Name: Instacart lost $1.6B in its IPO year
Creator: Prophet Sharing
Published: 2026-10-29
Keywords: Delivery markets, U.S. · Grocery, business, delivery, grocery

Instacart lost $1.6B in its IPO year. Selected reported company net income from 2015 to 2026. Selected nine U.S. online grocery ordering channels from the original Yipit basket. Instacart = Marketplace; Storefront, Shipt, FreshDirect, DoorDash and Uber remain in Other. Not all online grocery. Company financials, not U.S. delivery-segment profit and not a full-market total. Null years omitted, never zero-filled.

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YipitData; Brick Meets Click; EMARKETER; company disclosures. Selected online ordering channels, including pickup and shipping. 2015–2019 reconstructed; 2024–2026 modeled. Walmart 56% is within the selected basket, not all U.S. grocery. GAAP company net income; variable coverage, undisclosed years unfilled; 2026 TTM.

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PS PROPHET SHARING Instacart lost $1.6B in its IPO year Instacart −$2B −$1.5B −$1B −$0.5B $0B $0.5B $1B $1.5B $2B 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Not disclosed +$484M Includes IPO stock compensation Reported Instacart only · company net income incl. noncash items · undisclosed years unfilled · 2026 TTM