Shopify E-commerce Stores Database

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· · Next full refresh: February 2026

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 31.6% of all stores (705,224 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (19.5%) and Food & Beverages (7.9%) .

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 31.6%

705,224 stores

Health & Beauty 19.5%

434,988 stores

Food & Beverages 7.9%

176,436 stores

Jewelry & Watches 7.9%

176,046 stores

Electronics & Technology 5.3%

119,097 stores

Home & Garden 5.1%

113,376 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.0%

88,939 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 3.4%

75,389 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.1%

70,343 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 2.9%

63,881 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify store categories (January 2026)
Distribution of categories in Shopify e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 705224 31.57%
Health & Beauty 434988 19.47%
Food & Beverages 176436 7.90%
Jewelry & Watches 176046 7.88%
Electronics & Technology 119097 5.33%
Home & Garden 113376 5.07%
Arts & Entertainment 88939 3.98%
Furniture & Home Decor 75389 3.37%
Gifts & Special Occasions 70343 3.15%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 63881 2.86%
Pets & Pet Supplies 62249 2.79%
Vehicles & Parts 46137 2.07%
Toys & Games 41767 1.87%
Baby & Toddler 32277 1.44%
Books & Media 28047 1.26%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 24.7% among AI-verified physical stores (221,021 stores) , followed by American Express (15.1%) and MasterCard (10.5%) .

Base: 452,093 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (13.4% 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

PayPal 24.7%

221,021 stores

134,863 stores

94,388 stores

87,978 stores

86,714 stores

74,581 stores

70,915 stores

VISA 3.9%

35,016 stores

17,482 stores

Bolt 1.9%

17,136 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify payment providers (January 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 221021 24.69%
American Express 134863 15.07%
MasterCard 94388 10.55%
Stripe Connect 87978 9.83%
Apple Pay 86714 9.69%
Klarna 74581 8.33%
Google Pay 70915 7.92%
VISA 35016 3.91%
Amazon Pay 17482 1.95%
Bolt 17136 1.91%
JCB 15118 1.69%
Bancontact 13217 1.48%
Paddle 10273 1.15%
Amazon Payments 8316 0.93%
iDEAL 8068 0.90%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

USPS leads with 20.3% among AI-verified physical stores (131,803 stores) , followed by UPS (19.5%) and DHL (17.8%) .

Base: 442,030 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (13.1% 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 20.3%

131,803 stores

UPS 19.5%

126,379 stores

DHL 17.8%

115,692 stores

FedEx 12.0%

77,930 stores

35,752 stores

DPD 4.8%

31,072 stores

25,936 stores

GLS 3.0%

19,685 stores

16,085 stores

14,586 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify shipping carriers (January 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
USPS 131803 20.31%
UPS 126379 19.47%
DHL 115692 17.83%
FedEx 77930 12.01%
Royal Mail 35752 5.51%
DPD 31072 4.79%
Australia Post 25936 4.00%
GLS 19685 3.03%
Canada Post 16085 2.48%
Colissimo 14586 2.25%
Correios 13032 2.01%
Hermes 11281 1.74%
PostNL 10928 1.68%
Estes 9434 1.45%
La Poste 9395 1.45%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 1,130,010 new stores were launched in Shopify , with the highest activity in 2025-12 (91,894 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2025-12 8.1%

91,894 stores launched

2025-11 8.7%

98,739 stores launched

2025-10 9.7%

110,021 stores launched

2025-09 9.9%

111,878 stores launched

2025-08 10.1%

114,350 stores launched

2025-07 10.6%

119,434 stores launched

2025-06 8.7%

98,282 stores launched

2025-05 9.4%

105,769 stores launched

2025-04 8.1%

91,328 stores launched

2025-03 8.1%

91,901 stores launched

2025-02 6.2%

69,620 stores launched

2025-01 2.4%

26,794 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Shopify (January 2026)
Monthly store launches in Shopify over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2025-12 91894 8.13%
2025-11 98739 8.74%
2025-10 110021 9.74%
2025-09 111878 9.90%
2025-08 114350 10.12%
2025-07 119434 10.57%
2025-06 98282 8.70%
2025-05 105769 9.36%
2025-04 91328 8.08%
2025-03 91901 8.13%
2025-02 69620 6.16%
2025-01 26794 2.37%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 3,162,000 active stores in Shopify are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (494 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 0.0%

494 active stores

2025 36.7%

1,161,412 active stores

2024 12.4%

393,057 active stores

2023 8.3%

262,274 active stores

2022 6.2%

196,470 active stores

2021 6.3%

199,903 active stores

2020 5.9%

187,731 active stores

2019 3.6%

112,320 active stores

2018 3.6%

114,275 active stores

2017 2.9%

90,394 active stores

2016 1.6%

49,156 active stores

2015 1.4%

43,650 active stores

2014 1.5%

46,024 active stores

2013 1.8%

58,279 active stores

2012 1.0%

30,617 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Shopify by original launch year (January 2026)
Active stores in Shopify by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 494 0.02%
2025 1161412 36.73%
2024 393057 12.43%
2023 262274 8.29%
2022 196470 6.21%
2021 199903 6.32%
2020 187731 5.94%
2019 112320 3.55%
2018 114275 3.61%
2017 90394 2.86%
2016 49156 1.55%
2015 43650 1.38%
2014 46024 1.46%
2013 58279 1.84%
2012 30617 0.97%
2011 35549 1.12%
2010 24930 0.79%
2009 21563 0.68%
2008 17519 0.55%
2007 15910 0.50%
2006 11997 0.38%
2005 10919 0.35%
2004 15921 0.50%
2003 11723 0.37%
2002 10306 0.33%
2001 12235 0.39%
2000 8819 0.28%
1999 7706 0.24%
1998 5143 0.16%
1997 2938 0.09%
1996 2192 0.07%
1995 574 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 34.5% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (1,716,915 stores) , followed by Facebook (26.5%) and TikTok (12.3%) .

Base: 1,972,575 stores with any detectable social profile (58.4% 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 34.5%

1,716,915 stores

Facebook 26.5%

1,321,930 stores

TikTok 12.3%

614,685 stores

YouTube 9.6%

478,861 stores

Pinterest 6.3%

311,515 stores

Twitter 6.1%

304,863 stores

LinkedIn 1.8%

88,318 stores

X 1.7%

86,294 stores

WhatsApp 0.9%

44,469 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

13,270 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify (January 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 1716915 34.47%
Facebook 1321930 26.54%
TikTok 614685 12.34%
YouTube 478861 9.61%
Pinterest 311515 6.25%
Twitter 304863 6.12%
LinkedIn 88318 1.77%
X 86294 1.73%
WhatsApp 44469 0.89%
Vimeo 13270 0.27%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 43.5% (1,172,910 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (9.2%) and India (5.6%) .

Base: 2,698,858 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

1,172,910 AI-verified stores

247,972 AI-verified stores

India 5.6%

151,107 AI-verified stores

150,716 AI-verified stores

142,094 AI-verified stores

127,496 AI-verified stores

118,677 AI-verified stores

71,026 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.4%

64,866 AI-verified stores

63,886 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify (January 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 1172910 43.46%
United Kingdom 247972 9.19%
India 151107 5.60%
Canada 150716 5.58%
Australia 142094 5.26%
France 127496 4.72%
Germany 118677 4.40%
Netherlands 71026 2.63%
Spain 64866 2.40%
Pakistan 63886 2.37%
Italy 63427 2.35%
Brazil 49909 1.85%
Japan 42004 1.56%
Mexico 41110 1.52%
Colombia 40674 1.51%
Hong Kong 34841 1.29%
China 32923 1.22%
United Arab Emirates 28809 1.07%
Sweden 27655 1.02%
New Zealand 26756 0.99%

Dataset Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 3.4m 100.00%
Emails 1.6m 46.89%
Phones 324.4k 9.60%
Ecommerce platform 3.4m 100.00%
Couriers 442.0k 13.08%
Payment Providers 452.1k 13.38%
Categories 2.3m 69.15%
Social Media 2.0m 58.37%

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