Imweb E-commerce Stores Database

Explore 12.0k verified e-commerce stores built on Imweb. Instant access to technologies, contacts, platforms, and market dynamics.

Detected across 58.1k domains. 12.0k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

12.0k verified active stores out of 58.1k detected · 20.6% verification rate

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 21.3% of all stores (2,001 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (18.7%) and Food & Beverages (17.2%) .

Base: 9,407 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (78.6% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 21.3%

2,001 stores

Health & Beauty 18.7%

1,758 stores

Food & Beverages 17.2%

1,615 stores

Arts & Entertainment 6.3%

594 stores

Home & Garden 6.0%

567 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 4.7%

442 stores

Jewelry & Watches 4.6%

436 stores

Electronics & Technology 4.0%

380 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 4.0%

374 stores

Business & Industrial 3.5%

327 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Imweb store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in Imweb e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 2001 21.27%
Health & Beauty 1758 18.69%
Food & Beverages 1615 17.17%
Arts & Entertainment 594 6.31%
Home & Garden 567 6.03%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 442 4.70%
Jewelry & Watches 436 4.63%
Electronics & Technology 380 4.04%
Furniture & Home Decor 374 3.98%
Business & Industrial 327 3.48%
Toys & Games 261 2.77%
Pets & Pet Supplies 238 2.53%
Tools & Hardware 155 1.65%
Gifts & Special Occasions 154 1.64%
Office Supplies 105 1.12%

Payment Providers Distribution

Stripe Connect leads with 64.6% among AI-verified physical stores (241 stores) , followed by PayPal (15.3%) and Bolt (6.7%) .

Base: 705 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (1.2% 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

241 stores

PayPal 15.3%

57 stores

Bolt 6.7%

25 stores

VISA 3.5%

13 stores

8 stores

JCB 1.9%

7 stores

6 stores

5 stores

2 stores

2 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Imweb payment providers (April 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Imweb e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
Stripe Connect 241 64.61%
PayPal 57 15.28%
Bolt 25 6.70%
VISA 13 3.49%
MasterCard 8 2.14%
JCB 7 1.88%
American Express 6 1.61%
UnionPay 5 1.34%
Mollie 2 0.54%
AliPay 2 0.54%
LiteCoin 2 0.54%
BitCoin 2 0.54%
Apple Pay 1 0.27%
Koin 1 0.27%
Stelo 1 0.27%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

DHL leads with 20.8% among AI-verified physical stores (40 stores) , followed by Hermes (19.3%) and UPS (15.1%) .

Base: 561 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (1.0% 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 20.8%

40 stores

Hermes 19.3%

37 stores

UPS 15.1%

29 stores

FedEx 14.1%

27 stores

16 stores

GLS 5.2%

10 stores

6 stores

JX 2.6%

5 stores

ASM 2.6%

5 stores

TNT 2.1%

4 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Imweb shipping carriers (April 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Imweb e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
DHL 40 20.83%
Hermes 37 19.27%
UPS 29 15.10%
FedEx 27 14.06%
Korea Post 16 8.33%
GLS 10 5.21%
Korea Post EMS 6 3.13%
JX 5 2.60%
ASM 5 2.60%
TNT 4 2.08%
Sagawa 4 2.08%
TCS 3 1.56%
Blue Star 2 1.04%
Royal Mail 2 1.04%
Speedy 2 1.04%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 3,126 new stores were launched in Imweb , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (281 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 9.0%

281 stores launched

2026-02 8.7%

272 stores launched

2026-01 9.3%

292 stores launched

2025-12 10.3%

321 stores launched

2025-11 9.3%

291 stores launched

2025-10 7.7%

241 stores launched

2025-09 10.0%

313 stores launched

2025-08 7.7%

242 stores launched

2025-07 8.5%

265 stores launched

2025-06 8.2%

256 stores launched

2025-05 7.0%

219 stores launched

2025-04 4.3%

133 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Imweb (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in Imweb over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 281 8.99%
2026-02 272 8.70%
2026-01 292 9.34%
2025-12 321 10.27%
2025-11 291 9.31%
2025-10 241 7.71%
2025-09 313 10.01%
2025-08 242 7.74%
2025-07 265 8.48%
2025-06 256 8.19%
2025-05 219 7.01%
2025-04 133 4.25%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 11,963 active stores in Imweb are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (850 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 7.1%

850 active stores

2025 24.0%

2,869 active stores

2024 14.1%

1,683 active stores

2023 9.8%

1,175 active stores

2022 8.2%

985 active stores

2021 9.2%

1,098 active stores

2020 6.1%

730 active stores

2019 4.4%

531 active stores

2018 3.7%

437 active stores

2017 2.3%

271 active stores

2016 1.1%

136 active stores

2015 1.3%

155 active stores

2014 1.1%

134 active stores

2013 1.4%

170 active stores

2012 0.9%

102 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Imweb by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in Imweb by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 850 7.11%
2025 2869 23.98%
2024 1683 14.07%
2023 1175 9.82%
2022 985 8.23%
2021 1098 9.18%
2020 730 6.10%
2019 531 4.44%
2018 437 3.65%
2017 271 2.27%
2016 136 1.14%
2015 155 1.30%
2014 134 1.12%
2013 170 1.42%
2012 102 0.85%
2011 97 0.81%
2010 53 0.44%
2009 44 0.37%
2008 51 0.43%
2007 45 0.38%
2006 24 0.20%
2005 26 0.22%
2004 56 0.47%
2003 58 0.48%
2002 60 0.50%
2001 53 0.44%
2000 45 0.38%
1999 19 0.16%
1998 6 0.05%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 68.3% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (6,795 stores) , followed by YouTube (17.2%) and Facebook (10.1%) .

Base: 27,225 stores with any detectable social profile (46.8% 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

Instagram 68.3%

6,795 stores

YouTube 17.2%

1,713 stores

Facebook 10.1%

1,000 stores

Twitter 1.9%

192 stores

TikTok 1.0%

96 stores

X 0.7%

74 stores

LinkedIn 0.3%

26 stores

Pinterest 0.2%

22 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

18 stores

WhatsApp 0.1%

9 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Imweb (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Imweb e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 6795 68.33%
YouTube 1713 17.22%
Facebook 1000 10.06%
Twitter 192 1.93%
TikTok 96 0.97%
X 74 0.74%
LinkedIn 26 0.26%
Pinterest 22 0.22%
Vimeo 18 0.18%
WhatsApp 9 0.09%

Geographic Distribution

South Korea leads with 99.1% (11,858 AI-verified stores) , followed by Japan (0.2%) and United States (0.1%) .

Base: 11,967 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

11,858 AI-verified stores

Japan 0.2%

29 AI-verified stores

15 AI-verified stores

11 AI-verified stores

9 AI-verified stores

China 0.1%

8 AI-verified stores

5 AI-verified stores

4 AI-verified stores

4 AI-verified stores

4 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Imweb (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Imweb
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
South Korea 11858 99.09%
Japan 29 0.24%
United States 15 0.13%
Vietnam 11 0.09%
Isle of Man 9 0.08%
China 8 0.07%
Taiwan 5 0.04%
Thailand 4 0.03%
Germany 4 0.03%
Hong Kong 4 0.03%
Romania 3 0.03%
United Kingdom 3 0.03%
Philippines 2 0.02%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 0.02%
Canada 2 0.02%
Australia 2 0.02%
South Africa 2 0.02%
Italy 2 0.02%
Switzerland 1 0.01%
Kiribati 1 0.01%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 58.1k 100.00%
Emails 36.7k 63.18%
Phones 7.1k 12.30%
Ecommerce platform 58.1k 100.00%
Couriers 561.0 0.97%
Payment Providers 705.0 1.21%
Categories 10.8k 18.56%
Social Media 27.2k 46.85%

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 Imweb e-commerce intelligence?

We track 12.0k verified Imweb 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?

Yes. For large-scale data needs, custom market reports, or dedicated support, contact us to discuss enterprise pricing.

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