EC-CUBE Market Share & Real Store Usage

Explore 11.3k verified e-commerce stores built on EC-CUBE. Compare platform usage, available contact fields, PSP/carrier signals, and merchant-size segments.

Detected across 12.6k domains. 11.3k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

Verified stores
11.3k
active stores with physical delivery
Top country
Japan
11,221 verified stores
Top payment signal
VISA
2,089 stores detected
Top carrier signal
DHL
49 stores detected
Top category
Food & Beverages
3,138 verified stores

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· · Next full refresh: June 2026

11.3k verified active stores out of 12.6k detected · 89.8% verification rate

Categories Distribution

Food & Beverages stores with 35.6% of all stores (3,138 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (14.0%) and Clothing & Accessories (8.5%) .

Base: 8,814 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (77.7% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Food & Beverages 35.6%

3,138 stores

Health & Beauty 14.0%

1,234 stores

Clothing & Accessories 8.5%

750 stores

Home & Garden 6.8%

601 stores

Business & Industrial 4.9%

428 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 4.7%

413 stores

Toys & Games 3.8%

339 stores

Arts & Entertainment 3.8%

336 stores

Electronics & Technology 3.7%

328 stores

Vehicles & Parts 2.9%

258 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 EC-CUBE store categories (May 2026)
Distribution of categories in EC-CUBE e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Food & Beverages 3138 35.60%
Health & Beauty 1234 14.00%
Clothing & Accessories 750 8.51%
Home & Garden 601 6.82%
Business & Industrial 428 4.86%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 413 4.69%
Toys & Games 339 3.85%
Arts & Entertainment 336 3.81%
Electronics & Technology 328 3.72%
Vehicles & Parts 258 2.93%

Payment Providers Distribution

VISA stores with 37.4% among AI-verified physical stores (2,089 stores) , followed by JCB (36.4%) and MasterCard (9.2%) .

Base: 2,736 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (21.7% 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

VISA 37.4%

2,089 stores

JCB 36.4%

2,033 stores

512 stores

260 stores

246 stores

183 stores

71 stores

65 stores

30 stores

22 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 EC-CUBE payment providers (May 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in EC-CUBE e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
VISA 2089 37.40%
JCB 2033 36.39%
MasterCard 512 9.17%
American Express 260 4.65%
Amazon Pay 246 4.40%
PayPal 183 3.28%
DinersClub 71 1.27%
Stripe Connect 65 1.16%
Apple Pay 30 0.54%
Google Pay 22 0.39%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

DHL stores with 23.3% among AI-verified physical stores (49 stores) , followed by UPS (17.6%) and Hermes (12.4%) .

Base: 183 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

DHL 23.3%

49 stores

UPS 17.6%

37 stores

Hermes 12.4%

26 stores

23 stores

FedEx 8.1%

17 stores

15 stores

ASM 3.8%

8 stores

TCS 3.8%

8 stores

6 stores

GLS 1.9%

4 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 EC-CUBE shipping carriers (May 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in EC-CUBE e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
DHL 49 23.33%
UPS 37 17.62%
Hermes 26 12.38%
Yamato Japan 23 10.95%
FedEx 17 8.10%
Japan Post 15 7.14%
ASM 8 3.81%
TCS 8 3.81%
Sagawa 6 2.86%
GLS 4 1.90%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 692 new stores were launched in EC-CUBE , with the highest activity in 2026-04 (51 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-04 7.4%

51 stores launched

2026-03 8.2%

57 stores launched

2026-02 6.9%

48 stores launched

2026-01 8.8%

61 stores launched

2025-12 8.5%

59 stores launched

2025-11 10.5%

73 stores launched

2025-10 9.1%

63 stores launched

2025-09 7.8%

54 stores launched

2025-08 9.0%

62 stores launched

2025-07 9.1%

63 stores launched

2025-06 9.4%

65 stores launched

2025-05 5.2%

36 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in EC-CUBE (May 2026)
Monthly store launches in EC-CUBE over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-04 51 7.37%
2026-03 57 8.24%
2026-02 48 6.94%
2026-01 61 8.82%
2025-12 59 8.53%
2025-11 73 10.55%
2025-10 63 9.10%
2025-09 54 7.80%
2025-08 62 8.96%
2025-07 63 9.10%
2025-06 65 9.39%
2025-05 36 5.20%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 11,285 active stores in EC-CUBE are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (227 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 2.0%

227 active stores

2025 6.6%

750 active stores

2024 8.9%

1,004 active stores

2023 10.1%

1,140 active stores

2022 9.7%

1,092 active stores

2021 10.0%

1,124 active stores

2020 8.4%

946 active stores

2019 4.8%

545 active stores

2018 5.4%

604 active stores

2017 5.0%

562 active stores

2016 2.6%

289 active stores

2015 2.5%

284 active stores

2014 2.0%

222 active stores

2013 2.9%

332 active stores

2012 1.9%

212 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in EC-CUBE by original launch year (May 2026)
Active stores in EC-CUBE by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 227 2.01%
2025 750 6.65%
2024 1004 8.90%
2023 1140 10.10%
2022 1092 9.68%
2021 1124 9.96%
2020 946 8.38%
2019 545 4.83%
2018 604 5.35%
2017 562 4.98%
2016 289 2.56%
2015 284 2.52%
2014 222 1.97%
2013 332 2.94%
2012 212 1.88%

Social Media Usage

Instagram stores with 39.2% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (2,975 stores) , followed by Facebook (25.8%) and Twitter (18.8%) .

Base: 4,228 stores with any detectable social profile (33.5% 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 39.2%

2,975 stores

Facebook 25.8%

1,962 stores

Twitter 18.8%

1,428 stores

YouTube 10.6%

802 stores

X 3.7%

280 stores

TikTok 1.6%

119 stores

Pinterest 0.3%

21 stores

Vimeo 0.1%

5 stores

LinkedIn 0.0%

3 stores

SoundCloud 0.0%

1 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in EC-CUBE (May 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in EC-CUBE e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 2975 39.17%
Facebook 1962 25.83%
Twitter 1428 18.80%
YouTube 802 10.56%
X 280 3.69%
TikTok 119 1.57%
Pinterest 21 0.28%
Vimeo 5 0.07%
LinkedIn 3 0.04%
SoundCloud 1 0.01%

Geographic Distribution

Japan stores with 99.1% (11,221 AI-verified stores) , followed by South Korea (0.2%) and Ecuador (0.1%) .

Base: 11,319 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

Japan 99.1%

11,221 AI-verified stores

17 AI-verified stores

13 AI-verified stores

7 AI-verified stores

6 AI-verified stores

6 AI-verified stores

5 AI-verified stores

Palau 0.0%

5 AI-verified stores

5 AI-verified stores

5 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using EC-CUBE (May 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using EC-CUBE
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
Japan 11221 99.13%
South Korea 17 0.15%
Ecuador 13 0.11%
United States 7 0.06%
Vietnam 6 0.05%
United Kingdom 6 0.05%
Taiwan 5 0.04%
Palau 5 0.04%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5 0.04%
Thailand 5 0.04%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 12.6k 100.00%
Emails 7.3k 57.54%
Phones 2.3k 17.84%
Ecommerce platform 12.6k 100.00%
Couriers 183.0 1.45%
Payment Providers 2.7k 21.67%
Categories 9.2k 72.51%
Social Media 4.2k 33.48%

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 EC-CUBE e-commerce intelligence?

We track 11.3k verified EC-CUBE 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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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 →

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Yes. You can segment by country, platform, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, technology stack, store age, cross-border signals, and merchant-size bands. Some advanced signals are plan-gated, and the same field contract is used by the web app, exports, and API.

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