NYSE: WMTWalmart Inc Statistics & Facts
Key Walmart facts
- Founded
- 1962
- Headquarters
- Bentonville, Arkansas
- Founders
- Sam Walton
- IPO Date
- 1970-10-01
Walmart Store Stats
Walmart International Stores by Region
Walmart store statistics showing the number of stores by region/country outside the U.S.
At over 2,700 locations, Mexico has the most Walmart stores outside the U.S. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
Walmart Advertising & Customer Statistics
Walmart Weekly Customer Visits
How many people go to Walmart in a week?
Walmart Sales Stats
Walmart U.S. Sales by Product Category
What is the most bought item at Walmart?
Walmart International Sales by Country
Walmart International stats breaking down sales by country.
Source:Walmart
Mexico and rest of Central America
$40.50B
U.K.
$0.00
Canada
$22.30B
China
$14.71B
Other
$23.48B
$40.496 billion of Walmart's $605.881 billion in 2022 sales came from Mexico and Central America. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
Walmart Sales Stats: Sam's Club Sales by Category
Sam's Club stats breaking down sales by merchandise category.
Source:Walmart
Grocery and consumables
$53.03B
Fuel, tobacco and other
$14.64B
Home and apparel
$9.58B
Health and wellness
$4.25B
Technology, office and entertainment
$2.86B
$53.027 billion of Sam's Club's $84.345 billion in 2022 sales came from grocery and consumables. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
Walmart Employee Statistics
Walmart Employees
How many employees does Walmart have?
Over 2.1 million people are employed by Walmart. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
1.6 million of the 2.1 million people employed by Walmart are in the US. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
93% of Walmart's US employees are hourly and 70% are full-time. [1]
Date: Mar 17, 2023
Walmart is the largest employer in the U.S. [8]
Date: Sep 18, 2020
Walmart pays an average of $17.50 an hour in the US. [9]
Last Accessed: Sep 19, 2023
Walmart Employees by Race/Ethnicity
How is Walmart diverse?
Source:Walmart
White
50.69%
Black
20.75%
Hispanic
18.88%
Asian
4.69%
Native American or Alaskan Native
1.13%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.5%
Walmart Employees by Age
How old are Walmart employees?
Source:Walmart
16 to 19
12.58%
20 to 24
16.76%
25 to 29
10.53%
30 to 34
9.42%
35 to 39
8.29%
40 and above
42.42%
12.58% of Walmart employees in the US are aged between 16 and 19 years. [10]
Last Accessed: Oct 26, 2022
The average Walmart employee is 38.41 years old. [10]
Last Accessed: Oct 26, 2022
The average hourly employee at Walmart is 38.24 years old. [10]
Last Accessed: Oct 26, 2022
The average Walmart manager is 40.97 years old [10]
Last Accessed: Oct 26, 2022
Walmart Major Acquisitions
Walmart Acquired streaming and media company Vudu in 2010. [11]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Kosmix, a social media startup, for $300 million in 2011 and developed it into Walmart Labs. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Jet.com in 2016 for $3.3 billion but announced in 2020 that it was going to be discontinued. [13]
Date: May 19, 2020
Walmart acquired Shoes.com for $70 million in January 2017. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired ModCloth in March 2017. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Bonobos in June 2017 for $310 million. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Parcel in October 2017. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Moosejaw for $51 million in 2017. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Bare Necessities in August 2018. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Eloquii for $100 million in October 2018. [12]
Date: Dec 11, 2018
Walmart acquired Art.com in December 2018. [14]
Date: Dec 7, 2018
Walmart acquired British supermarket chain Asda in 1999 for $10.8 billion and sold it in 2020 for $88 billion. [15]
Date: Oct 2, 2020
Walmart Miscellaneous Statistics
20.34 million unique visits are made to Walmart's website on Black Friday. [16]
Last Accessed: Oct 23, 2020
Walmart has over 100,000 total suppliers across the world. [17]
Last Accessed: Sep 19, 2023
Every Walmart store that opens reduced local retail employment by 150 jobs. [18]
Date: Jun 12, 2009
For each new retail job created by Walmart, 1.4 existing jobs are lost at competing businesses. [18]
Date: Jun 12, 2009
Only $14 of every $100 spent at a Walmart store stays in the local economy. [18]
Date: Jun 12, 2009
Walmart loses about $3 billion every year to theft and shoplifting. [19]
Date: Aug 21, 2016
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Walmart FY2023 Annual Report
https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000104169/dfe6ee99-8fe6-4333-80ac-829d9e7595fa.pdfDate: Mar 17, 2023
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https://businessinsider.com/strategy/this-is-what-the-average-walmart-shopper-looks-like/yk3vx8d?r=US&IR=TDate: Jan 19, 2020
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https://businessinsider.com/strategy/walmart-has-gobbled-up-a-slew-of-brands-since-2010-and-its-all-part-of-a-long-term/mz02kef?r=US&IR=TDate: Dec 11, 2018
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Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-acquiring-art-dot-com-2018-12?IR=TDate: Dec 7, 2018
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Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-sells-majority-stake-in-asda-to-u-k-consortium-for-8-8-billion-11601637665Date: Oct 2, 2020
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Walmart
https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2018/annual/WMT-2018-GRR-Summary-for-digital.pdfLast Accessed: Sep 19, 2023
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Institute for Local Self Reliance
https://ilsr.org/walmart-create-22000-jobs-and-destroy-many-thousands-more/Date: Jun 12, 2009
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