Base Market Share & Real Store Usage

Explore 20.8k verified e-commerce stores built on Base. Compare platform usage, available contact fields, PSP/carrier signals, and merchant-size segments.

Detected across 24.9k domains. 20.8k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

Verified stores
20.8k
active stores with physical delivery
Top country
Japan
15,524 verified stores
Top payment signal
Amazon Pay
3,817 stores detected
Top carrier signal
Yamato Japan
175 stores detected
Top category
Food & Beverages
4,135 verified stores

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· · Next full refresh: July 2026

20.8k verified active stores out of 24.9k detected · 83.5% verification rate

Categories Distribution

Food & Beverages stores with 24.5% of all stores (4,135 stores) , followed by Clothing & Accessories (19.5%) and Arts & Entertainment (13.2%) .

Base: 16,850 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (81.0% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Food & Beverages 24.5%

4,135 stores

Clothing & Accessories 19.5%

3,293 stores

Arts & Entertainment 13.2%

2,232 stores

Jewelry & Watches 8.8%

1,481 stores

Toys & Games 6.3%

1,060 stores

Health & Beauty 5.9%

995 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 5.2%

884 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 4.2%

712 stores

Home & Garden 4.1%

695 stores

Pets & Pet Supplies 1.7%

291 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Base store categories (June 2026)
Distribution of categories in Base e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Food & Beverages 4135 24.54%
Clothing & Accessories 3293 19.54%
Arts & Entertainment 2232 13.25%
Jewelry & Watches 1481 8.79%
Toys & Games 1060 6.29%
Health & Beauty 995 5.91%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 884 5.25%
Gifts & Special Occasions 712 4.23%
Home & Garden 695 4.12%
Pets & Pet Supplies 291 1.73%

Payment Providers Distribution

Amazon Pay stores with 47.2% among AI-verified physical stores (3,817 stores) , followed by PayPal (24.4%) and VISA (11.8%) .

Base: 5,087 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (20.4% 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

3,817 stores

PayPal 24.4%

1,974 stores

VISA 11.8%

955 stores

JCB 10.5%

852 stores

187 stores

152 stores

99 stores

Bolt 0.1%

11 stores

11 stores

8 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Base payment providers (June 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Base e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
Amazon Pay 3817 47.19%
PayPal 1974 24.40%
VISA 955 11.81%
JCB 852 10.53%
MasterCard 187 2.31%
Stripe Connect 152 1.88%
American Express 99 1.22%
Bolt 11 0.14%
Apple Pay 11 0.14%
AliPay 8 0.10%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

Yamato Japan stores with 54.3% among AI-verified physical stores (175 stores) , followed by Japan Post (8.4%) and UPS (6.2%) .

Base: 352 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (1.4% 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

175 stores

27 stores

UPS 6.2%

20 stores

FedEx 5.0%

16 stores

DHL 4.7%

15 stores

14 stores

USPS 3.4%

11 stores

TNT 2.8%

9 stores

7 stores

6 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Base shipping carriers (June 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Base e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
Yamato Japan 175 54.35%
Japan Post 27 8.39%
UPS 20 6.21%
FedEx 16 4.97%
DHL 15 4.66%
Hermes 14 4.35%
USPS 11 3.42%
TNT 9 2.80%
ePacket 7 2.17%
Sagawa 6 1.86%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 1,675 new stores were launched in Base , with the highest activity in 2026-05 (147 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-05 8.8%

147 stores launched

2026-04 9.1%

152 stores launched

2026-03 8.9%

149 stores launched

2026-02 7.3%

123 stores launched

2026-01 8.7%

146 stores launched

2025-12 7.9%

133 stores launched

2025-11 7.2%

121 stores launched

2025-10 9.9%

165 stores launched

2025-09 8.3%

139 stores launched

2025-08 9.4%

158 stores launched

2025-07 9.7%

162 stores launched

2025-06 4.8%

80 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Base (June 2026)
Monthly store launches in Base over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-05 147 8.78%
2026-04 152 9.07%
2026-03 149 8.90%
2026-02 123 7.34%
2026-01 146 8.72%
2025-12 133 7.94%
2025-11 121 7.22%
2025-10 165 9.85%
2025-09 139 8.30%
2025-08 158 9.43%
2025-07 162 9.67%
2025-06 80 4.78%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 17,971 active stores in Base are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (728 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 4.1%

728 active stores

2025 8.9%

1,596 active stores

2024 10.6%

1,910 active stores

2023 9.9%

1,776 active stores

2022 12.3%

2,219 active stores

2021 17.4%

3,119 active stores

2020 19.6%

3,527 active stores

2019 5.0%

905 active stores

2018 3.7%

671 active stores

2017 2.4%

423 active stores

2016 1.8%

329 active stores

2015 1.8%

328 active stores

2014 0.8%

135 active stores

2013 0.6%

106 active stores

2012 0.2%

29 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Base by original launch year (June 2026)
Active stores in Base by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 728 4.05%
2025 1596 8.88%
2024 1910 10.63%
2023 1776 9.88%
2022 2219 12.35%
2021 3119 17.36%
2020 3527 19.63%
2019 905 5.04%
2018 671 3.73%
2017 423 2.35%
2016 329 1.83%
2015 328 1.83%
2014 135 0.75%
2013 106 0.59%
2012 29 0.16%

Social Media Usage

Instagram stores with 34.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (15,238 stores) , followed by Facebook (28.5%) and X (20.9%) .

Base: 21,255 stores with any detectable social profile (85.4% 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

Instagram 34.1%

15,238 stores

Facebook 28.5%

12,716 stores

X 20.9%

9,346 stores

Twitter 7.4%

3,310 stores

YouTube 6.3%

2,818 stores

TikTok 2.7%

1,214 stores

Pinterest 0.0%

9 stores

WhatsApp 0.0%

8 stores

LinkedIn 0.0%

6 stores

Vimeo 0.0%

5 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Base (June 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Base e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 15238 34.11%
Facebook 12716 28.47%
X 9346 20.92%
Twitter 3310 7.41%
YouTube 2818 6.31%
TikTok 1214 2.72%
Pinterest 9 0.02%
WhatsApp 8 0.02%
LinkedIn 6 0.01%
Vimeo 5 0.01%

Geographic Distribution

Japan stores with 78.2% (15,524 AI-verified stores) , followed by India (13.3%) and Ecuador (7.0%) .

Base: 19,846 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

Japan 78.2%

15,524 AI-verified stores

India 13.3%

2,643 AI-verified stores

1,397 AI-verified stores

111 AI-verified stores

China 0.4%

81 AI-verified stores

21 AI-verified stores

12 AI-verified stores

9 AI-verified stores

Italy 0.0%

6 AI-verified stores

6 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Base (June 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Base
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
Japan 15524 78.22%
India 2643 13.32%
Ecuador 1397 7.04%
United States 111 0.56%
China 81 0.41%
United Kingdom 21 0.11%
France 12 0.06%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 9 0.05%
Italy 6 0.03%
Germany 6 0.03%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 24.9k 100.00%
Emails 439.0 1.76%
Phones 1.3k 5.05%
Ecommerce platform 24.9k 100.00%
Couriers 352.0 1.41%
Payment Providers 5.1k 20.43%
Categories 17.8k 71.36%
Social Media 21.3k 85.38%

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 Base e-commerce intelligence?

We track 20.8k verified Base e-commerce stores with 50+ data points per store: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, technology stack, merchant-size signals, and available business contact fields.

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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.

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