eBay is an e-commerce platform, at first only providing customer-to-customer auction services, expanding into business-to-consumer shortly afterwards. In the 2000’s, eBay went on a spending...

In the most recently reported fiscal year, eBay's annual net revenue amounted to 10.1 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from the 9.8 billion U.S. dollars reported in the preceding year. eBay – further informationFounded in 1995, eBay is one of the oldest online shopping destinations with operations localized in over 30 countries. eBay.com is a global platform, allowing people and businesses to buy and sell a large variety of goods and services worldwide. In addition to auction-style listings, eBay also expanded to include fixed-price “Buy it Now” shopping, in addition to localized classifieds listings. As of the second quarter of 2023, the online shopping platform had 132 million active buyers worldwide. Up until July 2015, eBay was the owner of the digital payment company PayPal. As one of the most popular online payment methods worldwide, PayPal was a major revenue generator for eBay. PayPal was spun off into a separate company and post-split revenues of eBay have remained stable. The company has also managed to successfully leverage mobile to its advantage - as of 2023, the eBay mobile app was among the most popular consumer-to-consumer (C2C) shopping apps in the world. Other popular mobile shopping apps include online competitor Amazon, along with the digital offerings of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers such as Walmart. The fiscal year end of the company is December 31st.

In the most recently reported fiscal year, the online auction and selling website eBay saw its net income amounting to **** billion U.S. dollars, down from the **** billion U.S. dollar net income reported in the previous year.

According to the regional distribution of eBay's net revenue, the United States continues to be the company's leading market. In 2024, eBay's revenue in the U.S. reached over *****billion U.S. dollars, an increase from the previous year. In the United Kingdom, eBay generated *** billion U.S. dollars in 2024.

EBay income after taxes for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 was $2.047B, a 22.61% decline year-over-year. EBay annual income after taxes for 2024 was $1.981B, a 28.61% decline from 2023. EBay annual income after taxes for 2023 was $2.775B, a 317.82% decline from 2022. EBay annual income after taxes for 2022 was $-1.274B, a 605.56% decline from 2021.

eBay's annual revenue was $10.28 B in fiscal year 2024. The annual revenue increased $171.00 M from $10.11 B (in 2023) to $10.28 B (in 2024), representing a 1.69% year-over-year growth.

In 2021, eBay's marketplace net revenue was about 10.4 billion US dollars, most of which came from transaction revenues. While in 2020, eBay sold its StubHub operations to viagogo, in June 2021, it completed the transfer of its Classifieds business to Norwegian industry specialist Adevinta.

EBay net income/loss for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 was $4.436B, a 25.89% decline year-over-year. EBay annual net income/loss for 2024 was $1.975B, a 28.62% decline from 2023. EBay annual net income/loss for 2023 was $2.767B, a 318.05% decline from 2022. EBay annual net income/loss for 2022 was $-1.269B, a 109.33% decline from 2021.

In 2023, Amazon achieved ** percent year-over-year net sales revenue growth whereas eBay's year-over-year revenue increased by ***** percent. The two e-commerce giants are direct competitors in the U.S. online shopping landscape. In 2015, online payment provider PayPal split from eBay to become an independent company, which had an effect on eBay’s overall revenue development. Notable success stories Both eBay (launched 1995) and Amazon (launched 1994) are online shopping websites that are notable success stories of the dot-com bubble in the United States. Whereas eBay is primarily known as an online auction platform and Amazon as an online retailer, both platforms offer first- and third-party online sales. Third-party online sales usually refer to marketplace sales on a digital sales platform. Third-party online sales usually refer to marketplace sales on a digital sales platform. In the first quarter of 2022, Amazon’s net sales generated through its third-party seller services reached more than ** billion U.S. dollars. For comparison, eBay’s total online sales for all of 2022 were estimated at around ** billion U.S. dollars only. Worldwide and domestic dominance Based on estimated sales for 2022, eBay and Amazon are both among the leading e-commerce retailers in the world. By 2027, Amazon looks to top the list and generate over *** trillion U.S. dollars in estimated sales, surpassing Alibaba by a slim margin. However, in the United States, Amazon receives more than double the monthly visits of its closest competitor eBay, which is still the most popular e-commerce marketplace among online sellers.

In fiscal year 2024, eBay's revenue by geographical region are as follows: CHINA: $1.17 B, GERMANY: $972.00 M, Rest of World: $1.40 B, UNITED KINGDOM: $1.51 B, UNITED STATES: $5.24 B.

EBay pre-tax income for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 was $2.376B, a 32.37% decline year-over-year. EBay annual pre-tax income for 2024 was $2.278B, a 38.55% decline from 2023. EBay annual pre-tax income for 2023 was $3.707B, a 331.54% decline from 2022. EBay annual pre-tax income for 2022 was $-1.601B, a 502.26% decline from 2021.

In fiscal year 2024, the revenue per employee at eBay was $894.17 K. The revenue per employee increased by $72.06 K from $822.11 K (in 2023) to $894.17 K (in 2024).

In fiscal year 2024, eBay's revenue by segment (products & services) are as follows: Advertising Revenues: $1.64 B, Marketplaces: $8.65 B.

eBay reported $1.86B in Gross Profit on Sales for its fiscal quarter ending in March of 2025. Data for eBay | EBAY - Gross Profit On Sales including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last July in 2025.

In the most recently reported fiscal year, eBay generated a regional net revenue of approximately *** billion US dollars, down from **** billion U.S. dollars in 2021.

eBay's annual net income per employee was $171.74 K in fiscal year 2024. The net income per employeedecreased$53.22 Kfrom $224.96 K(in 2023) to $171.74 K (in 2024), representing a -23.66% year-over-year decline.

EBay basic eps for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 was $4.22, a 15.77% decline year-over-year. EBay annual basic eps for 2024 was $0.004B, a 23.56% decline from 2023. EBay annual basic eps for 2023 was $0.005B, a 329.96% decline from 2022. EBay annual basic eps for 2022 was $-0.002B, a 110.88% decline from 2021.

eBay's revenue in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to approximately 2.6 billion U.S. dollars. This figure is slightly higher than the reported net revenue from the previous quarter. eBay's net revenue peaked in the fourth quarter of 2018 when it reached almost 2.9 billion U.S. dollars.

EBay retained earnings (accumulated deficit) for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 were $38.314B, a 4.04% increase year-over-year. EBay retained earnings (accumulated deficit) for 2024 were $37.951B, a 3.89% increase from 2023. EBay retained earnings (accumulated deficit) for 2023 were $36.531B, a 6.46% increase from 2022. EBay retained earnings (accumulated deficit) for 2022 were $34.315B, a 4.92% decline from 2021.

In 2023, advertising revenue generated by eBay with its retail media business in Europe stood at *** million U.S. dollars. A year earlier, it amounted to *** million dollars, which constitutes an annual decrease of roughly ** percent. eBay owns the second largest retail media network in Europe.