Amazon said Tuesday that U.S. Prime members received 8 billion items with same-day or next-day delivery in 2025, a 30% increase from 2024.
Globally, Prime members received 13 billion items in less than two days. In the U.S., groceries and household essentials made up half of the deliveries under the two-day mark. The company estimated members saved an average of $550 on shipping costs.
Vice President of Amazon Prime Jamil Ghani told Yahoo Finance that convenience remains a key pillar of the Prime program, saying, “We focus on savings, convenience, and entertainment… and so convenience has to go up and up as expectations go up and up.”
In 2025, Amazon invested $4 billion to expand its same-day and next-day delivery network to 4,000 smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. The company also announced plans last week to close its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores to focus on streamlining its delivery services and expanding Whole Foods, which Amazon acquired in 2017.
Amazon expanded same-day delivery for perishable items to more than 5,000 U.S. cities and said it delivered 70% more items in less than a day in 2025 compared to the previous year.
“Think about those buildings that we’ve now built, and we’ve retrofitted them with all the lessons we’ve learned, most importantly, from Whole Foods, about how to have a seamless, high-quality, freshness-guaranteed supply chain experience for perishable items,” Ghani said.
The company also introduced same-day delivery across its pharmacy segment. Amazon entered the pharmaceutical space in 2018 with its acquisition of PillPack. Ghani said artificial intelligence tools helped reduce patient processing times by 90% compared to industry standards by eliminating wait times and streamlining document review.
Amazon faces ongoing competition from Walmart, which has also invested heavily in its delivery infrastructure. Walmart said it can offer same-day delivery to 93% of U.S. households.
On Amazon’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy highlighted grocery delivery as a top growth area. “We started with a few markets about a year ago, and we were really taken aback at the adoption,” he said.
