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SQL Top 3 Revenue Per Region
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SQL Top 3 Revenue Per Region

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to rank customers by revenue within each region and return the top 3 per region.

Calculate revenue from all matching sales orders. Null revenue values should contribute zero. Customers tied at the same revenue must share a rank, and include every customer whose rank is 3 or better.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying customer with region, customer_id, customer_name, total_revenue, and revenue_rank.
  2. Sort by region, rank ascending, and customer_id ascending.

Schema

customers
ColumnTypeDescription
customer_idPKINTUnique customer identifier
customer_nameVARCHAR(150)Customer name
regionVARCHAR(50)Sales region assigned to the customer
sales_orders
ColumnTypeDescription
sales_order_idPKINTUnique sales order identifier
customer_idINTCustomer associated with the sales order
order_dateDATEDate the order was recorded
revenueDECIMAL(12,2)Revenue attributed to the order
Tablescustomerssales_orders
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