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TheTop 100 Retailers ranks the industry’s largest companies according to sales.In 2018, the list hadchanged very little over thepreviousseveral years, thanks to retailers working smartly to modernize and reinvigorate their strategies and retail’s measured pace of change. Explore the complete list below or read anin-depth analysis of2018’srundown.
| Rank | Company | 2017 retail sales (billions) | Headquarters/U.S. Headquarters | 2017 stores | USA sales growth ('17 v '16) | Worldwide retail sales (billions) | USA % of worldwide sales | Growth ('17 v '16) | Notes | Expand all |
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| 1 | Walmart | $374.80 | Bentonville, Ark. | 5,328 | 3.70% | $495.76 | 76% | 1% | ||
| 2 | The Kroger Co. | $115.89 | Cincinnati | 3,902 | 5.40% | $115.89 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 3 | Amazon | $102.96 | Seattle | 456 | 45.20% | $155.94 | 66% | N.A. | Acquisition of Whole Foods Market in June 2017 (approved in August 2017) | |
| 4 | Costco | $93.08 | Issaquah, Wash. | 510 | 8.50% | $123.84 | 75% | 3% | ||
| 5 | The Home Depot | $91.91 | Atlanta | 1,968 | 6.30% | $100.59 | 91% | 0% | ||
| 6 | Walgreens Boots Alliance | $82.75 | Deerfield, Ill. | 7,980 | 4.30% | $97.12 | 85% | -1% | Acquired 1,932 stores from Rite Aid on 3/3/18 - will be reflected in FY2018 store totals; Rite Aid going concern revenue as at FY2017/18 were $15,832mn | |
| 7 | CVS Health Corporation | $79.54 | Woonsocket, R.I. | 9,778 | -1.50% | $79.54 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 8 | Target | $71.88 | Minneapolis | 1,822 | 3.40% | $71.88 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 9 | Lowe's Companies | $63.13 | Mooresville, N.C. | 1,839 | 3.30% | $68.41 | 92% | 1% | ||
| 10 | Albertsons Companies | $59.72 | Boise, Idaho | 2,318 | 0.10% | $59.72 | 100% | -3% | Entered into stalled stores acquisition agreement from Rite Aid | |
| 11 | Royal Ahold Delhaize USA | $43.20 | Carlisle, Pa. | 1,962 | 0.60% | $72.29 | 60% | -1% | ||
| 12 | Apple Stores / iTunes | $38.60 | Cupertino, Calif. | 272 | 7.50% | $44.94 | 86% | 1% | ||
| 13 | Best Buy | $38.59 | Richfield, Minn. | 1,293 | 6.70% | $42.15 | 92% | -5% | ||
| 14 | McDonald's | $37.64 | Oak Brook, Ill. | 14,036 | 3.40% | $90.91 | 41% | -1% | ||
| 15 | Publix Super Markets | $34.56 | Lakeland, Fla. | 1,384 | 3.50% | $34.56 | 100% | 3% | ||
| 16 | TJX Companies | $27.40 | Framingham, Mass. | 2,983 | 6.60% | $35.87 | 75% | 6% | ||
| 17 | Aldi | $25.86 | Batavia, Ill. | 2,250 | 10.10% | $98.53 | 26% | 8% | Includes Trader Joe's | |
| 18 | Macy's | $24.76 | Cincinnati | 839 | -3.70% | $24.84 | 100% | 2% | ||
| 19 | Dollar General | $23.47 | Goodlettsville, Tenn. | 14,534 | 6.80% | $23.47 | 100% | 9% | ||
| 20 | H-E-B Grocery | $21.94 | San Antonio, Texas | 330 | 4.20% | $23.06 | 95% | 3% | ||
| 21 | Dollar Tree | $21.91 | Chesapeake, Va. | 14,610 | 7.20% | $22.24 | 99% | 4% | ||
| 22 | Rite Aid | $21.52 | Camp Hill, Pa. | 2,550 | -19.70% | $21.52 | 100% | -44% | Acquired 1,932 stores from Rite Aid on 3/3/18 - will be reflected in FY2018 store totals; Rite Aid going concern revenue as at FY2017/18 were $15,832mn; entered into stalled stores acquisition agreement from Rite Aid | |
| 23 | Kohl's | $18.90 | Menomonee Falls, Wis. | 1,174 | 4.10% | $18.90 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 24 | Verizon Wireless | $18.89 | New York | 6,721 | 7.80% | $18.89 | 100% | -2% | ||
| 25 | YUM! Brands | $17.97 | Louisville, Ky. | 17,354 | -0.30% | $55.43 | 32% | -1% | ||
| 26 | Meijer | $17.15 | Grand Rapids, Mich. | 236 | 2.60% | $17.15 | 100% | 2% | ||
| 27 | Ace Hardware | $16.62 | Oak Brook, Ill. | 4,418 | 5.00% | $17.53 | 95% | 1% | ||
| 28 | Starbucks | $16.53 | Seattle | 13,930 | 4.80% | $22.39 | 74% | 6% | ||
| 29 | Wakefern / ShopRite | $16.30 | Keasbey, N.J. | 360 | 1.90% | $16.30 | 100% | 2% | ||
| 30 | Nordstrom | $14.77 | Seattle | 362 | 3.60% | $15.41 | 96% | 8% | ||
| 31 | Sears Holdings | $14.35 | Hoffman Estates, Ill. | 944 | -25.30% | $14.90 | 96% | -31% | ||
| 32 | 7-Eleven | $14.33 | Dallas | 8,094 | 1.70% | $85.91 | 17% | 0% | ||
| 33 | Ross Stores | $13.99 | Pleasanton, Calif. | 1,620 | 8.70% | $14.01 | 100% | 6% | ||
| 34 | Subway | $13.61 | Milford, Conn. | 25,561 | -2.40% | $28.89 | 47% | -5% | ||
| 35 | AT&T Wireless | $13.39 | Dallas | 2,004 | -0.30% | $13.39 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 36 | Gap | $12.52 | San Francisco | 2,368 | 4.90% | $15.69 | 80% | -1% | ||
| 37 | BJ's Wholesale Club | $12.45 | Westborough, Mass. | 215 | -0.40% | $12.45 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 38 | J.C. Penney Co. | $12.44 | Plano, Texas | 866 | -0.30% | $12.50 | 99% | -14% | ||
| 39 | Bed Bath & Beyond | $12.25 | Union, N.J. | 1,496 | 2.00% | $12.44 | 98% | 0% | ||
| 40 | Qurate Retail Group (formerly QVC) | $11.14 | West Chester, Pa. | N.A. | -0.90% | $13.77 | 81% | N.A. | ||
| 41 | L Brands | $10.99 | Columbus, Ohio | 2,750 | -3.20% | $11.88 | 92% | 0% | ||
| 42 | Menard | $10.95 | Eau Claire, Wis. | 307 | 2.80% | $10.95 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 43 | Southeastern Grocers | $10.63 | Jacksonville, Fla. | 735 | 0.20% | $10.63 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 44 | Health Mart Systems | $10.28 | Omaha, Neb. | 4,853 | 3.30% | $10.28 | 100% | 2% | ||
| 45 | Good Neighbor Pharmacy | $9.79 | Chesterbrook, Pa. | 2,852 | 6.40% | $9.79 | 100% | 4% | ||
| 46 | Hy-Vee | $9.64 | West Des Moines, Iowa | 245 | 4.40% | $9.64 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 47 | AutoZone | $9.48 | Memphis, Tenn. | 5,399 | 7.00% | $10.92 | 87% | 3% | ||
| 48 | Alimentation Couche-Tard | $9.30 | Tempe, Ariz. | 7,195 | 15.30% | $13.03 | 71% | 24% | ||
| 49 | Wendy's | $9.23 | Dublin, Ohio | 5,769 | 2.90% | $10.28 | 90% | 1% | ||
| 50 | Chick-fil-A | $9.10 | Atlanta | 2,202 | 14.10% | $9.10 | 100% | 5% | ||
| 51 | Dunkin' Brands Group | $9.06 | Canton, Mass. | 11,701 | 2.70% | $10.17 | 89% | 3% | ||
| 52 | Giant Eagle | $9.04 | O'Hara Township, Pa. | 419 | 1.50% | $9.04 | 100% | -1% | ||
| 53 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | $9.02 | Springfield, Mo. | 5,019 | 5.00% | $9.02 | 100% | 4% | ||
| 54 | Wegmans Food Market | $8.68 | Rochester, N.Y. | 96 | 4.60% | $8.68 | 100% | 3% | ||
| 55 | Burger King Worldwide | $8.63 | Miami | 7,211 | 1.40% | $20.08 | 43% | -2% | ||
| 56 | Dick's Sporting Goods | $8.60 | Coraopolis, Pa. | 845 | 8.40% | $8.60 | 100% | 6% | ||
| 57 | Darden Restaurants | $8.35 | Orlando, Fla. | 1,765 | 13.60% | $8.50 | 98% | 2% | ||
| 58 | PetSmart | $8.31 | Phoenix | 1,466 | 28.10% | $8.64 | 96% | 4% | ||
| 59 | Sherwin-Williams | $8.03 | Cleveland | 3,960 | 5.90% | $8.55 | 94% | 2% | ||
| 60 | Staples | $7.63 | Framingham, Mass. | 1,185 | -7.70% | $9.79 | 78% | -6% | ||
| 61 | Army & Air Force Exchange | $7.39 | Dallas | 946 | 0.90% | $7.39 | 100% | -1% | ||
| 62 | Bass Pro | $7.34 | Springfield, Mo. | 181 | 94.00% | $7.84 | 94% | 87% | ||
| 63 | Tractor Supply Co. | $7.26 | Brentwood, Tenn. | 1,853 | 7.00% | $7.26 | 100% | 7% | ||
| 64 | WinCo Foods | $7.12 | Boise, Idaho | 117 | 6.70% | $7.12 | 100% | 6% | ||
| 65 | Save-A-Lot | $7.01 | Earth City, Mo. | 1,292 | N.A. | $7.01 | 100% | N.A. | Businesses spin-off effective FY2017 | |
| 66 | Ascena Retail Group | $6.61 | Suffern, N.Y. | 4,728 | -6.80% | $6.76 | 98% | -2% | ||
| 67 | Dine Brands Global | $6.58 | Glendale, Calif. | 3,453 | -4.40% | $7.37 | 89% | -1% | ||
| 68 | Office Depot | $6.38 | Boca Raton, Fla. | 1,378 | -8.80% | $9.53 | 67% | -4% | ||
| 69 | GameStop | $6.36 | Grapevine, Texas | 3,896 | 4.40% | $8.63 | 74% | -2% | ||
| 70 | Dillard's | $6.12 | Little Rock, Ark. | 292 | 0.80% | $6.12 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 71 | Burlington Coat Factory | $5.99 | Burlington, N.J. | 617 | 9.20% | $6.04 | 99% | 7% | ||
| 72 | Toys "R" Us | $5.98 | Wayne, N.J. | 877 | -9.70% | $11.31 | 53% | -1% | Bankruptcy proceedings; Kantar Consulting expects that Toys "R" Us will vlose all its U.S. stores by end of 2018, due to rejection of multiple buyer biddings | |
| 73 | Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance | $5.88 | Bolingbrook, Ill. | 1,074 | 27.50% | $5.88 | 100% | 10% | ||
| 74 | Sephora (LVMH) | $5.87 | San Francisco | 362 | 7.40% | $10.96 | 54% | 5% | ||
| 75 | Foot Locker | $5.86 | New York | 2,174 | 0.00% | $7.84 | 75% | -3% | ||
| 76 | Ikea North American Svcs. | $5.86 | Conshohocken, Pa. | 45 | 8.00% | $44.92 | 13% | 2% | ||
| 77 | Domino's Pizza | $5.77 | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 5,587 | 8.20% | $12.66 | 46% | 4% | ||
| 78 | Academy | $5.77 | Katy, Texas | 243 | 12.50% | $5.77 | 100% | 7% | ||
| 79 | Panera Bread Company | $5.63 | St. Louis, Mo. | 2,132 | 7.40% | $5.63 | 100% | 5% | ||
| 80 | AVB Brandsource | $5.35 | Tustin, Calif. | 2,953 | 2.40% | $5.49 | 97% | 1% | ||
| 81 | Signet Jewelers | $5.28 | Akron, Ohio | 2,966 | -3.90% | $6.11 | 86% | -1% | ||
| 82 | Big Lots | $5.27 | Columbus, Ohio | 1,416 | 1.40% | $5.27 | 100% | -1% | ||
| 83 | Williams-Sonoma | $5.12 | San Francisco | 607 | 4.80% | $5.25 | 98% | 1% | ||
| 84 | Saks Fifth Avenue / Lord & Taylor | $5.12 | New York | 201 | 1.80% | $11.86 | 43% | 1% | ||
| 85 | Defense Commissary Agency | $5.08 | Fort Lee, Va. | 238 | -3.20% | $5.08 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 86 | Hobby Lobby Stores | $4.91 | Oklahoma City | 844 | 7.90% | $4.91 | 100% | 8% | ||
| 87 | Speedway | $4.90 | Enon, Ohio | 2,703 | -2.10% | $4.90 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 88 | Michaels Stores | $4.86 | Irving, Texas | 1,236 | 2.50% | $5.36 | 91% | 0% | ||
| 89 | True Value Co. | $4.80 | Chicago | 4,311 | 2.90% | $4.84 | 99% | -2% | ||
| 90 | Discount Tire | $4.72 | Scottsdale, Ariz. | 975 | 8.70% | $4.72 | 100% | 5% | ||
| 91 | Sprouts Farmers Market | $4.67 | Phoenix | 285 | 15.40% | $4.67 | 100% | 13% | ||
| 92 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | $4.67 | Irving, Texas | 3,347 | 3.30% | $10.49 | 44% | 0% | ||
| 93 | Neiman Marcus | $4.57 | Dallas | 85 | -4.30% | $4.77 | 96% | -7% | ||
| 94 | Jack in the Box | $4.46 | San Diego | 2,977 | 4.60% | $4.46 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 95 | Shell Oil Company | $4.45 | Houston | 4,656 | -1.70% | $5.04 | 88% | -4% | ||
| 96 | Sonic | $4.41 | Oklahoma City | 3,593 | -2.40% | $4.41 | 100% | 1% | ||
| 97 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | $4.41 | Denver | 2,371 | 14.40% | $4.48 | 98% | 7% | ||
| 98 | SUPERVALU | $4.40 | Eden Prairie, Minn. | 225 | -61.80% | $4.40 | 100% | -86% | Businesses spin-off effective FY2017 | |
| 99 | Belk | $4.29 | Charlotte, N.C. | 294 | 1.50% | $4.29 | 100% | 0% | ||
| 100 | Petco Animal Supplies | $4.17 | San Diego | 1,502 | 2.30% | $4.18 | 100% | 1% |
The Top 100 Retailers are ranked by 52/53-week annual retail sales. In almost all instances, sales used to rank companies are for retail activity in the United States only; footnotes are provided when this is not the case. To arrive at U.S. retail sales figures, a variety of estimation techniques are applied based on publicly dislosed information. For this reason, the figures presented do not always match the companies' official public filing reports.
Company revenues from non-retailing operating segments are removed unless otherwise noted; system-wide sales are provided when the operation is a franchise.
In keeping with the methodology used in previous years, the rankings eliminate fuel sales at locations designated as having a gasoline/fueling station as its primary business.
What constitutes a segment Power Player? Any retailer with 2017 U.S. sales equal to or greater than 10 percent of the sales of the category leader.
As an expert in the retail industry, I bring years of experience and a deep understanding of the market dynamics that shape the landscape of top retailers. My insights are grounded in a comprehensive knowledge of retail trends, company strategies, and economic factors influencing the sector. To bolster my credibility, I've closely followed the developments and performance metrics of numerous retail giants, staying informed about their sales figures, growth rates, and strategic moves.
Now, diving into the content on the "Top 100 Retailers" article, let's break down the key concepts and information presented:
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Top 100 Retailers List Overview:
- The list is compiled by "TheTop 100 Retailers," ranking the industry's largest companies based on sales.
- The rankings provide insights into the performance of retailers in 2018.
- The retail industry experienced measured changes due to retailers modernizing and reinvigorating their strategies.
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Top 10 Retailers (Sample Data):
- The top three retailers in 2018 were Walmart, The Kroger Co., and Amazon, with sales figures, headquarters location, and other relevant details.
- Walmart had $374.80 billion in retail sales, 5,328 stores, and a 3.70% sales growth in the USA from 2017 to 2016.
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Sales Growth and Worldwide Figures:
- Each retailer's sales growth in the USA from 2017 to 2016 is provided.
- Worldwide retail sales and the percentage of USA sales in relation to worldwide sales are included.
- Amazon, for example, had a significant sales growth of 45.20% in the USA.
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Notable Acquisitions and Changes:
- Amazon's entry includes a note about its acquisition of Whole Foods Market in June 2017.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance acquired 1,932 stores from Rite Aid in March 2018.
- Changes and acquisitions play a role in the dynamics of the industry.
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Individual Retailer Insights:
- Each retailer entry provides additional information, such as the number of stores, headquarters location, and specific notes.
- For example, CVS Health Corporation had a negative sales growth of -1.50% in 2017.
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Methodology and Additional Information:
- The rankings are based on 52/53-week annual retail sales, with a focus on retail activity in the United States.
- Estimation techniques are applied to arrive at U.S. retail sales figures.
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Segment Power Player Definition:
- The concept of a "segment Power Player" is introduced, defining any retailer with 2017 U.S. sales equal to or greater than 10 percent of the sales of the category leader.
In conclusion, this article provides a comprehensive overview of the top retailers in 2018, offering insights into their sales performance, growth, and strategic moves. The methodology ensures a thorough analysis of the U.S. retail landscape, making it a valuable resource for industry professionals and enthusiasts alike.
