Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
retailing
Subsidy Total:
$6,527,401,617
Number of Awards:
7,007
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1989. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2010.
Notes:
The dollar total above adjusts for the fact that there is an overlap between the amounts in one or more Megadeal entries and those of one or more of the other entries. The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
| Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com | $2,379,871,238 | 178 |
| Sears | $574,120,853 | 52 |
| Bass Pro | $395,168,933 | 64 |
| CVS Health | $239,583,121 | 164 |
| Lowe's | $237,017,854 | 225 |
| Walmart | $229,422,025 | 473 |
| Fresh Direct | $186,970,562 | 32 |
| Target | $173,789,999 | 188 |
| Wakefern Food | $131,898,800 | 5 |
| eBay | $125,286,426 | 38 |
Individual Subsidy Records:
| Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year |
Subsidy Value |
Loan/Bailout Value | Type of Subsidy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Virginia | state | 2019 | $750,000,000 |
megadeal  |
|
| Sears Holdings Corp | Sears | Illinois | multiple | 2011 | $275,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Texas | state | 2012 | $269,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Sears Roebuck | Sears | Illinois | multiple | 1989 | $242,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| VAdata | Amazon.com | Oregon | state | 2018 | $176,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Fresh Direct Holdings, Inc. | Fresh Direct | New York | multiple | 2013 | $171,139,843 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Cabela's | Bass Pro | West Virginia | multiple | 2003 | $127,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Cabela's | Bass Pro | Texas | multiple | 2004 | $113,800,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| RadioShack | RadioShack | Texas | multiple | 2002 | $96,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Vadata Inc | Amazon.com | Ohio | multiple | 2014 | $93,700,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Kohl's | Kohl's | Wisconsin | multiple | 2012 | $87,500,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Illinois | multiple | 2017 | $83,125,187 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Missouri | multiple | 2018 | $78,600,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Kentucky | multiple | 2017 | $75,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | New York | multiple | 2019 | $70,772,064 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. | Kohl's | Wisconsin | state | 2012 | $62,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | South Carolina | state | 2011 | $61,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Best Buy Co. Inc. | Best Buy | Minnesota | local | 2000 | $59,923,127 | tax credit/rebate and grant | |
| Wakefern Food Corp. | Wakefern Food | New Jersey | state | 2010 | $58,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Bass Pro | Bass Pro | Iowa | local | 2008 | $56,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| AMAZON CORPORATE LLC | Amazon.com | Washington | state | 2017 | $55,938,611 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Alabama | multiple | 2018 | $54,600,000 |
megadeal |
|
| Bass Pro | Bass Pro | Louisiana | local | 2007 | $50,000,000 |
MEGADEAL |
|
| Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation | Burlington Stores | New Jersey | state | 2012 | $40,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Audible.com | Amazon.com | New Jersey | state | 2015 | $39,375,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Wakefern Food Corp. | Wakefern Food | New Jersey | state | 2017 | $39,270,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| eBay | eBay | Utah | state | 2012 | $38,156,092 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Aldi, Inc. C/O (Florida South Division LLC) | Aldi | Florida | local | 2015 | $37,343,414 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Aldi, Inc. C/O (Florida South Division LLC) | Aldi | Florida | local | 2016 | $37,343,414 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Maryland | state | 2013 | $35,300,000 | enterprise zone | |
| Ahold eCommerce Sales Company LLC | Ahold Delhaize | New Jersey | state | 2012 | $34,561,347 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ascena Retail Group and Dress Barn Inc. | Ascena Retail Group | New Jersey | state | 2012 | $32,400,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Missouri | local | 2017 | $32,000,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Wakefern Food Corp. | Wakefern Food | New Jersey | state | 2010 | $29,250,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Wayfair LLC / SK Retail, Inc. | Wayfair Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2019 | $28,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| eBay | eBay | Utah | state | 2008 | $27,277,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Advance Stores Company, Incorporated | Advance Auto Parts | North Carolina | state | 2014 | $23,210,000 | grant | |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Lowe's | North Carolina | state | 2015 | $22,015,034 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sears Holdings Management Corporation | Sears | Illinois | state | 2016 | $20,013,310 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Lowe's Home Centers Inc. | Lowe's | Connecticut | state | 2005 | $20,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. | Dollar Tree | Connecticut | state | 2012 | $20,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Connecticut | state | 2017 | $20,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ikea Holding US, Inc. | Ikea | New York | state | 2007 | $19,850,834 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc. | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2015 | $19,056,146 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon.com.kydc, LLC | Amazon.com | Kentucky | state | 2000 | $19,037,500 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Fresh Direct Holdings, Inc | Fresh Direct | New York | state | 2015 | $18,930,228 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Bloomfield Development (Trustmark Park/Bass Pro) | Bass Pro | Mississippi | state | 2004 | $18,906,655 | tax credit/rebate | |
| ABERCROMBIE & FITCH, INC. ET. AL. | Abercrombie & Fitch | Ohio | state | 1999 | $18,327,910 | enterprise zone | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | New York | state | 2017 | $18,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Ulta, Inc. | Ulta Beauty | California | local | 2017 | $18,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Family Dollar Services, Inc. | Dollar Tree | Kentucky | state | 2000 | $17,800,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon.com.dedc, LLC | Amazon.com | Ohio | state | 2015 | $17,543,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Wisconsin | local | 2013 | $17,000,000 | tax increment financing | |
| CVS Pharmacy Inc. | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2010 | $16,740,235 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2012 | $15,446,563 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sears Holdings Management Corporation | Sears | Illinois | state | 2017 | $15,329,353 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. | Lowe's | New York | local | 2009 | $15,154,500 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
| CARMAX AUTO SUPERSTORES | CarMax | Illinois | local | 1997 | $15,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $15,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2013 | $14,450,002 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CVS Pharmacy Inc. | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2008 | $13,877,240 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Michigan | local | 2017 | $13,500,000 | grant | |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2011 | $13,438,700 | tax credit/rebate | |
| eBay, Inc. | eBay | Nevada | state | 2016 | $12,880,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | Costco | Washington | state | 2016 | $12,178,735 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Best Buy Stores, L.P. | Best Buy | Kentucky | state | 2007 | $12,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| GPSDC (New York), Inc. | Gap Inc. | New York | state | 2015 | $12,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Lowe's | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $11,984,511 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VADATA (Lewis & Clark Dr Site) | Amazon.com | Oregon | state | 2018 | $11,961,390 | property tax abatement | |
| WALMART | Walmart | Illinois | local | 2009 | $11,951,972 | tax credit/rebate | |
| CVS Pharmacy Inc. | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2009 | $11,430,917 | tax credit/rebate | |
| AutoZone Parts Inc. | AutoZone | Tennessee | local | 2019 | $11,279,798 | property tax abatement | |
| eBay, Inc. | eBay | Nevada | state | 2016 | $11,102,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | Nordstrom | California | state | 2016 | $11,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Texas | local | 2015 | $11,000,000 | property tax abatement | |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Lowe's | North Carolina | state | 2012 | $10,612,916 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Sutter Street Manufacturing, Inc. | Williams-Sonoma | North Carolina | state | 2008 | $10,537,000 | grant | |
| Sears Roebuck and Co | Sears | Illinois | local | 2000 | $10,500,000 | tax increment financing | |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc. | CVS Health | Rhode Island | state | 2016 | $10,489,478 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Wayfair LLC | Wayfair Inc. | Massachusetts | state | 2018 | $10,324,800 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Wisconsin | state | 2013 | $10,300,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Florida | local | 2016 | $10,000,000 | grant | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Michigan | local | 2017 | $10,000,000 | Tax Increment Financing | |
| The Gap, Inc. | Gap Inc. | California | local | 2018 | $10,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Omnicare Headquarters, LLC #2 | CVS Health | Kentucky | state | 2004 | $9,622,045 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon | Amazon.com | Oregon | local | 2017 | $9,600,000 | property tax abatement | |
| VADATA (Lewis & Clark Dr. Site) | Amazon.com | Oregon | state | 2017 | $9,514,028 | property tax abatement | |
| Cabela's Retail, Inc. | Bass Pro | Pennsylvania | state | $9,300,000 | grant | ||
| GSI Commerce Solutions, Inc. | eBay | Kentucky | state | 2001 | $9,285,675 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Amazon Studios LLC | Amazon.com | California | state | 2018 | $9,204,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| VADATA (Rippee Rd Site) | Amazon.com | Oregon | state | 2018 | $9,172,294 | property tax abatement | |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Lowe's | North Carolina | state | 2016 | $8,872,343 | tax credit/rebate | |
| QVC, Inc. | Qurate Retail | Pennsylvania | state | 2016 | $8,699,502 | tax credit/rebate | |
| QVC, Inc. | Qurate Retail | Pennsylvania | state | $8,623,082 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| QVC, Inc. | Qurate Retail | Pennsylvania | state | $8,554,404 | tax credit/rebate | ||
| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and Subsidiaries | Bed Bath & Beyond | New Jersey | state | 2011 | $8,541,650 | grant | |
| Amazon.com.kydc, LLC | Amazon.com | Kentucky | state | 2000 | $8,500,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| Home Depot | Home Depot | Texas | state | 2004 | $8,500,000 | grant | |
| Walgreen Company | Walgreens Boots Alliance | Illinois | state | 2017 | $8,117,315 | tax credit/rebate | |
| FRY'S ELECTRONICS INC | Fry's Electronics | Illinois | local | 2001 | $8,000,000 | tax credit/rebate | |
| WALMART | Walmart | Illinois | local | 2010 | $8,000,000 | tax credit/rebate |
