--- title: Apple Stores Make Over $5,000 Per Square Foot in Sales description: Apple Stores, which turn 15 years old Thursday, have greater sales figures per square foot than any other retail location. canonical: https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/ author: Lisa Eadicicco article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-18T23:00:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:44:02.059Z article:section: Business og:title: Apple Stores Make An Insane Amount of Money og:description: The 15-year-old retail locations were a great business move og:url: https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Apple Stores Make An Insane Amount of Money twitter:description: The 15-year-old retail locations were a great business move twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Apple Stores Make An Insane Amount of Money  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco May 18, 2016 11:00 PM CUT  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco May 18, 2016 11:00 PM CUT Apple Stores, which turn 15 years old Thursday, have greater sales figures per square foot than any other retail location, according to data from [eMarketer](https://www.emarketer.com/ "undefined"). The firm crunched numbers from regulatory filings, press releases and conference calls to compare the country’s top retailers. Apple ranked number one atop the list of more than 250 companies, beating jewelers like Tiffany & Co. and luxury brands such as Coach and Michael Kors. The data pertains to sales figures over the trailing year. Here’s how much the Apple Store makes per square foot compared to other top retailers:  Retail sales figures per square foot for top retailers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/"},"headline":"Apple Stores Make An Insane Amount of Money","datePublished":"2016-05-18T23:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:44:02.059Z","description":"The 15-year-old retail locations were a great business move","url":"https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/","keywords":["Retail","Tech","Apple","Apple Store"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Eadicicco","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-eadicicco/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/retail/","name":"Retail"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4339170/apple-store-sales-comparison/","name":"Apple Stores Make An Insane Amount of Money"}}]}] ```