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Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the worldâs largest company, measured by sales, breaking Walmartâs 13-year streak at the top of the list.
Amazon posted $717 billion in sales in 2025. Walmart, the largest company in the world for more than a decade, recorded $713 billion in sales in 2025, the retailer announced Thursday.
Although the two companies are significant competitors in consumer retail, Amazonâs revenue growth in cloud computing, advertising and other businesses helped it overtake Walmart.
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Jeff Bezos
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in 1994 as an online bookstore, but the company brought in nearly $129 billion in sales last year from its Amazon Web Services division. AWS provides a vast network of computing, storage and artificial intelligence options to companies and governments around the world. AWS is also a key profit driver for Amazon and helps the company offset losses from its retail business.
The majority ($464 billion) of Amazonâs revenue last year came from sales on its online and physical stores as well as from third-party sellers. Amazon also brought in more than $100 billion combined from advertising and Prime subscriptions.
By contrast, more than 90% of Walmartâs sales come from its physical stores and websites.
Despite Amazonâs rapid rise, Walmart has adapted and is in its strongest shape in years.
Walmartâs stock recently surpassed $1 trillion in value, the first traditional retailer to hit that mark. Walmart also moved its stock listing to the Nasdaq, signaling to investors it wants to be thought of as a tech company.
Walmartâs business in the United States is surging, led by middle-class and upper-income households turning to the retailer to try to save money. The retailer continues to gain market share from rivals like Target.
Walmart, led by
new CEO John Furner
, said Thursday that US sales grew 4.6% last quarter.
âThe pace of change in retail is accelerating,â Furner said in a statement. âOur financial results show that weâre not only embracing this change, weâre leading it.â | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the worldâs largest company, measured by sales, breaking Walmartâs 13-year streak at the top of the list.
Amazon posted \$717 billion in sales in 2025. Walmart, the largest company in the world for more than a decade, recorded \$713 billion in sales in 2025, the retailer announced Thursday.
Although the two companies are significant competitors in consumer retail, Amazonâs revenue growth in cloud computing, advertising and other businesses helped it overtake Walmart.
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Jeff Bezos [started Amazon](https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/10/business/amazon-history-timeline/index.html) in 1994 as an online bookstore, but the company brought in nearly \$129 billion in sales last year from its Amazon Web Services division. AWS provides a vast network of computing, storage and artificial intelligence options to companies and governments around the world. AWS is also a key profit driver for Amazon and helps the company offset losses from its retail business.
The majority (\$464 billion) of Amazonâs revenue last year came from sales on its online and physical stores as well as from third-party sellers. Amazon also brought in more than \$100 billion combined from advertising and Prime subscriptions.
By contrast, more than 90% of Walmartâs sales come from its physical stores and websites.
Despite Amazonâs rapid rise, Walmart has adapted and is in its strongest shape in years.
Walmartâs stock recently surpassed \$1 trillion in value, the first traditional retailer to hit that mark. Walmart also moved its stock listing to the Nasdaq, signaling to investors it wants to be thought of as a tech company.
Walmartâs business in the United States is surging, led by middle-class and upper-income households turning to the retailer to try to save money. The retailer continues to gain market share from rivals like Target.
Walmart, led by [new CEO John Furner](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/business/walmart-doug-mcmillon-customers), said Thursday that US sales grew 4.6% last quarter.
âThe pace of change in retail is accelerating,â Furner said in a statement. âOur financial results show that weâre not only embracing this change, weâre leading it.â
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Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the worldâs largest company, measured by sales, breaking Walmartâs 13-year streak at the top of the list.
Amazon posted \$717 billion in sales in 2025. Walmart, the largest company in the world for more than a decade, recorded \$713 billion in sales in 2025, the retailer announced Thursday.
Although the two companies are significant competitors in consumer retail, Amazonâs revenue growth in cloud computing, advertising and other businesses helped it overtake Walmart.
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Jeff Bezos [started Amazon](https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/10/business/amazon-history-timeline/index.html) in 1994 as an online bookstore, but the company brought in nearly \$129 billion in sales last year from its Amazon Web Services division. AWS provides a vast network of computing, storage and artificial intelligence options to companies and governments around the world. AWS is also a key profit driver for Amazon and helps the company offset losses from its retail business.
The majority (\$464 billion) of Amazonâs revenue last year came from sales on its online and physical stores as well as from third-party sellers. Amazon also brought in more than \$100 billion combined from advertising and Prime subscriptions.
By contrast, more than 90% of Walmartâs sales come from its physical stores and websites.
Despite Amazonâs rapid rise, Walmart has adapted and is in its strongest shape in years.
Walmartâs stock recently surpassed \$1 trillion in value, the first traditional retailer to hit that mark. Walmart also moved its stock listing to the Nasdaq, signaling to investors it wants to be thought of as a tech company.
Walmartâs business in the United States is surging, led by middle-class and upper-income households turning to the retailer to try to save money. The retailer continues to gain market share from rivals like Target.
Walmart, led by [new CEO John Furner](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/business/walmart-doug-mcmillon-customers), said Thursday that US sales grew 4.6% last quarter.
âThe pace of change in retail is accelerating,â Furner said in a statement. âOur financial results show that weâre not only embracing this change, weâre leading it.â | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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