Shopify E-commerce Stores Database

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Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 32.1% of all stores (631,830 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (18.4%) and Jewelry & Watches (8.2%) .

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 32.1%

631,830 stores

Health & Beauty 18.4%

362,822 stores

Jewelry & Watches 8.2%

162,393 stores

Food & Beverages 7.9%

155,754 stores

Home & Garden 5.2%

102,685 stores

Electronics & Technology 4.9%

97,398 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.0%

79,161 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 3.4%

67,772 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.3%

64,692 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 3.0%

59,360 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify store categories (November 2025)
Distribution of categories in Shopify e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 631830 32.05%
Health & Beauty 362822 18.41%
Jewelry & Watches 162393 8.24%
Food & Beverages 155754 7.90%
Home & Garden 102685 5.21%
Electronics & Technology 97398 4.94%
Arts & Entertainment 79161 4.02%
Furniture & Home Decor 67772 3.44%
Gifts & Special Occasions 64692 3.28%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 59360 3.01%
Pets & Pet Supplies 54068 2.74%
Vehicles & Parts 42888 2.18%
Toys & Games 36657 1.86%
Baby & Toddler 30568 1.55%
Tools & Hardware 23129 1.17%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 24.2% among AI-verified physical stores (187,787 stores) , followed by American Express (15.8%) and MasterCard (11.1%) .

Base: 422,385 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (13.1% 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 24.2%

187,787 stores

122,113 stores

86,063 stores

75,794 stores

72,540 stores

61,601 stores

58,692 stores

VISA 4.1%

31,490 stores

Bolt 2.0%

15,673 stores

14,862 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify payment providers (November 2025)
Distribution of payment providers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 187787 24.23%
American Express 122113 15.76%
MasterCard 86063 11.11%
Stripe Connect 75794 9.78%
Apple Pay 72540 9.36%
Klarna 61601 7.95%
Google Pay 58692 7.57%
VISA 31490 4.06%
Bolt 15673 2.02%
Amazon Pay 14862 1.92%
JCB 13961 1.80%
Bancontact 11280 1.46%
Paddle 9443 1.22%
iDEAL 6899 0.89%
Mercado Pago 6683 0.86%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

USPS leads with 20.8% among AI-verified physical stores (120,821 stores) , followed by UPS (19.5%) and DHL (17.3%) .

Base: 414,627 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (12.8% 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

USPS 20.8%

120,821 stores

UPS 19.5%

113,213 stores

DHL 17.3%

100,335 stores

FedEx 12.0%

69,333 stores

32,487 stores

DPD 4.6%

26,494 stores

24,116 stores

GLS 3.0%

17,272 stores

15,300 stores

12,404 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify shipping carriers (November 2025)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
USPS 120821 20.84%
UPS 113213 19.53%
DHL 100335 17.31%
FedEx 69333 11.96%
Royal Mail 32487 5.60%
DPD 26494 4.57%
Australia Post 24116 4.16%
GLS 17272 2.98%
Canada Post 15300 2.64%
Colissimo 12404 2.14%
Correios 12246 2.11%
PostNL 9699 1.67%
Hermes 9497 1.64%
Estes 8467 1.46%
La Poste 8007 1.38%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 810,826 new stores were launched in Shopify , with the highest activity in 2025-10 (93,499 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2025-10 11.5%

93,499 stores launched

2025-09 12.4%

100,301 stores launched

2025-08 12.8%

103,816 stores launched

2025-07 12.2%

99,178 stores launched

2025-06 10.0%

80,890 stores launched

2025-05 9.5%

77,146 stores launched

2025-04 7.4%

60,143 stores launched

2025-03 6.6%

53,557 stores launched

2025-02 5.6%

45,135 stores launched

2025-01 5.6%

45,107 stores launched

2024-12 4.2%

34,449 stores launched

2024-11 2.2%

17,605 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Shopify (November 2025)
Monthly store launches in Shopify over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2025-10 93499 11.53%
2025-09 100301 12.37%
2025-08 103816 12.80%
2025-07 99178 12.23%
2025-06 80890 9.98%
2025-05 77146 9.51%
2025-04 60143 7.42%
2025-03 53557 6.61%
2025-02 45135 5.57%
2025-01 45107 5.56%
2024-12 34449 4.25%
2024-11 17605 2.17%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 2,481,380 active stores in Shopify are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2025 (761,161 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2025 30.7%

761,161 active stores

2024 13.3%

329,136 active stores

2023 8.9%

222,064 active stores

2022 6.8%

167,702 active stores

2021 7.0%

173,636 active stores

2020 6.6%

164,455 active stores

2019 3.9%

97,581 active stores

2018 4.0%

98,845 active stores

2017 3.2%

78,544 active stores

2016 1.8%

43,709 active stores

2015 1.6%

38,590 active stores

2014 1.6%

40,191 active stores

2013 2.0%

50,573 active stores

2012 1.1%

26,760 active stores

2011 1.2%

30,892 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Shopify by original launch year (November 2025)
Active stores in Shopify by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2025 761161 30.67%
2024 329136 13.26%
2023 222064 8.95%
2022 167702 6.76%
2021 173636 7.00%
2020 164455 6.63%
2019 97581 3.93%
2018 98845 3.98%
2017 78544 3.17%
2016 43709 1.76%
2015 38590 1.56%
2014 40191 1.62%
2013 50573 2.04%
2012 26760 1.08%
2011 30892 1.24%
2010 21668 0.87%
2009 18799 0.76%
2008 15333 0.62%
2007 13866 0.56%
2006 10437 0.42%
2005 9551 0.38%
2004 13842 0.56%
2003 10221 0.41%
2002 8974 0.36%
2001 10670 0.43%
2000 7718 0.31%
1999 6763 0.27%
1998 4566 0.18%
1997 2641 0.11%
1996 1962 0.08%
1995 530 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 34.2% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (1,424,418 stores) , followed by Facebook (26.6%) and TikTok (12.0%) .

Base: 1,904,254 stores with any detectable social profile (58.9% 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 34.2%

1,424,418 stores

Facebook 26.6%

1,106,117 stores

TikTok 12.0%

498,979 stores

YouTube 9.3%

386,166 stores

Pinterest 6.9%

286,347 stores

Twitter 5.8%

241,076 stores

X 2.6%

106,142 stores

LinkedIn 1.6%

65,686 stores

WhatsApp 0.9%

36,351 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

10,074 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify (November 2025)
Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 1424418 34.23%
Facebook 1106117 26.58%
TikTok 498979 11.99%
YouTube 386166 9.28%
Pinterest 286347 6.88%
Twitter 241076 5.79%
X 106142 2.55%
LinkedIn 65686 1.58%
WhatsApp 36351 0.87%
Vimeo 10074 0.24%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 44.7% (961,511 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (9.1%) and Canada (5.7%) .

Base: 2,148,842 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

961,511 AI-verified stores

196,254 AI-verified stores

121,610 AI-verified stores

118,203 AI-verified stores

India 5.3%

114,301 AI-verified stores

95,326 AI-verified stores

79,075 AI-verified stores

57,033 AI-verified stores

Italy 2.3%

49,645 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.3%

49,293 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify (November 2025)
Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 961511 44.75%
United Kingdom 196254 9.13%
Canada 121610 5.66%
Australia 118203 5.50%
India 114301 5.32%
France 95326 4.44%
Germany 79075 3.68%
Netherlands 57033 2.65%
Italy 49645 2.31%
Spain 49293 2.29%
Pakistan 47096 2.19%
Japan 36917 1.72%
Brazil 35396 1.65%
Mexico 34814 1.62%
Colombia 31394 1.46%
Hong Kong 27693 1.29%
China 27193 1.27%
New Zealand 22598 1.05%
United Arab Emirates 22250 1.04%
Sweden 21240 0.99%

Dataset Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 3.2m 100.00%
Emails 1.4m 44.56%
Phones 324.8k 10.05%
Ecommerce platform 3.2m 99.99%
Couriers 414.6k 12.83%
Payment Providers 422.4k 13.07%
Categories 2.2m 67.11%
Social Media 1.9m 58.93%

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