Sample CSV file with 1,000 rows

Why test with this file

Enough rows to need more than one page of a table, one batch of an import or one screen of a grid, while staying small enough to read through by eye when a test fails.

What to check

After your application has processed sample-csv-1000-rows.csv, confirm that:

• Exactly 1,000 records are imported: not 1,001, which would mean the header was counted as data.
• A table that shows 25 rows at a time has 40 pages, and the last page is full.
• Sorting by the id column as a number puts 1000 last; sorting it as text puts 1000 straight after 100.

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-csv-1000-rows.csv, exactly as they appear in the file.

id,first_name,last_name,email,city,country,signup_date,plan,balance
1,Ethan,Zeller,ethan.zeller1@example.com,Jaipur,IN,2021-07-10,team,2769.84
2,Elena,Underhill,elena.underhill2@example.net,Porto Alegre,BR,2024-04-28,free,4647.61
3,Ethan,Farrow,ethan.farrow3@example.org,Krakow,PL,2023-08-24,business,536.73
4,Victor,Brennan,victor.brennan4@example.com,Lisbon,PT,2024-12-18,business,2410.43
5,Felix,Ibarra,felix.ibarra5@example.net,Graz,AT,2025-11-14,starter,2832.21
6,Kira,Hollis,kira.hollis6@example.com,Cork,IE,2025-06-25,starter,3636.58
7,Priya,Ibarra,priya.ibarra7@example.com,Valencia,ES,2022-01-13,free,4956.19
8,Yusuf,Okafor,yusuf.okafor8@example.org,Austin,US,2024-12-12,team,4341.94
9,Yusuf,Jansen,yusuf.jansen9@example.org,Valencia,ES,2023-07-25,business,4362.60
10,Yusuf,Underhill,yusuf.underhill10@example.com,Cork,IE,2022-08-18,team,4243.93

Technical details

Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked

Download from the command line and verify

Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-csv-1000-rows.csv 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-csv-1000-rows.csv'
sha256sum sample-csv-1000-rows.csv     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-csv-1000-rows.csv # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-csv-1000-rows.csv -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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