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How Amazon makes money

Amazon is the online store everyone knows. So why does most of its profit come from renting out computers?

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How much of the profit is AWS?

Amazon sold $716.9Bsec.gov ·2025 worth of goods and services in 2025. Only 18%sec.gov ·2025 of that came from AWS, the part of Amazon that rents out computing power to other companies over the internet.

AWS made how much of Amazon's operating profit?

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  • Amazon.com, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · Amazon.com, Inc. (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2025

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  • $716.9Bsec.gov ·2025 · Total net sales, 2025 (income statement).
  • $80Bsec.gov ·2025 · Operating income, 2025 (income statement).
  • $45.6Bsec.gov ·2025 · AWS segment operating income, 2025 (segment information).
  • 18%sec.gov ·2025 · AWS's share of Amazon's net sales, 2025 (MD&A, net sales mix).
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AmazonLesson 1 of 4

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2025 report · 9 min

How Amazon makes money

Amazon is the online store everyone knows. So why does most of its profit come from renting out computers?

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much of the profit is AWS?

Amazon sold $716.9Bsec.gov ·2025 worth of goods and services in 2025. Only 18%sec.gov ·2025 of that came from AWS, the part of Amazon that rents out computing power to other companies over the internet.

AWS made how much of Amazon's operating profit?

20%
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  • Amazon.com, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · Amazon.com, Inc. (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2025

Every number

  • $716.9Bsec.gov ·2025 · Total net sales, 2025 (income statement).
  • $80Bsec.gov ·2025 · Operating income, 2025 (income statement).
  • $45.6Bsec.gov ·2025 · AWS segment operating income, 2025 (segment information).
  • 18%sec.gov ·2025 · AWS's share of Amazon's net sales, 2025 (MD&A, net sales mix).
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