E-commerce sales

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCJ-329G1VRE41-50CQ6J

668.9 billionGBP
estimate

United Kingdom · 2019

E-commerce sales in the United Kingdom were 668.9 billion GBP in 2019 (ONS).

Original source

E-commerce sales: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
ONS
Authority tier
T1 Official
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Main points
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In 2019, e-commerce sales by businesses in the UK non-financial sector with 10 or more employees were £668.9 billion, rising from £639.7 billion in 2018.

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APA

Office for National Statistics. (2019). E-commerce and ICT activity, UK. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/itandinternetindustry/bulletins/ecommerceandictactivity/2019. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6J

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MLA
Office for National Statistics. "E-commerce and ICT activity, UK." 2019, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/itandinternetindustry/bulletins/ecommerceandictactivity/2019. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6J.
Chicago
Office for National Statistics. "E-commerce and ICT activity, UK." 2019. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/itandinternetindustry/bulletins/ecommerceandictactivity/2019. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6J.
BibTeX
@misc{ons2019commerce50cq6j, author = {{Office for National Statistics}}, title = {E-commerce and ICT activity, UK}, year = {2019}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6J}, note = {Original source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/itandinternetindustry/bulletins/ecommerceandictactivity/2019. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XCJ-329G1VRE41-50CQ6J T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Office for National Statistics · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
E-commerce and ICT activity, UK
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Main points
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
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