Online Stores Shipping with PostNL

Explore 64.9k verified e-commerce stores with PostNL detected on their websites. Compare carrier signals, store segments, and geographic coverage.

Detected across 73.2k domains. 64.9k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

Verified stores
64.9k
active stores with physical delivery
Top country
Netherlands
48,273 verified stores
Top payment signal
PayPal
36,719 detection occurrences
Top category
Clothing & Accessories
8,962 verified stores

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64.9k verified active stores out of 73.2k detected · 88.7% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify stores with 31.2% of stores with physical delivery (20,277 stores) , followed by WooCommerce (29.2%) and Custom (20.0%) .

Base: 64,941 active verified stores, including those without a detected platform. Rankings show leading platform combinations; displayed percentages need not sum to 100%. 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 31.2%

20,277 stores

18,955 stores

Custom 20.0%

12,984 stores

2,786 stores

2,027 stores

1,779 stores

1,116 stores

812 stores

795 stores

757 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (October 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in PostNL
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 20277 31.22%
WooCommerce 18955 29.19%
Custom 12984 19.99%
JouwWeb 2786 4.29%
Magento 2027 3.12%
Lightspeed eCom 1779 2.74%
PrestaShop 1116 1.72%
CCV Shop 812 1.25%
Wix eCommerce 795 1.22%
OpenCart 757 1.17%
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Websites with E-commerce Signals

Shopify holds 29.2% share of detected PostNL e-commerce signals (21,355) , with WooCommerce at 30.6% and Custom at 18.0% (October 2026) .

Base: 73,220 domains in this report's signal population, including domains without a detected platform. This is not a store count: it can include redirects and non-transactional sites. Displayed percentages need not sum to 100%.

Top 10 Platforms (All Signals)

Shopify 29.2%

21,355 websites

22,391 websites

Custom 18.0%

13,159 websites

2,884 websites

2,164 websites

1,807 websites

1,146 websites

847 websites

1,159 websites

775 websites

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by websites with signals (October 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for websites with signals in PostNL
Platform Websites with Signals Percentage
Shopify 21355 29.17%
WooCommerce 22391 30.58%
Custom 13159 17.97%
JouwWeb 2884 3.94%
Magento 2164 2.96%
Lightspeed eCom 1807 2.47%
PrestaShop 1146 1.57%
CCV Shop 847 1.16%
Wix eCommerce 1159 1.58%
OpenCart 775 1.06%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories stores with 13.8% of all stores (8,962 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (12.4%) and Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear (7.9%) .

Base: 64,941 active verified stores, including stores without a detected category. Percentages use this full population, not only the displayed categories.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 13.8%

8,962 stores

Health & Beauty 12.4%

8,048 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 7.9%

5,136 stores

Home & Garden 7.8%

5,042 stores

Food & Beverages 6.5%

4,208 stores

Arts & Entertainment 5.8%

3,791 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 5.2%

3,349 stores

Jewelry & Watches 4.9%

3,187 stores

Toys & Games 4.8%

3,136 stores

Electronics & Technology 4.6%

3,009 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 PostNL store categories (October 2026)
Distribution of categories in PostNL e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 8962 13.80%
Health & Beauty 8048 12.39%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 5136 7.91%
Home & Garden 5042 7.76%
Food & Beverages 4208 6.48%
Arts & Entertainment 3791 5.84%
Furniture & Home Decor 3349 5.16%
Jewelry & Watches 3187 4.91%
Toys & Games 3136 4.83%
Electronics & Technology 3009 4.63%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal accounts for 14.8% of displayed detection occurrences (36,719 occurrences) , followed by MasterCard (12.1%) and VISA (12.0%) .

Base: 247,433 provider detection occurrences in the displayed ranking, from active stores. One store can contribute multiple occurrences. These percentages are not the share of unique stores or all detections.

Detected from publicly accessible website content and technical signals. Detection does not confirm an active provider contract or availability at checkout.

Top 10 Payment Providers

PayPal 14.8%

36,719 occurrences

29,820 occurrences

VISA 12.0%

29,713 occurrences

iDEAL 11.0%

27,198 occurrences

23,668 occurrences

23,536 occurrences

23,313 occurrences

19,970 occurrences

19,582 occurrences

Maestro 5.6%

13,914 occurrences

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 PostNL payment providers (October 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in PostNL e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Detection Occurrences Share of Displayed Occurrences
PayPal 36719 14.84%
MasterCard 29820 12.05%
VISA 29713 12.01%
iDEAL 27198 10.99%
Bancontact 23668 9.57%
Apple Pay 23536 9.51%
Klarna 23313 9.42%
American Express 19970 8.07%
Mollie 19582 7.91%
Maestro 13914 5.62%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 10,411 new stores were launched in PostNL , with the highest activity in 2026-09 (1,090 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-09 10.5%

1,090 stores launched

2026-08 9.8%

1,021 stores launched

2026-07 11.6%

1,211 stores launched

2026-06 10.7%

1,109 stores launched

2026-05 8.8%

914 stores launched

2026-04 6.6%

689 stores launched

2026-03 8.3%

866 stores launched

2026-02 8.9%

925 stores launched

2026-01 8.3%

864 stores launched

2025-12 6.8%

706 stores launched

2025-11 8.2%

855 stores launched

2025-10 1.5%

161 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in PostNL (October 2026)
Monthly store launches in PostNL over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-09 1090 10.47%
2026-08 1021 9.81%
2026-07 1211 11.63%
2026-06 1109 10.65%
2026-05 914 8.78%
2026-04 689 6.62%
2026-03 866 8.32%
2026-02 925 8.88%
2026-01 864 8.30%
2025-12 706 6.78%
2025-11 855 8.21%
2025-10 161 1.55%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 64,818 active stores in PostNL are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (8,972 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 13.8%

8,972 active stores

2025 12.8%

8,283 active stores

2024 8.8%

5,707 active stores

2023 6.9%

4,472 active stores

2022 5.6%

3,633 active stores

2021 6.8%

4,385 active stores

2020 6.8%

4,410 active stores

2019 4.6%

2,966 active stores

2018 4.9%

3,179 active stores

2017 5.2%

3,384 active stores

2016 2.5%

1,652 active stores

2015 2.0%

1,275 active stores

2014 2.0%

1,321 active stores

2013 3.1%

1,992 active stores

2012 1.8%

1,144 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in PostNL by original launch year (October 2026)
Active stores in PostNL by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 8972 13.84%
2025 8283 12.78%
2024 5707 8.80%
2023 4472 6.90%
2022 3633 5.60%
2021 4385 6.77%
2020 4410 6.80%
2019 2966 4.58%
2018 3179 4.90%
2017 3384 5.22%
2016 1652 2.55%
2015 1275 1.97%
2014 1321 2.04%
2013 1992 3.07%
2012 1144 1.76%

Social Media Usage

Instagram accounts for 31.0% of displayed detection occurrences (36,880 occurrences) , followed by Facebook (27.7%) and YouTube (9.9%) .

Base: 119,066 social-platform detection occurrences in the displayed ranking, from active stores. One store can contribute multiple occurrences. These percentages are not the share of unique stores or all detections.

Links and embeds detected on public pages; private/hidden profiles not counted.

Top 10 Social Platforms

Instagram 31.0%

36,880 occurrences

Facebook 27.7%

32,923 occurrences

YouTube 9.9%

11,794 occurrences

Pinterest 8.7%

10,305 occurrences

TikTok 8.6%

10,211 occurrences

LinkedIn 4.4%

5,195 occurrences

X 4.0%

4,787 occurrences

Twitter 3.5%

4,218 occurrences

WhatsApp 2.2%

2,599 occurrences

Vimeo 0.1%

154 occurrences

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in PostNL (October 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in PostNL e-commerce stores
Social Platform Detection Occurrences Share of Displayed Occurrences
Instagram 36880 30.97%
Facebook 32923 27.65%
YouTube 11794 9.91%
Pinterest 10305 8.65%
TikTok 10211 8.58%
LinkedIn 5195 4.36%
X 4787 4.02%
Twitter 4218 3.54%
WhatsApp 2599 2.18%
Vimeo 154 0.13%

Geographic Distribution

Netherlands stores with 74.3% (48,273 active verified stores) , followed by Belgium (5.6%) and United States (4.3%) .

Base: 64,941 active verified stores, including stores with unknown country. Percentages use the full population, not only the displayed countries.

Top 10 Countries

48,273 active verified stores

3,638 active verified stores

2,796 active verified stores

1,591 active verified stores

645 active verified stores

631 active verified stores

Japan 0.6%

380 active verified stores

294 active verified stores

Spain 0.4%

285 active verified stores

Italy 0.4%

264 active verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using PostNL (October 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using PostNL
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
Netherlands 48273 74.33%
Belgium 3638 5.60%
United States 2796 4.31%
Germany 1591 2.45%
United Kingdom 645 0.99%
France 631 0.97%
Japan 380 0.59%
Denmark 294 0.45%
Spain 285 0.44%
Italy 264 0.41%

Data Coverage

Coverage among all domains with this detected signal, including non-active profiles; not just active stores.

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 73.2k 100.00%
Emails 61k 83.28%
Phones 48.1k 65.69%
Ecommerce platform 70.7k 96.52%
Couriers 73.2k 100.00%
Payment Providers 64.6k 88.18%
Categories 62.3k 85.04%
Social Media 49.8k 67.98%

Coverage reflects detectability from publicly accessible website content and technical signals. A detected provider does not establish an active commercial relationship, and a missing signal does not establish absence. These counts are not confirmed transaction or shipment market shares.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data is included in the PostNL e-commerce intelligence?

We track 64.9k verified PostNL e-commerce stores whose profiles can include: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, technology stack, merchant-size signals, and available business contact fields.

How is the data collected and how often is it updated?

We rebuild the searchable index typically every 2–4 weeks. Observation dates vary by source and field; a rebuild does not mean every website was observed again. This public report has its own publication date and may use an older snapshot than the live catalog. Coverage varies by field and market. A missing payment or carrier signal means we did not detect it, not that the merchant does not use it.

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Yes. You can segment by country, platform, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, technology stack, store age, cross-border signals, and merchant-size bands. Some advanced signals are plan-gated, and the same field contract is used by the web app, exports, and API.

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