UK Mail Shipping Carrier Usage Database

Explore 647.0 verified e-commerce stores shipping with UK Mail. Discover logistics partnerships, geographic reach, and carrier adoption.

Detected across 844.0 domains. 647.0 verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

647.0 verified active stores out of 844.0 detected · 76.7% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce leads with 51.6% of stores with physical delivery (325 stores) , followed by Custom (21.0%) and Magento (6.8%) .

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)

325 stores

Custom 21.0%

132 stores

43 stores

30 stores

21 stores

16 stores

EKM 2.4%

15 stores

13 stores

9 stores

6 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 UK Mail
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 325 51.59%
Custom 132 20.95%
Magento 43 6.83%
Shopify 30 4.76%
BigCommerce 21 3.33%
Squarespace Commerce 16 2.54%
EKM 15 2.38%
Wix eCommerce 13 2.06%
PrestaShop 9 1.43%
ShopWired 6 0.95%
OpenCart 5 0.79%
VirtueMart 5 0.79%
Shopware 4 0.63%
Voracio 3 0.48%
Bluepark 3 0.48%

Categories Distribution

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear leads with 12.9% of all stores (79 stores) , followed by Food & Beverages (11.3%) and Health & Beauty (10.5%) .

Base: 611 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (94.4% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 12.9%

79 stores

Food & Beverages 11.3%

69 stores

Health & Beauty 10.5%

64 stores

Clothing & Accessories 9.7%

59 stores

Home & Garden 7.9%

48 stores

Business & Industrial 7.2%

44 stores

Toys & Games 7.0%

43 stores

Tools & Hardware 6.5%

40 stores

Vehicles & Parts 6.2%

38 stores

Electronics & Technology 6.1%

37 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UK Mail store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in UK Mail e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 79 12.93%
Food & Beverages 69 11.29%
Health & Beauty 64 10.47%
Clothing & Accessories 59 9.66%
Home & Garden 48 7.86%
Business & Industrial 44 7.20%
Toys & Games 43 7.04%
Tools & Hardware 40 6.55%
Vehicles & Parts 38 6.22%
Electronics & Technology 37 6.06%
Arts & Entertainment 35 5.73%
Furniture & Home Decor 19 3.11%
Jewelry & Watches 14 2.29%
Gifts & Special Occasions 14 2.29%
Pets & Pet Supplies 8 1.31%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 30.4% among AI-verified physical stores (215 stores) , followed by Stripe Connect (13.6%) and American Express (9.7%) .

Base: 497 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (58.9% 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 30.4%

215 stores

96 stores

69 stores

65 stores

64 stores

Bolt 7.2%

51 stores

27 stores

26 stores

25 stores

JCB 3.1%

22 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UK Mail payment providers (April 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in UK Mail e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 215 30.37%
Stripe Connect 96 13.56%
American Express 69 9.75%
SagePay 65 9.18%
MasterCard 64 9.04%
Bolt 51 7.20%
Apple Pay 27 3.81%
Klarna 26 3.67%
Worldpay 25 3.53%
JCB 22 3.11%
Google Pay 15 2.12%
VISA 13 1.84%
BitCoin 7 0.99%
Amazon Pay 7 0.99%
Braintree 6 0.85%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 127 new stores were launched in UK Mail , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (73 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 57.5%

73 stores launched

2026-02 14.2%

18 stores launched

2026-01 0.8%

1 stores launched

2025-12 13.4%

17 stores launched

2025-11 2.4%

3 stores launched

2025-10 3.9%

5 stores launched

2025-09 3.1%

4 stores launched

2025-08 1.6%

2 stores launched

2025-07 0.8%

1 stores launched

2025-05 0.8%

1 stores launched

2025-04 1.6%

2 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in UK Mail (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in UK Mail over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 73 57.48%
2026-02 18 14.17%
2026-01 1 0.79%
2025-12 17 13.39%
2025-11 3 2.36%
2025-10 5 3.94%
2025-09 4 3.15%
2025-08 2 1.57%
2025-07 1 0.79%
2025-05 1 0.79%
2025-04 2 1.57%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 646 active stores in UK Mail are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (93 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 14.4%

93 active stores

2025 7.4%

48 active stores

2024 1.7%

11 active stores

2023 2.3%

15 active stores

2022 3.4%

22 active stores

2021 3.9%

25 active stores

2020 5.7%

37 active stores

2019 5.0%

32 active stores

2018 5.0%

32 active stores

2017 6.5%

42 active stores

2016 2.6%

17 active stores

2015 3.6%

23 active stores

2014 2.3%

15 active stores

2013 4.0%

26 active stores

2012 2.8%

18 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in UK Mail by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in UK Mail by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 93 14.40%
2025 48 7.43%
2024 11 1.70%
2023 15 2.32%
2022 22 3.41%
2021 25 3.87%
2020 37 5.73%
2019 32 4.95%
2018 32 4.95%
2017 42 6.50%
2016 17 2.63%
2015 23 3.56%
2014 15 2.32%
2013 26 4.02%
2012 18 2.79%
2011 19 2.94%
2010 15 2.32%
2009 10 1.55%
2008 14 2.17%
2007 15 2.32%
2006 15 2.32%
2005 8 1.24%
2004 19 2.94%
2003 10 1.55%
2002 12 1.86%
2001 9 1.39%
2000 15 2.32%
1999 11 1.70%
1998 13 2.01%
1997 3 0.46%
1996 2 0.31%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 30.2% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (360 stores) , followed by Instagram (23.2%) and Twitter (17.4%) .

Base: 528 stores with any detectable social profile (62.6% 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

Facebook 30.2%

360 stores

Instagram 23.2%

277 stores

Twitter 17.4%

208 stores

YouTube 9.5%

114 stores

LinkedIn 7.9%

94 stores

Pinterest 4.4%

53 stores

X 4.2%

50 stores

TikTok 2.3%

27 stores

WhatsApp 0.7%

8 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

3 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in UK Mail (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in UK Mail e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 360 30.15%
Instagram 277 23.20%
Twitter 208 17.42%
YouTube 114 9.55%
LinkedIn 94 7.87%
Pinterest 53 4.44%
X 50 4.19%
TikTok 27 2.26%
WhatsApp 8 0.67%
Vimeo 3 0.25%

Geographic Distribution

United Kingdom leads with 84.6% (462 AI-verified stores) , followed by United States (7.7%) and Ireland (2.4%) .

Base: 546 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

462 AI-verified stores

42 AI-verified stores

13 AI-verified stores

6 AI-verified stores

5 AI-verified stores

2 AI-verified stores

China 0.4%

2 AI-verified stores

2 AI-verified stores

1 AI-verified stores

1 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using UK Mail (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using UK Mail
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United Kingdom 462 84.62%
United States 42 7.69%
Ireland 13 2.38%
Canada 6 1.10%
Germany 5 0.92%
Norway 2 0.37%
China 2 0.37%
Poland 2 0.37%
Portugal 1 0.18%
Lithuania 1 0.18%
Australia 1 0.18%
France 1 0.18%
Romania 1 0.18%
Austria 1 0.18%
Turkey 1 0.18%
Sweden 1 0.18%
South Africa 1 0.18%
Hungary 1 0.18%
India 1 0.18%
Hong Kong 1 0.18%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 844.0 100.00%
Emails 543.0 64.34%
Phones 354.0 41.94%
Ecommerce platform 769.0 91.11%
Couriers 844.0 100.00%
Payment Providers 497.0 58.89%
Categories 633.0 75.00%
Social Media 528.0 62.56%

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 UK Mail e-commerce intelligence?

We track 647.0 verified UK Mail 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?

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