Technology & retail
Amazon’s UK activities sit within Amazon.com, Inc., the US-listed retail and technology group. Its UK tax contribution spans several businesses and legal entities. [1][2]
01 / Behind the name
Publicly listed · Nasdaq [1]
This profile follows the group rather than one UK subsidiary. A subsidiary’s accounts should not be read as the tax position of every Amazon business serving UK customers. The diagram is a group overview, not a legal-entity register. [1][2]
02 / On the map
Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.
03 / The figures, with context
Amazon reports more than £1.3bn in UK taxes borne for 2025. That combines corporation tax with business rates, national insurance and digital services tax; the disclosure does not isolate corporation tax.
Amazon’s UK activities
Period ending 31 Dec 2025
The reviewed UK contribution statement groups corporation tax with other direct taxes. It does not give a separate UK corporation-tax cash total. [2]
Amazon’s UK activities
Period ending 31 Dec 2025
Company-reported aggregate of several direct taxes. It includes corporation tax, business rates, national insurance and digital services tax. [2]
Amazon’s UK activities
Period ending 31 Dec 2025
Combines taxes borne with taxes collected from customers, employees and others. This is not corporation tax, nor entirely a cost borne by Amazon. [2]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Understand the measures04 / Check our working
Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.
Amazon.com, Inc. / US SEC · Cover: incorporation, principal executive offices and listing; business overview
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