Shopify E-commerce Stores Database

Explore 2.7m verified e-commerce stores built on Shopify. Instant access to technologies, contacts, platforms, and market dynamics.

Detected across 2.9m domains. 2.7m verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

2.7m verified active stores out of 2.9m detected · 92.3% verification rate

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 31.4% of all stores (596,810 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (19.1%) and Food & Beverages (8.8%) .

Base: 1,901,165 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (71.2% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 31.4%

596,810 stores

Health & Beauty 19.1%

363,905 stores

Food & Beverages 8.8%

166,406 stores

Jewelry & Watches 8.0%

152,406 stores

Home & Garden 4.9%

92,912 stores

Electronics & Technology 4.6%

87,800 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.1%

78,897 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 3.5%

66,883 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.4%

65,113 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 2.9%

55,482 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in Shopify e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 596810 31.39%
Health & Beauty 363905 19.14%
Food & Beverages 166406 8.75%
Jewelry & Watches 152406 8.02%
Home & Garden 92912 4.89%
Electronics & Technology 87800 4.62%
Arts & Entertainment 78897 4.15%
Furniture & Home Decor 66883 3.52%
Gifts & Special Occasions 65113 3.42%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 55482 2.92%
Pets & Pet Supplies 48465 2.55%
Vehicles & Parts 42014 2.21%
Toys & Games 34276 1.80%
Baby & Toddler 26629 1.40%
Tools & Hardware 23167 1.22%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 24.3% among AI-verified physical stores (198,747 stores) , followed by American Express (15.1%) and MasterCard (10.5%) .

Base: 406,613 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (14.1% 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 24.3%

198,747 stores

123,536 stores

85,553 stores

81,981 stores

77,539 stores

70,400 stores

66,629 stores

VISA 3.9%

32,171 stores

15,951 stores

Bolt 1.9%

15,698 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 198747 24.32%
American Express 123536 15.12%
MasterCard 85553 10.47%
Apple Pay 81981 10.03%
Stripe Connect 77539 9.49%
Klarna 70400 8.62%
Google Pay 66629 8.15%
VISA 32171 3.94%
Amazon Pay 15951 1.95%
Bolt 15698 1.92%
JCB 15108 1.85%
Bancontact 12242 1.50%
iDEAL 7482 0.92%
Amazon Payments 7173 0.88%
Mercado Pago 6885 0.84%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

USPS leads with 20.2% among AI-verified physical stores (124,727 stores) , followed by UPS (19.8%) and DHL (17.7%) .

Base: 420,914 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (14.5% 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 20.2%

124,727 stores

UPS 19.8%

122,222 stores

DHL 17.7%

109,517 stores

FedEx 12.2%

75,683 stores

34,932 stores

DPD 4.8%

29,593 stores

25,057 stores

GLS 3.1%

19,184 stores

15,168 stores

14,228 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
USPS 124727 20.16%
UPS 122222 19.75%
DHL 109517 17.70%
FedEx 75683 12.23%
Royal Mail 34932 5.65%
DPD 29593 4.78%
Australia Post 25057 4.05%
GLS 19184 3.10%
Canada Post 15168 2.45%
Colissimo 14228 2.30%
Correios 10400 1.68%
PostNL 10075 1.63%
Hermes 9868 1.59%
La Poste 9231 1.49%
Mondial Relay 8811 1.42%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 746,551 new stores were launched in Shopify , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (86,436 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 11.6%

86,436 stores launched

2026-01 13.5%

100,650 stores launched

2025-12 10.7%

80,241 stores launched

2025-11 10.0%

74,477 stores launched

2025-10 9.1%

67,658 stores launched

2025-09 7.9%

58,804 stores launched

2025-08 7.6%

56,719 stores launched

2025-07 6.9%

51,425 stores launched

2025-06 5.9%

44,396 stores launched

2025-05 6.2%

46,362 stores launched

2025-04 5.6%

41,946 stores launched

2025-03 5.0%

37,437 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Shopify (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in Shopify over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 86436 11.58%
2026-01 100650 13.48%
2025-12 80241 10.75%
2025-11 74477 9.98%
2025-10 67658 9.06%
2025-09 58804 7.88%
2025-08 56719 7.60%
2025-07 51425 6.89%
2025-06 44396 5.95%
2025-05 46362 6.21%
2025-04 41946 5.62%
2025-03 37437 5.01%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 2,600,538 active stores in Shopify are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (188,025 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 7.2%

188,025 active stores

2025 24.3%

632,993 active stores

2024 12.4%

322,886 active stores

2023 8.8%

227,755 active stores

2022 6.7%

174,768 active stores

2021 6.9%

178,868 active stores

2020 6.6%

171,937 active stores

2019 4.0%

105,008 active stores

2018 4.0%

105,038 active stores

2017 3.3%

85,434 active stores

2016 1.7%

45,157 active stores

2015 1.6%

40,808 active stores

2014 1.6%

42,563 active stores

2013 2.0%

51,573 active stores

2012 1.1%

28,539 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Shopify by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in Shopify by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 188025 7.23%
2025 632993 24.34%
2024 322886 12.42%
2023 227755 8.76%
2022 174768 6.72%
2021 178868 6.88%
2020 171937 6.61%
2019 105008 4.04%
2018 105038 4.04%
2017 85434 3.29%
2016 45157 1.74%
2015 40808 1.57%
2014 42563 1.64%
2013 51573 1.98%
2012 28539 1.10%
2011 31183 1.20%
2010 22896 0.88%
2009 20160 0.78%
2008 16152 0.62%
2007 14636 0.56%
2006 11234 0.43%
2005 10327 0.40%
2004 14334 0.55%
2003 10853 0.42%
2002 9657 0.37%
2001 11217 0.43%
2000 8489 0.33%
1999 7513 0.29%
1998 4990 0.19%
1997 2871 0.11%
1996 2116 0.08%
1995 558 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 34.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (1,538,465 stores) , followed by Facebook (26.7%) and TikTok (11.9%) .

Base: 1,818,917 stores with any detectable social profile (62.9% 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 34.1%

1,538,465 stores

Facebook 26.7%

1,203,665 stores

TikTok 11.9%

536,661 stores

YouTube 10.1%

454,705 stores

Pinterest 6.3%

283,843 stores

Twitter 6.2%

281,070 stores

LinkedIn 2.0%

88,357 stores

X 1.7%

78,240 stores

WhatsApp 0.8%

37,527 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

12,167 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 1538465 34.08%
Facebook 1203665 26.66%
TikTok 536661 11.89%
YouTube 454705 10.07%
Pinterest 283843 6.29%
Twitter 281070 6.23%
LinkedIn 88357 1.96%
X 78240 1.73%
WhatsApp 37527 0.83%
Vimeo 12167 0.27%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 45.1% (992,899 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (9.4%) and Canada (5.7%) .

Base: 2,201,302 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

992,899 AI-verified stores

206,489 AI-verified stores

126,131 AI-verified stores

121,771 AI-verified stores

India 5.0%

110,685 AI-verified stores

101,853 AI-verified stores

95,573 AI-verified stores

57,324 AI-verified stores

Italy 2.3%

51,664 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.1%

46,810 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 992899 45.11%
United Kingdom 206489 9.38%
Canada 126131 5.73%
Australia 121771 5.53%
India 110685 5.03%
Germany 101853 4.63%
France 95573 4.34%
Netherlands 57324 2.60%
Italy 51664 2.35%
Spain 46810 2.13%
Japan 40015 1.82%
Pakistan 39419 1.79%
Mexico 34124 1.55%
Hong Kong 29721 1.35%
Brazil 27432 1.25%
China 26652 1.21%
Colombia 25681 1.17%
New Zealand 23778 1.08%
Sweden 21799 0.99%
United Arab Emirates 21482 0.98%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 2.9m 100.00%
Emails 1.5m 50.28%
Phones 313.4k 10.83%
Ecommerce platform 2.9m 100.00%
Couriers 420.9k 14.55%
Payment Providers 406.6k 14.05%
Categories 2.0m 68.80%
Social Media 1.8m 62.87%

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 Shopify e-commerce intelligence?

We track 2.7m verified Shopify 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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