionsWalmart deals in a wide variety of products, such as groceries, apparel, furniture, home appliances, and electronics. The company operates through three distinct business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. Walmart’s strongest segment, in terms of revenue, is Walmart U.S., which operates retail stores in the company’s domestic market of the United States. This segment also includes Walmart’s U.S. eCommerce website: walmart.com. In 2023, Walmart U.S. had net sales of 442 billion U.S. dollars.. The company’s Walmart International and Sam’s Club business divisions operate globally generating revenue through retail, wholesale, membership club, and online product sales. As of fiscal year 2024, around 13 percent of Walmart’s net sales came from Sam's Club division.

In the fiscal year 2024, Walmart's global advertising business generated 4.4 billion U.S. dollars in revenue. A year earlier, the figure stood at 3.4 billion, which signifies an annual growth rate of roughly 27 percent. Walmart Connect Walmart’s U.S. advertising business is called Walmart Connect. It oversees both advertising in Walmart’s digital channels, such as its e-commerce website and its app, and in-store media, such as screens, audio, QR codes on shopping carts, as well as demo stations. The business has enjoyed double-digital growth rates in the most recent quarters. Expanding to connected TV (CTV) In February 2024, Walmart announced the acquisition of a CTV producer Vizio. By bringing together Walmart Connect and Vizio’s advertising solution, Walmart is hoping to expand its U.S. retail media business, reach customers in new ways, and attract new customers. In 2023, there were nearly 200 million CTV users in the United States and the CTV ad market was valued at 25 million U.S. dollars.

The online revenue of walmart.com amounted to US$79,229.1m in 2024. Discover eCommerce insights, including sales development, shopping cart size, and many more.

This statistic depicts the revenue of Walmart in the United States from 2013 to 2018 and provides a forecast for 2019 to 2025. In 2017, Walmart's had U.S. revenues of approximately 318.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Walmart's annual net income per employee was $9.26K in fiscal year 2025. The net income per employeeincreased$1.87Kfrom $7.39K(in 2024) to $9.26K (in 2025), representing a 25.30% year-over-year growth.

The online revenue of walmart.com.hn amounted to US$4.5m in 2024. Discover eCommerce insights, including sales development, shopping cart size, and many more.

Walmart reports a rise in grocery revenue due to increased egg prices, driven by an avian flu crisis affecting poultry supply. Retailers adapt with new purchasing policies and surcharges to manage price pressures.

In 2021, Walmart's sales revenue was expected to contract 2.4 following the retailer's sales surge due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the previous year. From 2022 Walmart was predicted to grow at a rate of 4.8 percent and continue the positive trend until 2026.

The retail industry encompasses the journey of a good or service. This typically starts with the manufacture of a product and ends with said product being purchased by a consumer from a retailer. As a result of globalization and various trade agreements between markets and countries, many retailers are capable of doing business on a global scale. Based on retail sales generated in the financial year 2021, Walmart was by far the world's leading retailer with retail revenues reaching over 572 billion U.S. dollars.

U.S. companies dominate global retail
Many of the world’s leading retailers are American companies. Walmart and Amazon are examples of American retailers doing business around the world. The domestic retail market in the United States is also very competitive, with many companies recording substantial retail sales. The success of U.S. retailers can also be seen through their performance in online retail. Amazon is a prime example of this, with the company’s sales revenue flourishing over the previous years in line with the rise of e-Commerce worldwide.

Year over year net sales of Walmart U.S. grew by 5.5 percent in fiscal year 2024 when compared to the previous period. Walmart U.S. operates retail stores in Walmart’s domestic market of the United States. Walmart, formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is one of the most well-known and valuable brands in the world. Walmart deals in a wide variety of products, such as groceries, apparel, furniture, home appliances, and electronics. Leading retailer in the U.S. Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States and is far ahead of its rivals, with over double the retail sales of its nearest competitors. Walmart is also one of the leading e-retailers in the United States. Key figures of Walmart U.S. Walmart’s strongest segment, in terms of revenue, is Walmart U.S., which recorded net sales of around 442 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2024. Unsurprisingly, Walmart U.S. was the company’s leading division in terms of operating income in 2023. Walmart U.S.’s revenues are forecast to continue to grow over the coming years.

By the end of 2023, total retail sales reached approximately 7.24 trillion U.S. dollars, around one and half a billion U.S. dollar increase from the year before. Retail sales have steadily increased since 2009, as the economy recovered from the downward trend due to the recession following the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and most recently from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

The United States as retail powerhouse The United States is home to many of the leading retail companies in the world, including Walmart, Costco, and Amazon. Amazon, in particular, has seen extreme levels of growth in revenue in tandem with the increase of e-commerce globally.

The rise of e-commerce and mobile shopping E-commerce is responsible for a growing percentage of total retail sales, partially due to a surge in mobile shopping, with customers increasingly using their mobile devices for various online shopping activities. Smartphones accounted for more retail website visits than desktops or tablets, and matched desktops in generating online shopping orders.