UPS Shipping Carrier Usage Database

Explore 283.6k verified e-commerce stores shipping with UPS. Discover logistics partnerships, geographic reach, and carrier adoption.

Detected across 350.5k domains. 283.6k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

283.6k verified active stores out of 350.5k detected · 80.9% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce leads with 36.0% of stores with physical delivery (94,483 stores) , followed by Custom (26.3%) and PrestaShop (11.4%) .

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)

94,483 stores

Custom 26.3%

68,879 stores

29,950 stores

24,708 stores

12,017 stores

7,915 stores

6,428 stores

6,374 stores

4,081 stores

2,201 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 UPS
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 94483 36.03%
Custom 68879 26.26%
PrestaShop 29950 11.42%
Shopify 24708 9.42%
Wix eCommerce 12017 4.58%
Magento 7915 3.02%
Squarespace Commerce 6428 2.45%
BigCommerce 6374 2.43%
OpenCart 4081 1.56%
Shopware 2201 0.84%
GoDaddy Online Store 1504 0.57%
Shoper 1122 0.43%
Bluepark 883 0.34%
nopCommerce 862 0.33%
Lightspeed eCom 857 0.33%

Categories Distribution

Electronics & Technology leads with 14.2% of all stores (36,045 stores) , followed by Clothing & Accessories (13.8%) and Health & Beauty (12.7%) .

Base: 254,662 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (89.8% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Electronics & Technology 14.2%

36,045 stores

Clothing & Accessories 13.8%

35,081 stores

Health & Beauty 12.7%

32,419 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 10.0%

25,424 stores

Food & Beverages 7.4%

18,842 stores

Home & Garden 6.5%

16,669 stores

Business & Industrial 5.7%

14,389 stores

Toys & Games 5.3%

13,392 stores

Tools & Hardware 4.8%

12,247 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.6%

11,758 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UPS store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in UPS e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Electronics & Technology 36045 14.15%
Clothing & Accessories 35081 13.78%
Health & Beauty 32419 12.73%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 25424 9.98%
Food & Beverages 18842 7.40%
Home & Garden 16669 6.55%
Business & Industrial 14389 5.65%
Toys & Games 13392 5.26%
Tools & Hardware 12247 4.81%
Arts & Entertainment 11758 4.62%
Vehicles & Parts 11463 4.50%
Jewelry & Watches 9075 3.56%
Furniture & Home Decor 8818 3.46%
Gifts & Special Occasions 6754 2.65%
Pets & Pet Supplies 2286 0.90%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 30.3% among AI-verified physical stores (81,391 stores) , followed by MasterCard (13.8%) and American Express (13.7%) .

Base: 164,757 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (47.0% 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 30.3%

81,391 stores

37,077 stores

36,808 stores

24,492 stores

15,274 stores

15,166 stores

VISA 4.5%

12,159 stores

11,502 stores

Bolt 3.3%

8,797 stores

JCB 2.5%

6,613 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UPS payment providers (April 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in UPS e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 81391 30.26%
MasterCard 37077 13.79%
American Express 36808 13.69%
Stripe Connect 24492 9.11%
Klarna 15274 5.68%
Apple Pay 15166 5.64%
VISA 12159 4.52%
Google Pay 11502 4.28%
Bolt 8797 3.27%
JCB 6613 2.46%
Amazon Pay 4572 1.70%
SEPA 4301 1.60%
Bancontact 4117 1.53%
Przelewy24 3649 1.36%
BitCoin 3016 1.12%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 61,700 new stores were launched in UPS , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (7,751 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 12.6%

7,751 stores launched

2026-02 9.0%

5,578 stores launched

2026-01 11.2%

6,885 stores launched

2025-12 10.3%

6,335 stores launched

2025-11 8.0%

4,944 stores launched

2025-10 7.8%

4,792 stores launched

2025-09 7.2%

4,424 stores launched

2025-08 11.1%

6,866 stores launched

2025-07 6.8%

4,185 stores launched

2025-06 7.4%

4,581 stores launched

2025-05 5.8%

3,592 stores launched

2025-04 2.9%

1,767 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in UPS (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in UPS over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 7751 12.56%
2026-02 5578 9.04%
2026-01 6885 11.16%
2025-12 6335 10.27%
2025-11 4944 8.01%
2025-10 4792 7.77%
2025-09 4424 7.17%
2025-08 6866 11.13%
2025-07 4185 6.78%
2025-06 4581 7.42%
2025-05 3592 5.82%
2025-04 1767 2.86%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 281,820 active stores in UPS are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (20,368 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 7.2%

20,368 active stores

2025 17.6%

49,600 active stores

2024 8.6%

24,339 active stores

2023 6.3%

17,685 active stores

2022 5.4%

15,117 active stores

2021 6.0%

16,908 active stores

2020 5.9%

16,736 active stores

2019 4.1%

11,485 active stores

2018 4.4%

12,344 active stores

2017 4.0%

11,142 active stores

2016 2.4%

6,741 active stores

2015 2.2%

6,160 active stores

2014 2.3%

6,613 active stores

2013 3.1%

8,771 active stores

2012 2.0%

5,689 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in UPS by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in UPS by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 20368 7.23%
2025 49600 17.60%
2024 24339 8.64%
2023 17685 6.28%
2022 15117 5.36%
2021 16908 6.00%
2020 16736 5.94%
2019 11485 4.08%
2018 12344 4.38%
2017 11142 3.95%
2016 6741 2.39%
2015 6160 2.19%
2014 6613 2.35%
2013 8771 3.11%
2012 5689 2.02%
2011 5846 2.07%
2010 4989 1.77%
2009 4739 1.68%
2008 3993 1.42%
2007 3787 1.34%
2006 2965 1.05%
2005 2739 0.97%
2004 3454 1.23%
2003 3039 1.08%
2002 2743 0.97%
2001 3294 1.17%
2000 2793 0.99%
1999 2856 1.01%
1998 2213 0.79%
1997 1377 0.49%
1996 1038 0.37%
1995 257 0.09%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 29.0% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (133,459 stores) , followed by Instagram (24.8%) and YouTube (11.6%) .

Base: 201,224 stores with any detectable social profile (57.4% 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

Facebook 29.0%

133,459 stores

Instagram 24.8%

114,395 stores

YouTube 11.6%

53,513 stores

Twitter 8.6%

39,606 stores

Pinterest 7.7%

35,303 stores

LinkedIn 6.5%

30,048 stores

TikTok 5.0%

22,918 stores

X 3.9%

18,184 stores

WhatsApp 2.5%

11,654 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

1,376 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in UPS (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in UPS e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 133459 28.98%
Instagram 114395 24.84%
YouTube 53513 11.62%
Twitter 39606 8.60%
Pinterest 35303 7.67%
LinkedIn 30048 6.53%
TikTok 22918 4.98%
X 18184 3.95%
WhatsApp 11654 2.53%
Vimeo 1376 0.30%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 49.3% (107,086 AI-verified stores) , followed by Germany (8.5%) and France (5.6%) .

Base: 217,394 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

107,086 AI-verified stores

18,452 AI-verified stores

12,099 AI-verified stores

10,301 AI-verified stores

9,362 AI-verified stores

Italy 3.7%

8,097 AI-verified stores

Spain 3.4%

7,313 AI-verified stores

7,239 AI-verified stores

China 3.0%

6,599 AI-verified stores

India 2.1%

4,487 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using UPS (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using UPS
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 107086 49.26%
Germany 18452 8.49%
France 12099 5.57%
United Kingdom 10301 4.74%
Poland 9362 4.31%
Italy 8097 3.72%
Spain 7313 3.36%
Canada 7239 3.33%
China 6599 3.04%
India 4487 2.06%
Netherlands 4478 2.06%
Russia 4296 1.98%
Turkey 2916 1.34%
Vietnam 2443 1.12%
Czechia 2150 0.99%
Mexico 2147 0.99%
Australia 2072 0.95%
Ukraine 2042 0.94%
Romania 1972 0.91%
Greece 1843 0.85%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 350.5k 100.00%
Emails 241.6k 68.93%
Phones 78.8k 22.48%
Ecommerce platform 327.7k 93.49%
Couriers 350.5k 100.00%
Payment Providers 164.8k 47.00%
Categories 268.1k 76.49%
Social Media 201.2k 57.40%

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 UPS e-commerce intelligence?

We track 283.6k verified UPS 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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