Empowering Local Communities: DoorDash Releases Economic Impact Report, Including Survey Data of Local Dashers in Illinois

 

Empowering Local Communities: DoorDash Releases Economic Impact Report, Including Survey Data of Local Dashers in Illinois 

ILLINOIS – DoorDash released its latest Economic Impact Report, outlining how merchants, Dashers, and the DoorDash platform supported economic impact in the local communities we serve across the United States. Alongside the report, we ran a local survey of Dashers in Illinois.  

“Our 2022 Economic Impact Report demonstrates the critical role DoorDash plays in the U.S. economy,” said DoorDash’s Head of Policy Research, Cheryl Young. “The metrics presented in this report are more than just numbers. They illustrate how DoorDash has allowed people like stay-at-home parents to earn money on their way home from dropping their kids off at school and people from all walks of life to get groceries or medicine delivered directly to their doors. We’re proud to continue to connect consumers and local businesses and empower Dashers with flexible earning opportunities.” 

In Illinois, local Dashers are earning flexibly to supplement their income on a schedule that fits their own lifestyle, as: 

Over three-quarters (77%) of Dashers in Illinois agree that they feel less stressed and anxious about their financial situation because they can dash whenever they need; 

Two-thirds (67%) of Dashers in Illinois have dashed to make up for lost income or reduced hours at their full- or part-time job; 

94% of Dashers in Illinois say that dashing allows them more flexibility compared with other earnings opportunities they’ve had; and  

86% of Dasher respondents in Illinois say that dashing makes them feel more in control of their circumstances. 

Overall findings on how DoorDash is fulfilling its mission to empower local economies include: 

In 2022, the DoorDash community supported an estimated $78 billion in economic activity in the U.S. and $15.7 billion in tax revenues  

More people than ever before leveraged our platform to pursue flexible earning opportunities, with well over 6 million people across the globe earning more than $13 billion 

94% of Dashers say that dashing allows them more flexibility compared with other earnings opportunities they’ve had 

Two-thirds (67%) of Dashers surveyed have dashed to make up for lost income or reduced hours at their full- or part-time job 

Only 4% of Dashers surveyed say one of the main reasons they dash is that they’re not able to get other kinds of work while the majority are seeking out the flexibility that fits their schedule 

90% of independent merchants surveyed would recommend DoorDash as a way to reach a wider range of customers, 89% to increase delivery area, and 87% to increase sales volume or revenue 

93% of merchants surveyed find DoorDash helps in one or more ways in times of economic uncertainty 

65% of merchants surveyed agree that DoorDash helps their business increase their overall profitability 

73% of consumers have used DoorDash to try new restaurants they would not have otherwise tried and 77% went back to some or all of these restaurants 

In total, DoorDash saved consumers an estimated 378 million hours in 2022 or more than 15-and-a-half million days 

Please find the full report at https://about.doordash.com/en-us/impact/measuring-our-impact. 

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