UPS Shipping Carrier Usage Database

Explore 376.1k verified e-commerce stores shipping with UPS. Discover logistics partnerships, geographic reach, and carrier adoption.

Detected across 428.8k domains. 376.1k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

376.1k verified active stores out of 428.8k detected · 87.7% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify leads with 33.6% of stores with physical delivery (121,892 stores) , followed by WooCommerce (25.8%) and Custom (19.8%) .

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)

Shopify 33.6%

121,892 stores

93,426 stores

Custom 19.8%

71,754 stores

30,979 stores

11,795 stores

8,518 stores

6,648 stores

5,934 stores

4,320 stores

2,138 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (March 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in UPS
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 121892 33.63%
WooCommerce 93426 25.78%
Custom 71754 19.80%
PrestaShop 30979 8.55%
Wix eCommerce 11795 3.25%
Magento 8518 2.35%
BigCommerce 6648 1.83%
Squarespace Commerce 5934 1.64%
OpenCart 4320 1.19%
Shopware 2138 0.59%
GoDaddy Online Store 1234 0.34%
Shoper 1176 0.32%
nopCommerce 910 0.25%
Lightspeed eCom 897 0.25%
1C-Bitrix 835 0.23%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 22.9% of all stores (68,980 stores) , followed by Electronics & Technology (15.7%) and Health & Beauty (13.4%) .

Base: 301,577 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (80.2% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 22.9%

68,980 stores

Electronics & Technology 15.7%

47,313 stores

Health & Beauty 13.4%

40,348 stores

Food & Beverages 6.9%

20,898 stores

Home & Garden 5.8%

17,563 stores

Jewelry & Watches 5.7%

17,047 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 5.1%

15,403 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.6%

13,971 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 4.3%

12,997 stores

Arts & Entertainment 3.4%

10,194 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UPS store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in UPS e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 68980 22.87%
Electronics & Technology 47313 15.69%
Health & Beauty 40348 13.38%
Food & Beverages 20898 6.93%
Home & Garden 17563 5.82%
Jewelry & Watches 17047 5.65%
Furniture & Home Decor 15403 5.11%
Vehicles & Parts 13971 4.63%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 12997 4.31%
Arts & Entertainment 10194 3.38%
Business & Industrial 9324 3.09%
Tools & Hardware 8859 2.94%
Gifts & Special Occasions 7974 2.64%
Pets & Pet Supplies 5744 1.90%
Toys & Games 4962 1.65%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 28.9% among AI-verified physical stores (108,059 stores) , followed by American Express (14.8%) and MasterCard (13.4%) .

Base: 194,774 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (45.4% 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 28.9%

108,059 stores

55,225 stores

50,149 stores

33,135 stores

25,157 stores

22,343 stores

20,096 stores

VISA 4.0%

14,978 stores

Bolt 3.0%

11,216 stores

JCB 2.3%

8,578 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 UPS payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in UPS e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 108059 28.90%
American Express 55225 14.77%
MasterCard 50149 13.41%
Stripe Connect 33135 8.86%
Apple Pay 25157 6.73%
Klarna 22343 5.97%
Google Pay 20096 5.37%
VISA 14978 4.01%
Bolt 11216 3.00%
JCB 8578 2.29%
Amazon Pay 6844 1.83%
Bancontact 5368 1.44%
SEPA 5243 1.40%
Przelewy24 4106 1.10%
Affirm 3470 0.93%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 79,202 new stores were launched in UPS , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (7,972 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 10.1%

7,972 stores launched

2026-01 11.8%

9,341 stores launched

2025-12 8.7%

6,902 stores launched

2025-11 8.6%

6,816 stores launched

2025-10 7.7%

6,132 stores launched

2025-09 7.1%

5,631 stores launched

2025-08 12.2%

9,682 stores launched

2025-07 6.8%

5,384 stores launched

2025-06 9.7%

7,714 stores launched

2025-05 6.3%

5,000 stores launched

2025-04 5.6%

4,473 stores launched

2025-03 5.2%

4,155 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in UPS (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in UPS over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 7972 10.07%
2026-01 9341 11.79%
2025-12 6902 8.71%
2025-11 6816 8.61%
2025-10 6132 7.74%
2025-09 5631 7.11%
2025-08 9682 12.22%
2025-07 5384 6.80%
2025-06 7714 9.74%
2025-05 5000 6.31%
2025-04 4473 5.65%
2025-03 4155 5.25%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 373,544 active stores in UPS are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (17,374 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 4.7%

17,374 active stores

2025 18.4%

68,739 active stores

2024 8.4%

31,196 active stores

2023 6.2%

23,151 active stores

2022 5.4%

20,034 active stores

2021 6.3%

23,572 active stores

2020 6.4%

24,002 active stores

2019 4.4%

16,465 active stores

2018 4.7%

17,413 active stores

2017 4.1%

15,322 active stores

2016 2.5%

9,453 active stores

2015 2.3%

8,688 active stores

2014 2.5%

9,285 active stores

2013 3.2%

11,908 active stores

2012 2.0%

7,635 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in UPS by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in UPS by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 17374 4.65%
2025 68739 18.40%
2024 31196 8.35%
2023 23151 6.20%
2022 20034 5.36%
2021 23572 6.31%
2020 24002 6.43%
2019 16465 4.41%
2018 17413 4.66%
2017 15322 4.10%
2016 9453 2.53%
2015 8688 2.33%
2014 9285 2.49%
2013 11908 3.19%
2012 7635 2.04%
2011 7921 2.12%
2010 6700 1.79%
2009 6113 1.64%
2008 5167 1.38%
2007 4901 1.31%
2006 3814 1.02%
2005 3695 0.99%
2004 4704 1.26%
2003 4013 1.07%
2002 3746 1.00%
2001 4318 1.16%
2000 3668 0.98%
1999 3861 1.03%
1998 2985 0.80%
1997 1877 0.50%
1996 1428 0.38%
1995 396 0.11%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 28.2% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (190,387 stores) , followed by Instagram (26.5%) and YouTube (11.6%) .

Base: 264,624 stores with any detectable social profile (61.7% 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 28.2%

190,387 stores

Instagram 26.5%

178,691 stores

YouTube 11.6%

78,253 stores

Pinterest 8.4%

56,700 stores

Twitter 8.2%

55,074 stores

TikTok 6.5%

43,573 stores

LinkedIn 5.3%

35,493 stores

X 3.3%

22,552 stores

WhatsApp 1.9%

12,577 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

2,149 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in UPS (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in UPS e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 190387 28.19%
Instagram 178691 26.46%
YouTube 78253 11.59%
Pinterest 56700 8.39%
Twitter 55074 8.15%
TikTok 43573 6.45%
LinkedIn 35493 5.25%
X 22552 3.34%
WhatsApp 12577 1.86%
Vimeo 2149 0.32%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 56.2% (174,991 AI-verified stores) , followed by Germany (7.6%) and United Kingdom (4.7%) .

Base: 311,565 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

174,991 AI-verified stores

23,681 AI-verified stores

14,507 AI-verified stores

14,010 AI-verified stores

12,568 AI-verified stores

9,737 AI-verified stores

China 3.0%

9,392 AI-verified stores

Italy 3.0%

9,243 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.6%

8,156 AI-verified stores

5,955 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using UPS (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using UPS
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 174991 56.17%
Germany 23681 7.60%
United Kingdom 14507 4.66%
France 14010 4.50%
Canada 12568 4.03%
Poland 9737 3.13%
China 9392 3.01%
Italy 9243 2.97%
Spain 8156 2.62%
Netherlands 5955 1.91%
India 5354 1.72%
Russia 3410 1.09%
Hong Kong 3132 1.01%
Turkey 3016 0.97%
Australia 3009 0.97%
Mexico 2366 0.76%
Vietnam 2316 0.74%
Sweden 2307 0.74%
Czechia 2264 0.73%
Ukraine 2151 0.69%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 428.8k 100.00%
Emails 326.8k 76.22%
Phones 88.3k 20.60%
Ecommerce platform 420.9k 98.16%
Couriers 428.8k 100.00%
Payment Providers 194.8k 45.42%
Categories 320.1k 74.64%
Social Media 264.6k 61.71%

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 376.1k 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.

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