This 55-page Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses 2025 U.S. Market Research Report is one of the most comprehensive and in-depth assessments of the retail sector in the United States with over 100 data sets covering 2016-2029.
This report includes historical and forecasted market size, ecommerce, product lines, inventory turns, gross margin, profitability, financial ratios, BCG matrix, statistics by state, operating expense details, organizational composition, consolidation analysis, employee productivity, price inflation, pay bands for the top 20 industry jobs, segmentation by concentration, business size, franchise, and business structure, trend analysis and forecasts on companies, facilities, employees, payroll, and much more.
Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses include locations primarily engaged in selling all types of merchandise using the electronic and print media to induce direct response by the customer. These retailers can employ methods, such as ecommerce, online marketing, apps. infomercials, broadcasting and publishing direct response advertising and publishing traditional or electronic catalogues, to display their merchandise and reach their customers. They can also provide sites facilitating consumer to-consumer or business-to-consumer trade in new and used goods, on an auction basis, using the Internet. Transactions between these retailers and their customers typically require the use of information technology (telephone or computer network) and the delivery of merchandise is typically done by mail or courier. Establishments primarily engaged in selling from catalogue showrooms, without stock, are also included.
This report is based on extensive business surveys and econometrics. Professionals utilize this report for market sizing, benchmarking, strategic planning, due diligence, valuations, operational initiatives, sales & marketing strategies, understanding industry dynamics, evaluating opportunities, forecasting, trend analysis, streamlining, gap analysis, and other analyses.
This report includes historical and forecasted market size, ecommerce, product lines, inventory turns, gross margin, profitability, financial ratios, BCG matrix, statistics by state, operating expense details, organizational composition, consolidation analysis, employee productivity, price inflation, pay bands for the top 20 industry jobs, segmentation by concentration, business size, franchise, and business structure, trend analysis and forecasts on companies, facilities, employees, payroll, and much more.
Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses include locations primarily engaged in selling all types of merchandise using the electronic and print media to induce direct response by the customer. These retailers can employ methods, such as ecommerce, online marketing, apps. infomercials, broadcasting and publishing direct response advertising and publishing traditional or electronic catalogues, to display their merchandise and reach their customers. They can also provide sites facilitating consumer to-consumer or business-to-consumer trade in new and used goods, on an auction basis, using the Internet. Transactions between these retailers and their customers typically require the use of information technology (telephone or computer network) and the delivery of merchandise is typically done by mail or courier. Establishments primarily engaged in selling from catalogue showrooms, without stock, are also included.
This report is based on extensive business surveys and econometrics. Professionals utilize this report for market sizing, benchmarking, strategic planning, due diligence, valuations, operational initiatives, sales & marketing strategies, understanding industry dynamics, evaluating opportunities, forecasting, trend analysis, streamlining, gap analysis, and other analyses.
Below are a few of the hundreds of stats from the 55-page Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses 2025 Market Research Report:
INDUSTRY SIZE
- In 2024, total revenue was $1.46 trillion
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SECTOR GROWTH
- Over the past 3 years, the sector has grown at an annual rate of 16.2%
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RETAILER GROWTH
- There are 51,013 companies in the industry
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ECOMMERCE SALES
- In 2024, ecommerce sales are forecasted to grow 19.5%
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SALES PER LOCATION
- In 2024, the average sales per location was $24.9 million
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INFLATION & PRICING
- 2025 forecasted inflation is 3.7%
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PROFITABILITY & FINANCIAL BENCHMARKS
- Unprofitable companies averaged -14% in net loss as a % of revenues
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Table of Contents
Report Overview
Industry Performance
Ecommerce
Breakdown of Product Lines
Breakdown of Sales by Customer Type
Inventory Turns & Gross Margin
Growth Benchmarks
Sales by Industry Segmentation
BCG Matrix
State Statistics
Pricing & Inflation
Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
Balance Sheet Metrics
Workforce Breakdown (% of Employees)
Employee Expenses
Inventory Handling & Supplies
Property Expenses
Equipment Expenses
IT Expenses
Miscellaneous Expenses
Industry Operating Expenses
Productivity & Industry Employment
Business Size Segmentation
Concentration Segmentation
Major Retail Sector Concentration Benchmarks
Business Structure Segmentation
Franchisee Segmentation
Major Retail Sector Franchise Benchmarks
Employment by Business Size
Retailing Subsector Benchmarking Analysis
Industry Payroll
Payroll by Industry Segmentation
Employees by Industry Segmentation
Job Categorization Pay Ranges
Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
