Apple Pay Payment Provider Usage Database

Explore 1.9m e-commerce stores accepting Apple Pay. Analyze payment adoption, merchant insights, and market opportunities.

· · Next full refresh: January 2026

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify leads with 99.7% of stores with physical delivery (1,913,761 stores) , followed by Custom (0.1%) and WooCommerce (0.1%) .

Note: This distribution covers only stores selling physical products with active shopping carts and physical product shipping. Digital products, services, and non-transactional sites are excluded. All stores are verified by our proprietary AI model to ensure accurate e-commerce classification.

Top 10 Platforms (Physical Delivery)

Shopify 99.7%

1,913,761 stores

1,788 stores

1,400 stores

760 stores

750 stores

188 stores

96 stores

96 stores

60 stores

56 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (December 2025)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Apple Pay
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 1913761 99.72%
Custom 1788 0.09%
WooCommerce 1400 0.07%
Shopify, Zoorix 760 0.04%
Zoorix, Shopify 750 0.04%
OpenCart 188 0.01%
BinderPOS, Shopify 96 0.01%
Shopify, BinderPOS 96 0.01%
TargetBay, Shopify 60 0.00%
Shopify, UpsellPlus 56 0.00%
Magento 56 0.00%
UpsellPlus, Shopify 46 0.00%
PrestaShop 46 0.00%
WooCommerce, Shopify 34 0.00%
Shopify, TargetBay 34 0.00%

All Stores Distribution

Shopify holds 99.7% share of all Apple Pay e-commerce stores (2,104,155) , with Custom at 0.1% and WooCommerce at 0.1% (December 2025) .

Note: This broader distribution includes all stores with e-commerce indicators such as platform detection, shopping cart presence, or payment integration. This liberal approach may include some false positives (e.g., WooCommerce installations used for non-commercial purposes) but provides comprehensive market coverage for lead generation and competitive analysis.

Top 10 Platforms (All Stores)

Shopify 99.7%

2,104,155 stores

1,788 stores

1,583 stores

801 stores

786 stores

190 stores

101 stores

96 stores

60 stores

60 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by all stores (December 2025)
E-commerce platforms distribution for all stores in Apple Pay
Platform Total Stores Percentage
Shopify 2104155 99.73%
Custom 1788 0.08%
WooCommerce 1583 0.08%
Shopify, Zoorix 801 0.04%
Zoorix, Shopify 786 0.04%
OpenCart 190 0.01%
BinderPOS, Shopify 101 0.00%
Shopify, BinderPOS 96 0.00%
TargetBay, Shopify 60 0.00%
Shopify, UpsellPlus 60 0.00%
Magento 58 0.00%
UpsellPlus, Shopify 47 0.00%
PrestaShop 47 0.00%
WooCommerce, Shopify 41 0.00%
Shopify, TargetBay 37 0.00%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 34.3% of all stores (466,612 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (17.4%) and Jewelry & Watches (8.1%) .

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 34.3%

466,612 stores

Health & Beauty 17.4%

235,826 stores

Jewelry & Watches 8.1%

109,520 stores

Food & Beverages 7.9%

107,837 stores

Home & Garden 4.8%

64,900 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.2%

57,193 stores

Electronics & Technology 3.8%

51,859 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.7%

50,713 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 3.1%

42,191 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 3.1%

42,034 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Apple Pay store categories (December 2025)
Distribution of categories in Apple Pay e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 466612 34.34%
Health & Beauty 235826 17.36%
Jewelry & Watches 109520 8.06%
Food & Beverages 107837 7.94%
Home & Garden 64900 4.78%
Arts & Entertainment 57193 4.21%
Electronics & Technology 51859 3.82%
Gifts & Special Occasions 50713 3.73%
Furniture & Home Decor 42191 3.11%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 42034 3.09%
Pets & Pet Supplies 40688 2.99%
Vehicles & Parts 29213 2.15%
Toys & Games 25164 1.85%
Baby & Toddler 20019 1.47%
Books & Media 14864 1.09%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

USPS leads with 21.9% among AI-verified physical stores (104,906 stores) , followed by UPS (19.8%) and DHL (16.2%) .

Base: 320,315 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (15.2% 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 21.9%

104,906 stores

UPS 19.8%

94,977 stores

DHL 16.2%

77,743 stores

FedEx 11.1%

53,326 stores

30,968 stores

DPD 4.8%

22,935 stores

22,787 stores

GLS 2.8%

13,663 stores

13,051 stores

11,014 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Apple Pay shipping carriers (December 2025)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Apple Pay e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
USPS 104906 21.88%
UPS 94977 19.81%
DHL 77743 16.21%
FedEx 53326 11.12%
Royal Mail 30968 6.46%
DPD 22935 4.78%
Australia Post 22787 4.75%
GLS 13663 2.85%
Canada Post 13051 2.72%
Colissimo 11014 2.30%
PostNL 7514 1.57%
Hermes 7268 1.52%
Mondial Relay 7129 1.49%
La Poste 7036 1.47%
Deutsche Post 5165 1.08%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 608,306 new stores were launched in Apple Pay , with the highest activity in 2025-11 (54,440 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2025-11 8.9%

54,440 stores launched

2025-10 9.7%

58,957 stores launched

2025-09 9.9%

59,968 stores launched

2025-08 10.2%

61,955 stores launched

2025-07 10.7%

65,239 stores launched

2025-06 8.7%

53,126 stores launched

2025-05 9.5%

57,770 stores launched

2025-04 8.3%

50,535 stores launched

2025-03 8.6%

52,468 stores launched

2025-02 6.5%

39,831 stores launched

2025-01 6.3%

38,421 stores launched

2024-12 2.6%

15,596 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Apple Pay (December 2025)
Monthly store launches in Apple Pay over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2025-11 54440 8.95%
2025-10 58957 9.69%
2025-09 59968 9.86%
2025-08 61955 10.18%
2025-07 65239 10.72%
2025-06 53126 8.73%
2025-05 57770 9.50%
2025-04 50535 8.31%
2025-03 52468 8.63%
2025-02 39831 6.55%
2025-01 38421 6.32%
2024-12 15596 2.56%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 1,906,467 active stores in Apple Pay are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2025 (593,088 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2025 31.1%

593,088 active stores

2024 13.3%

252,972 active stores

2023 9.1%

173,584 active stores

2022 6.8%

129,538 active stores

2021 7.0%

133,839 active stores

2020 6.5%

123,090 active stores

2019 3.8%

73,269 active stores

2018 4.0%

75,460 active stores

2017 3.1%

59,542 active stores

2016 1.7%

31,762 active stores

2015 1.5%

27,911 active stores

2014 1.6%

29,763 active stores

2013 2.0%

38,097 active stores

2012 1.1%

20,021 active stores

2011 1.3%

23,862 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Apple Pay by original launch year (December 2025)
Active stores in Apple Pay by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2025 593088 31.11%
2024 252972 13.27%
2023 173584 9.11%
2022 129538 6.79%
2021 133839 7.02%
2020 123090 6.46%
2019 73269 3.84%
2018 75460 3.96%
2017 59542 3.12%
2016 31762 1.67%
2015 27911 1.46%
2014 29763 1.56%
2013 38097 2.00%
2012 20021 1.05%
2011 23862 1.25%
2010 16537 0.87%
2009 14258 0.75%
2008 11674 0.61%
2007 10481 0.55%
2006 7993 0.42%
2005 7431 0.39%
2004 10834 0.57%
2003 7880 0.41%
2002 6820 0.36%
2001 8126 0.43%
2000 5887 0.31%
1999 5193 0.27%
1998 3538 0.19%
1997 2043 0.11%
1996 1555 0.08%
1995 419 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 35.0% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (1,093,631 stores) , followed by Facebook (26.2%) and TikTok (13.3%) .

Base: 1,290,996 stores with any detectable social profile (61.2% 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 35.0%

1,093,631 stores

Facebook 26.2%

817,644 stores

TikTok 13.3%

416,229 stores

YouTube 9.4%

292,722 stores

Pinterest 6.5%

201,704 stores

Twitter 5.7%

178,587 stores

X 1.7%

52,479 stores

LinkedIn 1.7%

52,284 stores

WhatsApp 0.4%

12,781 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

7,019 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Apple Pay (December 2025)
Distribution of social media platforms in Apple Pay e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 1093631 35.00%
Facebook 817644 26.16%
TikTok 416229 13.32%
YouTube 292722 9.37%
Pinterest 201704 6.45%
Twitter 178587 5.71%
X 52479 1.68%
LinkedIn 52284 1.67%
WhatsApp 12781 0.41%
Vimeo 7019 0.22%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 49.5% (892,195 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (10.8%) and Australia (6.4%) .

Base: 1,802,327 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

892,195 AI-verified stores

194,443 AI-verified stores

116,244 AI-verified stores

108,757 AI-verified stores

92,680 AI-verified stores

75,230 AI-verified stores

48,602 AI-verified stores

Italy 2.7%

47,886 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.6%

47,191 AI-verified stores

Japan 1.6%

29,705 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Apple Pay (December 2025)
Geographic distribution of stores using Apple Pay
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 892195 49.50%
United Kingdom 194443 10.79%
Australia 116244 6.45%
Canada 108757 6.03%
France 92680 5.14%
Germany 75230 4.17%
Netherlands 48602 2.70%
Italy 47886 2.66%
Spain 47191 2.62%
Japan 29705 1.65%
Sweden 20093 1.11%
New Zealand 19821 1.10%
Hong Kong 19706 1.09%
Switzerland 15765 0.87%
Mexico 15042 0.83%
Belgium 13690 0.76%
Poland 12597 0.70%
Denmark 11075 0.61%
Portugal 11008 0.61%
Ireland 10597 0.59%

Dataset Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 2.1m 100.00%
Emails 988.3k 46.83%
Phones 187.5k 8.89%
Ecommerce platform 2.1m 100.00%
Couriers 320.3k 15.18%
Payment Providers 311.4k 14.76%
Categories 1.5m 69.67%
Social Media 1.3m 61.17%

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