v3.26.1
Revenue - Breakdown by segment (Details)
¥ in Millions, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
CNY (¥)
Mar. 31, 2026
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2025
CNY (¥)
Mar. 31, 2024
CNY (¥)
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue ¥ 1,023,670 $ 148,401 ¥ 996,347 ¥ 941,168
Unallocated        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue 2,340   1,924 1,297
Inter-segment elimination        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [1] (89,556)   (102,632) (76,741)
Customer management services        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [2] 459,917   424,877 386,571
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue 554,217   508,380 490,101
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | E-commerce | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [3] 449,385   430,491 418,770
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | E-commerce | Customer management services | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [3] 343,867   326,769 307,950
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | E-commerce | Direct sales and others | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [4] 105,518   103,722 110,820
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | Quick Commerce | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [5] 78,520   53,588 50,852
Alibaba China E-commerce Group | Wholesale | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [6] 26,312   24,301 20,479
International Digital Commerce Group | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue 144,170   132,300 102,598
International Digital Commerce Group | Retail | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [7] 117,731   108,465 81,654
International Digital Commerce Group | Wholesale | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [8] 26,439   23,835 20,944
Cloud intelligence group | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [9] 158,132   118,028 106,374
All others | Total segments        
Revenue breakdown        
Revenue [10] ¥ 254,367   ¥ 338,347 ¥ 317,539
[1] Inter-segment elimination consisted of revenue primarily from Cloud Intelligence Group and Cainiao.
[2] Customer management services mainly include CPC, CPM, time-based and CPS marketing and software services.
[3] Revenue from China commerce retail is primarily generated from Alibaba China E-commerce Group and includes primarily revenue from customer management services, sales of goods and logistics services.
[4] Revenue from direct sales, logistics and other revenue under Alibaba China E-commerce Group primarily represents direct sales businesses of Tmall Supermarket, Tmall Global and other businesses, and primarily consists of revenue from sales of goods, as well as logistics services.
[5] Revenue from Quick commerce is primarily generated through “Taobao Instant Commerce” and the Ele.me app. Quick commerce revenue is net of subsidies that are contra revenue, and includes primarily revenue from logistics services and customer management services.
[6] Revenue from China commerce wholesale is primarily generated from 1688.com and includes revenue from membership fees and related value-added services and customer management services.
[7] Revenue from International commerce retail is primarily generated from AliExpress, Trendyol and Lazada and includes revenue from customer management services, logistics services and sales of goods.
[8] Revenue from International commerce wholesale is primarily generated from Alibaba.com and includes revenue from membership fees and related value-added services and customer management services.
[9] Revenue from Cloud Intelligence Group is primarily generated from the provision of cloud services, which include public cloud services and non-public cloud services.
[10] Revenue from All others represented revenue from businesses including Freshippo, Cainiao, Alibaba Health, Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group, Amap, Qwen Consumer Business Group, Lingxi Games, DingTalk, Sun Art, Intime and other businesses. Revenue within All others includes primarily revenue from sales of goods, and logistics services. During the year ended March 31, 2025, the sale of Sun Art was completed and the sale of Intime was substantially completed. The sale of Intime was fully completed during the year ended March 31, 2026. Details of the disposals are set out in Note 4(c) and Note 4(d) respectively.