Azure Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 6.3k verified e-commerce stores using Azure. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 9.8k domains. 6.3k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

6.3k verified active stores out of 9.8k detected · 64.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Custom leads with 72.6% of stores with physical delivery (4,475 stores) , followed by nopCommerce (12.8%) and Storefront.ie (7.8%) .

Note: This distribution covers only stores selling physical products with active shopping carts and physical product shipping. Digital products, services, and non-transactional sites are excluded. All stores are verified by our proprietary AI model to ensure accurate e-commerce classification.

Top 10 Platforms (Physical Delivery)

Custom 72.6%

4,475 stores

786 stores

479 stores

85 stores

84 stores

60 stores

43 stores

39 stores

22 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (March 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Azure
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Custom 4475 72.61%
nopCommerce 786 12.75%
Storefront.ie 479 7.77%
WooCommerce 85 1.38%
Magento 84 1.36%
Optimizely Commerce 60 0.97%
SAP Commerce Cloud 43 0.70%
Oracle Commerce 39 0.63%
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce 26 0.42%
AspDotNetStorefront 22 0.36%
Voracio 16 0.26%
nopCommerce with Venture Theme and SevenSpikes Plugins 14 0.23%
nopCommerce with Venture Theme and SevenSpikes Plugins, nopCommerce 12 0.19%
nopCommerce, nopCommerce with Venture Theme and SevenSpikes Plugins 11 0.18%
Nexaseller E-commerce Platform 11 0.18%

Categories Distribution

Health & Beauty leads with 13.5% of all stores (748 stores) , followed by Electronics & Technology (13.0%) and Food & Beverages (10.2%) .

Base: 5,541 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (87.6% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Health & Beauty 13.5%

748 stores

Electronics & Technology 13.0%

721 stores

Food & Beverages 10.2%

564 stores

Clothing & Accessories 9.5%

529 stores

Business & Industrial 8.7%

481 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 8.6%

479 stores

Tools & Hardware 6.4%

356 stores

Home & Garden 6.1%

338 stores

Toys & Games 4.9%

272 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.6%

257 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in Azure e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Health & Beauty 748 13.50%
Electronics & Technology 721 13.01%
Food & Beverages 564 10.18%
Clothing & Accessories 529 9.55%
Business & Industrial 481 8.68%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 479 8.64%
Tools & Hardware 356 6.42%
Home & Garden 338 6.10%
Toys & Games 272 4.91%
Vehicles & Parts 257 4.64%
Furniture & Home Decor 202 3.65%
Gifts & Special Occasions 179 3.23%
Office Supplies 163 2.94%
Arts & Entertainment 135 2.44%
Jewelry & Watches 117 2.11%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 17.1% among AI-verified physical stores (495 stores) , followed by MasterCard (14.1%) and American Express (13.1%) .

Base: 2,166 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (22.2% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected provider instances (stores may use multiple providers).

Detected from checkout/payment scripts and provider tags; off-site/manual payments excluded where undetectable.

Top 10 Payment Providers

PayPal 17.1%

495 stores

407 stores

378 stores

Intuit 11.2%

322 stores

VISA 8.2%

238 stores

Bolt 7.8%

226 stores

222 stores

174 stores

115 stores

JCB 3.7%

108 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Azure e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 495 17.15%
MasterCard 407 14.10%
American Express 378 13.09%
Intuit 322 11.15%
VISA 238 8.24%
Bolt 226 7.83%
Stripe Connect 222 7.69%
Klarna 174 6.03%
Apple Pay 115 3.98%
JCB 108 3.74%
Google Pay 77 2.67%
Amazon Pay 38 1.32%
SagePay 30 1.04%
iDEAL 30 1.04%
Adyen 27 0.94%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 37.5% among AI-verified physical stores (1,024 stores) , followed by FedEx (13.6%) and USPS (13.4%) .

Base: 2,114 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (21.7% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected carrier instances (stores may use multiple carriers).

Detected from checkout/shipping pages and shipment widgets; cross-border carriers included where visible.

Top 10 Shipping Carriers

UPS 37.5%

1,024 stores

FedEx 13.6%

373 stores

USPS 13.4%

366 stores

DHL 9.2%

252 stores

TNT 5.1%

139 stores

DPD 5.0%

137 stores

109 stores

GLS 2.6%

70 stores

70 stores

61 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Azure e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 1024 37.47%
FedEx 373 13.65%
USPS 366 13.39%
DHL 252 9.22%
TNT 139 5.09%
DPD 137 5.01%
Royal Mail 109 3.99%
GLS 70 2.56%
PostNord 70 2.56%
Australia Post 61 2.23%
Speedy 31 1.13%
Canada Post 30 1.10%
Hermes 24 0.88%
Evri 24 0.88%
Correios 23 0.84%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 691 new stores were launched in Azure , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (65 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 9.4%

65 stores launched

2026-01 7.4%

51 stores launched

2025-12 9.8%

68 stores launched

2025-11 11.1%

77 stores launched

2025-10 7.8%

54 stores launched

2025-09 10.0%

69 stores launched

2025-08 7.4%

51 stores launched

2025-07 8.8%

61 stores launched

2025-06 10.1%

70 stores launched

2025-05 9.0%

62 stores launched

2025-04 8.7%

60 stores launched

2025-03 0.4%

3 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Azure (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in Azure over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 65 9.41%
2026-01 51 7.38%
2025-12 68 9.84%
2025-11 77 11.14%
2025-10 54 7.81%
2025-09 69 9.99%
2025-08 51 7.38%
2025-07 61 8.83%
2025-06 70 10.13%
2025-05 62 8.97%
2025-04 60 8.68%
2025-03 3 0.43%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 6,212 active stores in Azure are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (118 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 1.9%

118 active stores

2025 11.5%

713 active stores

2024 7.7%

481 active stores

2023 6.0%

372 active stores

2022 5.6%

348 active stores

2021 6.8%

423 active stores

2020 8.0%

495 active stores

2019 3.6%

225 active stores

2018 3.5%

215 active stores

2017 3.8%

237 active stores

2016 2.1%

130 active stores

2015 2.0%

126 active stores

2014 1.9%

117 active stores

2013 2.5%

157 active stores

2012 1.7%

103 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Azure by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in Azure by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 118 1.90%
2025 713 11.48%
2024 481 7.74%
2023 372 5.99%
2022 348 5.60%
2021 423 6.81%
2020 495 7.97%
2019 225 3.62%
2018 215 3.46%
2017 237 3.82%
2016 130 2.09%
2015 126 2.03%
2014 117 1.88%
2013 157 2.53%
2012 103 1.66%
2011 124 2.00%
2010 140 2.25%
2009 121 1.95%
2008 125 2.01%
2007 130 2.09%
2006 105 1.69%
2005 91 1.46%
2004 117 1.88%
2003 107 1.72%
2002 116 1.87%
2001 145 2.33%
2000 165 2.66%
1999 144 2.32%
1998 121 1.95%
1997 79 1.27%
1996 93 1.50%
1995 29 0.47%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 28.9% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (3,645 stores) , followed by Instagram (22.6%) and YouTube (15.5%) .

Base: 6,325 stores with any detectable social profile (64.8% of all stores). Percentages show share of detected platform instances (stores may use multiple platforms).

Links and embeds detected on public pages; private/hidden profiles not counted.

Top 10 Social Platforms

Facebook 28.9%

3,645 stores

Instagram 22.6%

2,853 stores

YouTube 15.5%

1,953 stores

Twitter 11.0%

1,389 stores

LinkedIn 10.7%

1,352 stores

Pinterest 4.1%

517 stores

TikTok 3.3%

410 stores

X 2.6%

324 stores

WhatsApp 1.0%

123 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

33 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Azure (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Azure e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 3645 28.93%
Instagram 2853 22.64%
YouTube 1953 15.50%
Twitter 1389 11.02%
LinkedIn 1352 10.73%
Pinterest 517 4.10%
TikTok 410 3.25%
X 324 2.57%
WhatsApp 123 0.98%
Vimeo 33 0.26%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 38.4% (1,839 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (12.3%) and Australia (7.6%) .

Base: 4,792 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

1,839 AI-verified stores

588 AI-verified stores

366 AI-verified stores

277 AI-verified stores

224 AI-verified stores

Italy 3.5%

167 AI-verified stores

Japan 2.9%

141 AI-verified stores

138 AI-verified stores

127 AI-verified stores

121 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Azure (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Azure
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 1839 38.38%
United Kingdom 588 12.27%
Australia 366 7.64%
Sweden 277 5.78%
Canada 224 4.67%
Italy 167 3.48%
Japan 141 2.94%
Germany 138 2.88%
Netherlands 127 2.65%
Norway 121 2.53%
Taiwan 119 2.48%
Belgium 91 1.90%
Ireland 89 1.86%
France 88 1.84%
New Zealand 85 1.77%
Poland 81 1.69%
Denmark 70 1.46%
South Africa 63 1.31%
Switzerland 62 1.29%
Brazil 56 1.17%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 9.8k 100.00%
Emails 5.0k 51.06%
Phones 2.4k 24.76%
Ecommerce platform 9.3k 95.74%
Couriers 2.1k 21.66%
Payment Providers 2.2k 22.19%
Categories 5.9k 60.90%
Social Media 6.3k 64.81%

Coverage reflects detectability from public website analysis. Payment providers and shipping carriers are identified from checkout pages and shipping widgets. Stores using off-site payment flows or custom shipping integrations may not be detected. Actual adoption rates are higher than shown.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data is included in the Azure e-commerce intelligence?

We track 6.3k verified Azure e-commerce stores with 50+ data points per store: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, estimated traffic, technology stack, and verified business contacts.

How is the data collected and how often is it updated?

We continuously crawl 300M+ domains using proprietary web crawlers, AI classification, and technology fingerprinting. The database is refreshed monthly, so you always work with current market data.

How do I access the data?

Self-service plans give you instant access through our web app and REST API. You can search, filter, and segment stores interactively or integrate programmatically into your workflows. View plans →

Can I filter by specific segments?

Yes. You can segment by country, platform, store size, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, traffic tier, and more. All filtering is available through both the web app and API.

Do you offer enterprise or custom licensing?

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