Amazon.com, Inc. operates within the Catalog and mail-order houses sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Amazon.com with three other miscellaneous retailers and wholesalers in North America: Jd.Com Inc (2018 sales of $69.78 billion of which 97% was JD Retail), World Fuel Services Corporation ($39.60 billion of which 48% was Aviation), and Mitsubishi Corporation ($68.41 billion of which 38% was Living Essentials).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Amazon.com were $232.89 billion. This is an increase of 30.9% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $177.87 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Amazon.com (and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 213%). Sales of Physical Stores saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 197.1% in 2018, from $5.80 billion to $17.22 billion. Amazon.com also saw significant increases in sales in Amazon Web Services (up 46.9% to $25.66 billion) and Subscription Services (up 45.7% to $14.17 billion) and Other (up 117.2% to $10.11 billion) .