Food Delivery Statistics 2026: DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Instacart Market Data

DoorDash processed 3.2 billion orders on $102 billion in gross order value in 2025 and now controls roughly 60% of the U.S. food delivery market. With Americans spending more eating out than eating at home for the first time on record, delivery apps have become a fixture of household budgets, and their fees a source of constant sticker shock. One analysis found delivery adds an average 81% to the in-store cost of a meal. This report compiles source-verified statistics on food delivery market size, market share, orders, fees, courier pay, and grocery delivery, drawn from company 10-K filings, USDA data, and card-transaction panels.

Key Findings at a Glance

• DoorDash completed 3.2 billion Total Orders (+23%) on $102.0 billion Marketplace Gross Order Value (+27%) and $13.7 billion revenue (+28%) in FY2025 (DoorDash FY2025 10-K).
• DoorDash held about 60.7% of the U.S. food delivery market at the end of 2024, ahead of Uber Eats (26.1%) and Grubhub (6.3%) (Earnest Analytics).
• Uber's Delivery segment generated $13.75 billion in revenue in FY2024 (+13%), with Delivery Gross Bookings up 17% (Uber FY2024 10-K).
• Instacart processed 338.8 million grocery orders (+15%) on $37.2 billion of Gross Transaction Value in FY2025 (Instacart FY2025 Shareholder Letter).
• U.S. food-away-from-home spending reached roughly $1.4 trillion, about 56% of all food spending, with the away-from-home share peaking in 2023 (USDA ERS).

Food Delivery Market Size

Food delivery has grown from a pandemic-era convenience into a structural share of how people eat. In 2025, delivery accounted for roughly 22% of global consumer foodservice spending, about one in five dollars, up from just 9% in 2019 (Euromonitor, April 2026).

In the United States, the shift shows up in government data: food-away-from-home (restaurants, takeout, and delivery) now makes up about 56% of total U.S. food spending, meaning Americans collectively spend more eating out than cooking at home. The away-from-home share peaked in 2023 (USDA ERS Food Expenditure Series).

Sources: DoorDash FY2025 10-K; Uber FY2024 10-K; Instacart FY2025 Shareholder Letter; Euromonitor; USDA ERS

U.S. Market Share by Platform

The U.S. restaurant delivery market is effectively a DoorDash-led duopoly. Card-transaction data from Earnest Analytics (the successor to Bloomberg Second Measure) put DoorDash at 60.7% of U.S. food delivery sales at the end of 2024, with Uber Eats at 26.1% and Grubhub at 6.3% (Earnest Analytics).

Grubhub's decline has been dramatic. Once the category leader, Grubhub (including Seamless) held 16.7% of the U.S. market heading into the pandemic (down from 20.7% in May 2018) before sliding to 7.6% by May 2023 and roughly 6% by November 2024, shortly before its acquisition by Wonder (Earnest Analytics). Market share is more contested in some dense markets: in the New York City area at the end of 2024, DoorDash held about 38.4%, closer to Uber Eats than its national lead would suggest.

Note: Market-share figures come from Earnest Analytics/Consumer Edge card-panel estimates, not company filings. They are directional and methodology-dependent, and DoorDash's late-2024 share has been reported at both 60.7% (year-end) and 62.7% (November snapshot).

Orders and Scale

DoorDash's order volume has grown every year, reaching 3.2 billion Total Orders in 2025, an average of roughly 8.7 million orders per day.

• DoorDash: 3,172 million Total Orders in 2025 (+23% YoY), up from 2,583 million in 2024 and 2,161 million in 2023 (DoorDash FY2025 10-K).
• Uber (platform-wide): 11.3 billion Trips across Mobility and Delivery in 2024 (+19%), roughly 31 million trips per day, serving 171 million monthly active platform consumers (Uber FY2024 10-K).
• Instacart: 338.8 million grocery orders in 2025 (+15%), or roughly 928,000 orders per day (Instacart FY2025 Shareholder Letter).

The Delivery Cost Markup

The single most-cited number in food delivery discourse is how much more it costs to have food delivered than to buy it yourself. The premium is substantial and comes from three stacked layers: menu markups, platform fees, and tips.

A 2024 FinanceBuzz analysis comparing app prices to in-store menu prices found delivery apps mark items up sharply before any fees are added, and that once delivery fees, service fees, taxes, and a suggested tip are included, the all-in premium averaged about 81%, up from roughly 40% in 2020 (via KTLA).

Grocery delivery carries its own markup. In test shopping by the independent nonprofit Consumers' Checkbook, delivery markups and fees added $40 or more to some orders, with the biggest increases coming from Instacart charging steep markups on many stores' in-store prices (Consumers' Checkbook). A separate Consumer Reports investigation found that about three-quarters of products checked on Instacart were offered at different prices to different customers (Consumer Reports).

Note: The FinanceBuzz markup figures are from a menu-price comparison study, not company filings, and reflect fast-food orders where fixed fees are a large share of small tickets. The grocery $40+ figure is a qualitative test-shopping result. Treat both as illustrative of the direction and scale of delivery premiums rather than universal averages.

Consumer Usage and Demographics

Food delivery is now a weekly habit for a large share of Americans. In a January 2025 YouGov survey, 28.2% of Americans said they use food delivery apps at least once a week, 44.0% use them less frequently, and 24.5% have never used one (YouGov).

Brand consideration tracks the market-share picture. In the same survey, DoorDash led platform consideration at 27.4%, ahead of Uber Eats at 24.1%, with Grubhub trailing well behind, consistent with DoorDash's dominant transaction share (YouGov).

Sources: YouGov

Courier and Driver Economics

Food delivery is also one of the largest sources of flexible gig work in the country. In 2024, approximately 8 million people worked as Dashers on DoorDash, collectively earning more than $18 billion including tips, up from 7 million-plus Dashers the prior year (DoorDash FY2024 10-K). Uber's platform, which spans rideshare and delivery couriers, reported millions of active earners globally, with delivery couriers representing a large and growing share.

Restaurant Economics: Commission Take Rates

Restaurants pay for delivery access through commissions on each order. DoorDash publishes a three-tier structure that illustrates the range across the industry:

• Basic: 15% commission on delivery orders
• Plus: 25% commission, with access to DashPass subscribers
• Premier: 30% commission, with the largest delivery area and a growth guarantee
• Pickup: 6% commission across all plans

Source: DoorDash Merchant Commission. Delivery commissions across the major platforms generally fall in the 15%–30% range, which is why many restaurants add their own menu markups on delivery apps to preserve margin, one of the drivers of the consumer price premium above.

Grocery Delivery: Instacart

Grocery delivery is a distinct and growing segment, dominated in the U.S. by Instacart (legally Maplebear Inc.). Instacart's model layers a marketplace, in-store technology, and a fast-growing advertising business on top of grocery fulfillment.

Sources: Instacart FY2025 Shareholder Letter

In FY2025, Instacart's total revenue equaled about 10.1% of Gross Transaction Value, with its high-margin advertising business alone contributing roughly 2.9% of GTV, a reminder that grocery delivery economics increasingly depend on ad revenue, not just fulfillment fees.

Platform Financials: Side-by-Side

Sources: DoorDash FY2025 10-K; Uber FY2024 10-K; Instacart FY2025 Shareholder Letter; Earnest Analytics

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Methodology and Sources

All statistics in this report are sourced from publicly available SEC filings, government data, and industry research. Company financials are drawn directly from primary filings; market-share figures come from card-transaction panels and are directional. Primary sources include:

• DoorDash, Inc.: FY2025 Form 10-K and FY2024 Form 10-K (orders, GOV, revenue, Dasher counts and earnings).
• Uber Technologies: FY2024 Form 10-K (Delivery segment revenue and Gross Bookings; platform trips and MAPCs).
• Instacart (Maplebear Inc.): FY2025 Shareholder Letter (orders, GTV, revenue split).
• Earnest Analytics (formerly Bloomberg Second Measure): U.S. delivery market share and Grubhub share history.
• USDA Economic Research Service: Food Expenditure Series.
• Consumers' Checkbook: grocery delivery cost testing and FinanceBuzz delivery markup analysis (via KTLA).
• YouGov: U.S. food delivery app usage.
• DoorDash Merchant: commission plans.

Last updated: July 2026.