Retail Industry Landscape of the United States
51,886 Retail companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated September 2026.
Who leads Retail in the United States
Shows 51,886 retail firms, highlighting the 2,547 currently hiring and the 4,400 that have disclosed funding, with top hiring firms NielsenIQ, The TJX Companies, ShipBob and best‑funded firms Walmart, HD Supply Holdings, Fanatics.
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NielsenIQ13last posted Aug 2026
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The TJX Companies13last posted Aug 2026
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ShipBob13last posted Aug 2026
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Numerator12last posted Aug 2026
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Five Below12last posted Jul 2026
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Circana12last posted Aug 2026
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ShipMonk12last posted Jul 2026
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The Chefs Warehouse12last posted Jul 2026
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Walmart$6.5BConventional Debt · Oct 2019
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HD Supply Holdings$6.1BPost IPO · Sep 2016
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Fanatics$4.9BSeries G · Oct 2022
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Albertsons$4.1BPE · May 2020
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QVC$3.9BConventional Debt · Jan 2019
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EquipmentShare$3.8BSeries E · Sep 2023
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Thrasio$3.4BSeries D · Oct 2021
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Square$2.7BPost IPO · Mar 2020
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Amazon Business$181.5BFY2023 filing
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The Home Depot$164.7BFY2023 filing
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Kroger$147.6BFY2021 filing
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iTunes$111.2BFY2020 filing
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Lowe$86.3Bsnapshot Jan 2026
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The United Family$83.2BFY2022 filing
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Costco316,000tracked employees
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Publix253,000tracked employees
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Albertsons+400%+11 → 220,729 employees
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American Eagle Outfitters+400%+21 → 40,000 employees
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Jockey+400%+14 → 20,000 employees
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Macy\'s+400%+101 → 88,857 employees
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Target6.1%2,134 tracked events
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Dollar General1.5%512 tracked events
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Phillips12,780articles in the window
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eBay8,822articles in the window
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Jacksonville Jaguars8,766articles in the window
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Macy5,938articles in the window
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Best Buy5,903articles in the window
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How the Retail ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
Displays the number of retail companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting a peak of 2,961 startups in 2020 and 153 in 2025.
Where Retail companies in the United States are based
The Retail market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories, with consumer digital (20,030) and B2C e‑commerce (18,744) largest, and shows common revenue models such as e‑commerce product sales (34,637).
The biggest kinds of Retail company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital20,030 companies · $74.4B raised · 783 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce18,744 companies · $62.8B raised · 760 hiring
- Internet First Brands9,184 companies · $23.7B raised · 415 hiring
- Enterprise Tech7,960 companies · $89.4B raised · 580 hiring
- B2C Fashion E-Commerce5,435 companies · $14.2B raised · 275 hiring
- Commerce Enablers4,768 companies · $54B raised · 350 hiring
- Enterprise Software4,560 companies · $40.9B raised · 330 hiring
- Internet First Fashion Brands3,939 companies · $8B raised · 206 hiring
- Marketplaces3,917 companies · $34.8B raised · 148 hiring
- SaaS2,927 companies · $32B raised · 211 hiring
- Retail SaaS2,487 companies · $28.1B raised · 178 hiring
- Beauty E-Commerce2,330 companies · $5.5B raised · 94 hiring
Monetization
How Retail companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Retail in the United States
- FundingPower Home Remodeling (POWER), the nation’s largest home remodeling company, has announced that it has secured a growth investment from Bain Capital, Sixth Street, and Harvest Partners Structured Capital.2026-05-05
- M&AWalmart signed an $11 billion deal with Symbotic in 2022 to retrofit 42 regional distribution centres.2026-05-05
- M&AEBay itself recently reached an agreement to acquire the Depop marketplace from Etsy for $1.2 billion in cash.2026-05-04
- M&AWorldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, has acquired Bendi Software, a UK-based supply chain mapping and supplier risk intelligence company.2026-05-04
- M&APointsKash, Inc., a fintech platform integrating payments, rewards, and digital financial services, announced the acquisition of Keating Software’s rewards program development and reporting platform in a cash and stock transaction.2026-05-04
- M&AEuclid has acquired Thresh Power, a provider of due diligence software for renewable energy projects.2026-05-04
- FundingMusely, a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform, has secured over $360 million in non-dilutive capital from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF).2026-05-01
- M&AApple bought the rights to Apple TV’s Severance.2026-05-01
- M&AD2E Labs has acquired Amazon advertising services provider Knoza2026-05-01
- M&AThe acquisition allows Amazon to enhance its portfolio of AI and customer experience solutions.2026-05-01
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Retail company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-07-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-22 | ||
| Richard Schulze | $8.8B | Announced | 2026-06-06 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-05 | ||
| $1.6B | Completed | 2026-06-01 | ||
| Amazon | $8.5B | Pending | 2026-05-25 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for retail companies.
AllbirdsIPO · NASDAQ · BIRD · 5 reportsApr 2026
7-ELEVENIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
SonosIPO · Nasdaq · SONO · 1 reportApr 2026
The RealRealIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
Buda JuiceIPO · NYSEAMERICAN · BUDA · 6 reportsMar 2026
Ninja KitchenIPO · Saudi Exchange · 2 reportsMar 2026
Oddity TechIPO · ODD · 2 reportsMar 2026
Carter\'sSharon Price John · Appointment → Chief Executive Officer and PresidentMay 2026
EatalyAndrea Cipolloni · Resignation — was Chief Executive OfficerMay 2026
Ace HardwareHey ARMA (AI-powered assistant)May 2026
Natural GrocersRegenerative Organic Certified Pasture‑Raised Eggs and Organic Frozen Ravioli (Private label health food)May 2026
MeijerThree exclusive store brand products (Private label health/wellness)May 2026
LOOPLogistics Data Platform (LDP) (Supply Chain Logistics Platform)May 2026
NCR Voyixwon Stater Bros. MarketsMay 2026
SAGEwon molocoApr 2026
Centric Softwarewon DCK GroupApr 2026
Pinnaclewon Dawn Medical TechnologiesApr 2026
eBay Enterprisewon The Children’s PlaceApr 2026
caa brand managementwon aardman animationsApr 2026
Artnetscale undisclosed · cost reductionApr 2026
Artsyscale undisclosed · cost reductionApr 2026
Wish Shoppingfinancially compensated 100-150k consumers — Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH)Apr 2026
Temurefunded — Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH)Apr 2026
- apple v Competition Commission of Indiaantitrust case concerning Apple’s app ecosystem and alleged market dominance · OngoingMay 2026
- Competition Commission of India v appleantitrust case over app distribution and financial disclosure · OngoingMay 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +4.6%, half slower.
Who is building Retail in the United States
Profiles 15,012 founders and CEOs across 12,223 firms, noting frequent alma maters such as Stanford (233) and Harvard (205) and common prior employers like Google (95).
Co-Founder Asset Performance Technologies, CEO ConstellationCK, OrionCKB Marketing, SecretBuilders, CourseAdvisor, Ex-Founder Opus360. MIT BS
Founder Invisibly, Square, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, LaunchCode. LSE 1986, Washington University in St. Louis BA 1987, BASc 1987
Stamford - Connecticut - United States
Reedy Capital, Reedy Industries, MetroTech HVAC Service. Colorado College BA 1987, Northwestern University MBA 2004
Ex-Co-Founder FreePoint, Square, Google, Nikon Metrology, Bell. University of Waterloo 2004
Ex-Vaco, EY.
Tradeshift, ex-Danish Agency For Digitisation, ex-Avanade, IT-Universitetet i København, 2001
Ex-Eyeview, Hewlett-Packard, Israeli Scouts. Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBen-Gurion University of the Negev BSc 2004, HBS MBA 2008
Ex - KKR, Senator Investment Group, Bain Capital / Sankaty Advisors, McKinsey. HBS.
- flagged as repeat founders162
- no repeat-founder flag11,276
- women4,103
- men9,511
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Who funds Retail in the United States
Tracks 7,896 funding rounds since 2016 from 6,338 investors, with a typical round size of $3 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 216 | 105 | Feb 2026 |
| Techstars | 145 | 88 | Apr 2025 |
| Forerunner Ventures | 68 | 27 | Nov 2025 |
| New Enterprise Associates | 57 | 25 | Apr 2026 |
| Founders Fund | 54 | 21 | Sep 2025 |
| General Catalyst | 53 | 21 | May 2026 |
| Lerer Hippeau | 53 | 15 | Oct 2025 |
| Accel | 52 | 30 | Feb 2026 |
| Bain Capital Ventures | 48 | 24 | Mar 2026 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 47 | 26 | Aug 2025 |
The typical round is $3M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Retail funding rounds in the United States
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Fanatics $1.5 billion Series G—and lists ten other sizable recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Gmega-round | $1.5B | Dec 2021 | Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, MSD Capital +1 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1.3B | Feb 2014 | The Coca-Cola | |
| Series Dmega-round | $1B | Oct 2021 | Silver Lake, Advent International, Oaktree Capital Management +3 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $1B | Aug 2017 | MLB, NFL, SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series Dmega-round | $950M | Jan 2011 | Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins | |
| Series Cmega-round | $775M | May 2021 | Victory Park Capital Advisors, Spark Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series Dmega-round | $766.5M | Nov 2020 | SoftBank, Mubadala, Oaktree Capital Management +2 more | |
| Series Cmega-round | $750M | Feb 2021 | Oaktree Capital Management, Advent International, PEAK6 +2 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $700M | Oct 2022 | Clearlake Capital Group, LionTree, Fidelity Investments +2 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $596.2M | Nov 2021 | Durable Capital Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, D1 Capital Partners |
1,087 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Conventional Debt$360MMay 2026
Conventional Debt$225MMay 2026
Series B$170MMay 2026
Series B$22MMay 2026
Series B$15MMay 2026
Seed$14.7MMay 2026
Seed$6MMay 2026
Conventional Debt$3.5MMay 2026
What the news says about Retail in the United States
Records 2,818,092 news articles in the last year, most often covering administrative and political subdivisions, geopolitical disputes and international relations topics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Retail news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,359,391▲+20%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas320,881▲+34%
- International and transnational geographic entities320,718▲+34%
- International political relations202,879▲+36%
- Security and defense policies143,013▲+62%
- International relations and diplomacy91,526▲+23%
- Geographic naming conventions and etymology82,179▲+452%
- Trade policies and agreements77,571→+7%
- Human rights advocacy reports69,871→+2%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets61,042▲+56%
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1,000 Retail companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Retail coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Retail coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Retail jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Aggregates 180,078 job postings from 3,260 employers, showing top skills like Excel and cash handling, with a median advertised salary of $47 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Retail employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- excel2,332▲
- cash register1,916▲
- inventory management1,674▲
- cash handling1,332▲
- ipad1,295▲
- registers1,293▲
- merchandising1,162▲
- outlook921▲
- word873▲
- microsoft office799▲
- Manager$64k/yr (n=3535)
- Senior$124k/yr (n=775)
- Lead$42k/yr (n=568)
- Entry$55k/yr (n=369)
- Intern$40k/yr (n=151)
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20 internships were advertised in the last 12 months, across 16 of these companies.
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