Most Common Receipts Submitted for Expense Reports
April 2, 2025Here’s a list of common types of receipts that show up on 2020 – 2025 expense reports — along with specific business names that are frequently seen in real-world submissions across various industries (corporate, sales, consulting, travel, etc.):
🏨 Hotels / Lodging
- Hilton (e.g., Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites) –
- Marriott (Courtyard, Residence Inn, etc.)
- Hyatt
- Holiday Inn / IHG
- Best Western
- Motel 6 (common for lower-budget travel)
✈️ Airlines / Travel Booking
- Delta Air Lines
- United Airlines
- American Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Expedia
- Booking.com
- Airbnb (common for non-traditional business travel)
- Amtrak (especially in the northeast U.S.)
🚗 Rental Cars / Ground Transportation
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Hertz
- Avis
- Uber
- Lyft
- Turo
🍽️ Meals / Restaurants
- Starbucks (ubiquitous for coffee/breakfast meetings)
- McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Subway (common fast food chains)
- Chipotle
- Panera Bread
- Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse (sit-down dinners)
- DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub
🛍️ Office Supplies / Miscellaneous
- Staples
- Office Depot / OfficeMax
- FedEx Office (for printing, shipping)
- Amazon.com (huge for random supplies, tech, books)
- Walmart
- Target
🛢️ Fuel / Gas Stations
- Shell
- Chevron
- ExxonMobil
- BP
- 7-Eleven
- Circle K
💻 Tech / Subscriptions
- Apple iTunes / App Store
- Google Play
- Zoom
- Slack
- Dropbox
- Adobe
- GoDaddy / Namecheap (web hosting, domains)
🏢 Coworking / Meetings / Conferences
- WeWork
- Regus
- Eventbrite (event registrations)
- Ticketmaster (conference/event tickets)
📬 Shipping / Mail
- USPS
- UPS
- FedEx