Sample XLSX Files — Download Excel Test Spreadsheets (100 to 25,000 Rows)
Microsoft Excel (Office Open XML) · .xlsx · MIME type application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Download a sample XLSX file with real spreadsheet features: an Orders sheet with 100 to 25,000 rows of fictional sales data, a Total column computed by formula, number formats, an auto-filter, a frozen header row, and a Summary sheet that uses COUNTA, SUM, AVERAGE and SUMIF across the data. Column headers are consistent with our CSV, JSON and SQL samples.
That makes these files useful beyond upload testing: importers should read the cached formula values, converters should preserve formats, and a correct parser will find exactly two sheets. The 25,000-row workbook is the one to use for performance profiling.
Download sample XLSX files
| File | Details | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
sample-spreadsheet-100-rows.xlsx | 100 rows | 12 KB | |
sample-spreadsheet-1000-rows.xlsx | 1,000 rows | 60 KB | |
sample-spreadsheet-5000-rows.xlsx | 5,000 rows | 272 KB | |
sample-spreadsheet-25000-rows.xlsx | 25,000 rows | 1.3 MB |
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Use these files from the command line or CI
Every URL is stable and CORS-open. Pin the SHA-256 in your test and you will know the moment a fixture changes.
# Download one file curl -O https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/documents/xlsx/sample-spreadsheet-100-rows.xlsx # Verify it (SHA-256 is listed for every file above) shasum -a 256 sample-spreadsheet-100-rows.xlsx # Machine-readable index of every sample file curl https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/index.json | jq '.files[] | select(.format=="xlsx")'
XLSX format at a glance
| Full name | Microsoft Excel (Office Open XML) |
|---|---|
| Extensions | .xlsx |
| MIME type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet |
| Standard | ECMA-376 / ISO 29500 SpreadsheetML |
| Sheets | Orders (data) and Summary (formulas) |
| Features | Formulas, number formats, auto-filter, freeze panes, styled header |
| Generated with | openpyxl |
| Magic bytes | 50 4B 03 04 ("PK") |
What people test with sample XLSX files
- Spreadsheet import with formula evaluation
- XLSX → CSV export (compare against our CSV of the same rows)
- Multi-sheet handling
- Large-file performance (25,000 rows)
Frequently asked questions
How many rows can an XLSX file hold?
1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns per sheet. Our largest sample is 25,000 rows, which is enough to expose slow parsers without producing a file too big to download casually.
Why is the Total column empty in some import tools?
The Total cells contain formulas (=G2*H2) and, because the file was generated programmatically rather than saved by Excel, no cached result is stored. Tools that read cached values see blanks; tools that evaluate formulas, or files re-saved in Excel, show the numbers.
Are these XLSX files safe to download?
Yes. Every file is generated by our own open script from scratch — nothing is scraped or user-uploaded — and contains no scripts, macros or executables. The SHA-256 of each file is published on this page so you can verify what you received.
Can I use the sample XLSX files commercially?
Yes. They are free for any purpose, including commercial products, test suites, demos and redistribution, with no attribution required. There is nothing to license and no one to ask.
Can I hotlink these files or use them in CI?
Yes. Every link is a stable direct URL over HTTPS with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * and long cache headers, so curl, wget, fetch() and test runners can pull them directly. A JSON index of every file is linked from each page (see the command-line section).
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