10 Largest Online Retailers In the World in 2017

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2. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Score: 18

Another one of the largest online retailers in the world in 2017 – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). The company makes its sales online only, but its business is so much more than ecommerce nowadays. Regardless, it’s still an impressive company.

Founded in 1994, the tech giant started out as an online bookstore, before branching out into selling DVDs, Blu-Rays, CDs, video games, software, and electronics. Nowadays, it sells anything from baby wipes, to tablet computers and drones. It also has plenty of side services, including one that allows you set up a smart lock and camera system in your apartment in order to get your Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) deliveries straight inside your home. Not to mention the Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and the famous Echo smart speaker featuring Alexa.

In 2016, the company managed to pull sales worth $94.6 billion.Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s market cap right now is $549 billion.

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