Stripe Payment Provider Usage Database

Explore 202.3k verified e-commerce stores accepting Stripe. Analyze payment adoption, merchant insights, and market opportunities.

Detected across 393.1k domains. 202.3k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

202.3k verified active stores out of 393.1k detected · 51.5% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce leads with 74.7% of stores with physical delivery (150,296 stores) , followed by Custom (14.8%) and Big Cartel (8.5%) .

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)

150,296 stores

Custom 14.8%

29,799 stores

17,179 stores

Rain 0.3%

684 stores

652 stores

473 stores

390 stores

254 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (April 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Stripe
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 150296 74.68%
Custom 29799 14.81%
Big Cartel 17179 8.54%
Rain 684 0.34%
Volusion 652 0.32%
Magento 473 0.24%
SightGlass (Shopper) E-commerce Platform 455 0.23%
PrestaShop 390 0.19%
Shopify 254 0.13%
WooCommerce, Stock Manager Advance (SMA) with Shop Module 225 0.11%
Salesforce Commerce Cloud 219 0.11%
Stock Manager Advance (SMA) with Shop Module, WooCommerce 217 0.11%
OpenCart 156 0.08%
Offset 131 0.07%
FreeWebstore 123 0.06%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 16.4% of all stores (29,158 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (13.8%) and Food & Beverages (12.1%) .

Base: 178,213 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (88.1% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 16.4%

29,158 stores

Health & Beauty 13.8%

24,638 stores

Food & Beverages 12.1%

21,499 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 10.3%

18,288 stores

Toys & Games 10.1%

17,936 stores

Arts & Entertainment 9.9%

17,704 stores

Home & Garden 4.9%

8,688 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 4.2%

7,537 stores

Jewelry & Watches 3.8%

6,712 stores

Electronics & Technology 2.9%

5,087 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Stripe store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in Stripe e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 29158 16.36%
Health & Beauty 24638 13.83%
Food & Beverages 21499 12.06%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 18288 10.26%
Toys & Games 17936 10.06%
Arts & Entertainment 17704 9.93%
Home & Garden 8688 4.88%
Gifts & Special Occasions 7537 4.23%
Jewelry & Watches 6712 3.77%
Electronics & Technology 5087 2.85%
Business & Industrial 5000 2.81%
Tools & Hardware 4723 2.65%
Vehicles & Parts 4192 2.35%
Books & Media 3784 2.12%
Furniture & Home Decor 3267 1.83%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

DHL leads with 17.6% among AI-verified physical stores (13,171 stores) , followed by USPS (13.8%) and UPS (13.4%) .

Base: 61,965 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (15.8% 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

DHL 17.6%

13,171 stores

USPS 13.8%

10,270 stores

UPS 13.4%

10,026 stores

DPD 12.2%

9,102 stores

FedEx 9.0%

6,683 stores

5,345 stores

4,413 stores

3,263 stores

GLS 4.3%

3,243 stores

2,567 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Stripe shipping carriers (April 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Stripe e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
DHL 13171 17.64%
USPS 10270 13.76%
UPS 10026 13.43%
DPD 9102 12.19%
FedEx 6683 8.95%
Royal Mail 5345 7.16%
Colissimo 4413 5.91%
La Poste 3263 4.37%
GLS 3243 4.34%
Australia Post 2567 3.44%
Mondial Relay 2042 2.73%
Correos 1339 1.79%
TNT 1205 1.61%
Canada Post 998 1.34%
Chronopost 996 1.33%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 35,942 new stores were launched in Stripe , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (2,967 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 8.3%

2,967 stores launched

2026-02 6.1%

2,178 stores launched

2026-01 8.3%

2,984 stores launched

2025-12 8.1%

2,926 stores launched

2025-11 9.4%

3,373 stores launched

2025-10 9.2%

3,321 stores launched

2025-09 9.8%

3,528 stores launched

2025-08 9.5%

3,427 stores launched

2025-07 9.4%

3,395 stores launched

2025-06 8.8%

3,180 stores launched

2025-05 8.5%

3,048 stores launched

2025-04 4.5%

1,615 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Stripe (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in Stripe over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 2967 8.25%
2026-02 2178 6.06%
2026-01 2984 8.30%
2025-12 2926 8.14%
2025-11 3373 9.38%
2025-10 3321 9.24%
2025-09 3528 9.82%
2025-08 3427 9.53%
2025-07 3395 9.45%
2025-06 3180 8.85%
2025-05 3048 8.48%
2025-04 1615 4.49%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 198,300 active stores in Stripe are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (8,162 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 4.1%

8,162 active stores

2025 18.3%

36,315 active stores

2024 12.8%

25,298 active stores

2023 8.2%

16,260 active stores

2022 6.8%

13,573 active stores

2021 7.4%

14,750 active stores

2020 7.7%

15,360 active stores

2019 4.8%

9,572 active stores

2018 5.0%

9,897 active stores

2017 4.0%

7,930 active stores

2016 2.3%

4,525 active stores

2015 2.0%

4,025 active stores

2014 1.9%

3,815 active stores

2013 2.4%

4,821 active stores

2012 1.5%

2,959 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Stripe by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in Stripe by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 8162 4.12%
2025 36315 18.31%
2024 25298 12.76%
2023 16260 8.20%
2022 13573 6.84%
2021 14750 7.44%
2020 15360 7.75%
2019 9572 4.83%
2018 9897 4.99%
2017 7930 4.00%
2016 4525 2.28%
2015 4025 2.03%
2014 3815 1.92%
2013 4821 2.43%
2012 2959 1.49%
2011 3003 1.51%
2010 2424 1.22%
2009 2134 1.08%
2008 1834 0.92%
2007 1719 0.87%
2006 1241 0.63%
2005 1065 0.54%
2004 1483 0.75%
2003 1116 0.56%
2002 1032 0.52%
2001 1189 0.60%
2000 1057 0.53%
1999 784 0.40%
1998 513 0.26%
1997 252 0.13%
1996 159 0.08%
1995 33 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 32.0% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (118,603 stores) , followed by Facebook (28.9%) and YouTube (9.9%) .

Base: 280,509 stores with any detectable social profile (71.4% 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 32.0%

118,603 stores

Facebook 28.9%

107,189 stores

YouTube 9.9%

36,734 stores

TikTok 6.8%

25,166 stores

Twitter 6.5%

24,113 stores

LinkedIn 4.7%

17,441 stores

Pinterest 4.1%

15,288 stores

X 4.0%

14,741 stores

Twitch 1.6%

6,054 stores

WhatsApp 1.3%

4,936 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Stripe (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Stripe e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 118603 32.03%
Facebook 107189 28.95%
YouTube 36734 9.92%
TikTok 25166 6.80%
Twitter 24113 6.51%
LinkedIn 17441 4.71%
Pinterest 15288 4.13%
X 14741 3.98%
Twitch 6054 1.64%
WhatsApp 4936 1.33%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 35.4% (56,298 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (12.3%) and France (10.2%) .

Base: 159,243 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

56,298 AI-verified stores

19,530 AI-verified stores

France 10.2%

16,293 AI-verified stores

10,241 AI-verified stores

Italy 5.8%

9,179 AI-verified stores

9,077 AI-verified stores

Spain 5.0%

7,987 AI-verified stores

6,093 AI-verified stores

3,053 AI-verified stores

2,896 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Stripe (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Stripe
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 56298 35.35%
United Kingdom 19530 12.26%
France 16293 10.23%
Germany 10241 6.43%
Italy 9179 5.76%
Australia 9077 5.70%
Spain 7987 5.02%
Canada 6093 3.83%
Ireland 3053 1.92%
Mexico 2896 1.82%
Japan 2570 1.61%
Switzerland 2508 1.57%
New Zealand 2420 1.52%
Austria 1952 1.23%
Netherlands 1780 1.12%
United Arab Emirates 1693 1.06%
Poland 1567 0.98%
Sweden 1413 0.89%
Romania 1372 0.86%
India 1321 0.83%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 393.1k 100.00%
Emails 237.5k 60.41%
Phones 77.9k 19.81%
Ecommerce platform 392.1k 99.73%
Couriers 62.0k 15.76%
Payment Providers 121.7k 30.95%
Categories 195.1k 49.63%
Social Media 280.5k 71.35%

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 Stripe e-commerce intelligence?

We track 202.3k verified Stripe 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.

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