Wayfair Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $14.78B
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Wayfair
Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses, SIC 5961
Wayfair Inc. retails home goods, furniture, décor, housewares, and home improvement products through an e-commerce platform and a growing brick-and-mortar retail presence. The company operates through a portfolio of retail banners, including Wayfair, AllModern, Birch Lane, Joss & Main, and Perigold, alongside curated private house brands such as Three Posts and Mercury Row. It also runs Wayfair Professional to serve commercial clients. Wayfair serves both individual consumers across varied household income levels and business customers ranging from startups to global enterprises. Beyond consumer merchandise, the company provides suppliers with proprietary logistics solutions, such as CastleGate warehousing and CastleGate Forwarding, alongside media and advertising services.
Wayfair manages its operations through two reportable segments: the United States and International. Its international footprint spans Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, along with former operations in Germany through early 2025. In the United States, Wayfair operates 12 physical retail stores across four states, excluding outlet locations. The company also maintains global customer service centers staffed by over 2,000 full-time service employees and relies on a proprietary fulfillment and delivery network. Corporate headquarters information is not stated in the provided text.
Summary of the business section of Wayfair's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Wayfair Inc.
- Founded
- 2002
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Address
- 4 Copley Place 02116
- Phone
- (617) 532-6100
- Website
- wayfair.com
- Employees
- 12,800, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- W
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 2, 2014
- Shares outstanding
- 137M, Jul 28, 2026
- Public float
- $5.20B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1616707
- CUSIP
- 94419L101
- ISIN
- US94419L1017
- LEI
- 54930027N9ZAVYFDHK53
- EIN
- 36-4791999
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Niraj Shah | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 9,003,715 |
| Jon Blotner | Pres., Commercial & Operations | 110,476 |
| Fiona Tan | Chief Technology Officer | 224,262 |
| Kate Gulliver | CFO and Chief Admin Officer | 159,681 |
| Thomas Netzer | Chief Operating Officer | 171,790 |
| Steven Conine | Director | 8,994,393 |
| Jeremy King | Director | 19,965 |
| Andrea Jung | Director | 22,857 |
| Michael Andrew Kumin | Director | 319,753 |
| Diana Frost | Director | 8,304 |
| Jeffrey G. Naylor | Director | 33,052 |
| III Harry A. Lawton | Director | 2,261 |
| Michael E. Sneed | Director | 24,543 |
| Anke Schaferkordt | Director | 14,689 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Shah | $280.85M | $323.98M | $8.51M | $44 | $144 |
| FY2024 Shah | $283.15K | $283.15K | $4.44M | $20 | $133 |
| FY2023 Shah | $225.17K | $225.17K | $3.57M | $27 | $119 |
| FY2022 Shah | $751.22K | $751.22K | $4.47M | $15 | $98 |
| FY2021 Shah | $227.27K | $227.27K | $5.65M | $84 | $143 |
| FY2020 Shah | $83.27K | $83.27K | $2.91M | $250 | $142 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“We believe we have a good relationship with our employees, which includes approximately 12,800 employees, of whom approximately 11,800 w ere full-time equivalents, as of December 31, 2025.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Sep 29, 2014 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |