FORMULA & SQL / TOTALS

Average for each group.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

Row	A: Region	B: Rep	C: Amount	D: Order Date	E: Status	F: Customer
2	North	Ana	1,200	2026-03-01	Paid	Jo Smith
3	South	Ben	450	2026-03-15	Open	Raj Patel
4	North	Cy	300	2026-04-02	Paid	Lee Wong
5	East	Ana	980.50	2026-04-20	Paid	Mia Ross
6	North	Ben	75	2026-05-05	Open	Jo Smith
7	West	Dee	1,640	2026-05-18	Paid	Sam Okoro

Excel

=SORT(LET(g,UNIQUE(A2:A7),HSTACK(g,AVERAGEIF(A2:A7,g,C2:C7))),2,-1)

Google Sheets

=ARRAYFORMULA(SORT(LET(g,UNIQUE(A2:A7),HSTACK(g,AVERAGEIF(A2:A7,g,C2:C7))),2,-1))

One row per group with its average, largest first.

Spills a summary table, largest first. Needs Excel 365 or Google Sheets.

Run on the example rows:

PostgreSQL

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

Run on the example rows:

Other databases

MySQL

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

SQL Server

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

SQLite

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

BigQuery

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

Snowflake

SELECT region, AVG(amount) AS average_value
FROM sales
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY average_value DESC

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗