Although you have probably already realized that Walmart is everywhere, especially if you happen to live in the United States, you probably haven’t realized the extent of its domination. These are 25 astounding facts about Walmart that will show you how big it really is.
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This year every single person in the world will average one purchase at a Walmart store
Source: financialpost.com24
You probably thought that Walmart is only in the United States right? Wrong. It just operates under different names internationally. In the UK it's ASDA, in India it's Best Price, and so on and so forth.
Source: wikipedia23
In fact, it has a total of 55 different names
Source: buzzfeed.com22
It is by far the largest employer in the United States with 1.4 million associates. That is more than the entire population of Rhode Island.
Source: wikipedia21
Although it is not specifically a grocery store, it is the largest grocer in the US with groceries accounting for 56% of its profits.
Source: businessinsider.com20
With $405 billion of revenue, if Walmart were a country it would have the 23rd largest economy in the world.
Source: wikipedia19
Every week about 1/3 of the United States visits a Walmart
Source: financialpost.com18
4 of the 10 richest Americans are Walton family members (the family that started Walmart)
Source: therichest.com17
In 2012 six of the Waltons put together were wealthier than the bottom 40% of the United States
Source: dailyfinance.com16
There are 4,233 Walmarts in the United States. To give you some perspective, there are only 420 Apple Stores
Source: walmart.com15
Most of Walmart's locations, however, are abroad. Remember the ones with different names?
Source: businessinsider.com14
Walmart's CEO gets paid nearly 1,034 times that of a regular employee
Source: dailyfinance.com13
Walmart is also one of the United State's biggest gun retailers and there are actually websites dedicated to tracking shootings at Walmart stores. In 2013 there were 81 incidents.
Source: financialpost.com12
Walmart's revenues of $476 billion are more than Apple, Amazon, Disney, Coca Cola, Target, and Macy's...combined
Source: businessinsider.com11
In 2000 Walmart was sued 4,851 times. That averages out to about once every two hours
Source: therichest.com10
For every additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents, BMI increases by .25 and the obesity rate goes up by 2.5%
Source: financialpost.com9
The most frequent location searched for in the popular Telenav GPS is Walmart
Source: businessinsider.com8
There is a Walmart in China that has its own fight song
Source: buzzfeed.com7
In 2010 the CEO of Walmart (Michael Duke) made more in one hour than a regular employee makes in one year
Source: businessinsider.com6
90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart store
Source: buzzfeed.com5
An average family with 4 members will spend nearly $4,000 at Walmart over the course of a year
Source: dailyfinance.com4
Actually 1 out of every 4 dollars that Americans spend on groceries is spent at Walmart
Source: buzzfeed.com3
11% of the growth of the US trade deficit with China can be accounted for by Walmart purchases
Source: financialpost.com2
If you put all of Walmart's stores together they would cover Manhattan one and a half times. Their parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.
Source: dailyfinance.com1
The most popular items sold by Walmart are actually bananas
Source: businessinsider.comLists Going Viral Right Now
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