Azure Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 6.3k verified e-commerce stores using Azure. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 9.5k domains. 6.3k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

6.3k verified active stores out of 9.5k detected · 65.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Custom leads with 69.5% of stores with physical delivery (4,215 stores) , followed by nopCommerce (13.6%) and Storefront.ie (9.2%) .

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)

Custom 69.5%

4,215 stores

827 stores

559 stores

93 stores

89 stores

60 stores

46 stores

39 stores

22 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 Azure
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Custom 4215 69.52%
nopCommerce 827 13.64%
Storefront.ie 559 9.22%
WooCommerce 93 1.53%
Magento 89 1.47%
Optimizely Commerce 60 0.99%
SAP Commerce Cloud 46 0.76%
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce 41 0.68%
Oracle Commerce 39 0.64%
AspDotNetStorefront 22 0.36%
Voracio 17 0.28%
Shopify 16 0.26%
Oxatis 13 0.21%
nopCommerce with Venture Theme and SevenSpikes Plugins 13 0.21%
Storbie 13 0.21%

Categories Distribution

Health & Beauty leads with 13.3% of all stores (723 stores) , followed by Electronics & Technology (10.7%) and Food & Beverages (10.1%) .

Base: 5,453 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (87.1% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Health & Beauty 13.3%

723 stores

Electronics & Technology 10.7%

585 stores

Food & Beverages 10.1%

552 stores

Clothing & Accessories 9.8%

532 stores

Business & Industrial 8.9%

484 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 8.6%

469 stores

Tools & Hardware 6.7%

368 stores

Home & Garden 6.6%

360 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.9%

266 stores

Toys & Games 4.8%

262 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in Azure e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Health & Beauty 723 13.26%
Electronics & Technology 585 10.73%
Food & Beverages 552 10.12%
Clothing & Accessories 532 9.76%
Business & Industrial 484 8.88%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 469 8.60%
Tools & Hardware 368 6.75%
Home & Garden 360 6.60%
Vehicles & Parts 266 4.88%
Toys & Games 262 4.80%
Furniture & Home Decor 211 3.87%
Office Supplies 202 3.70%
Gifts & Special Occasions 193 3.54%
Arts & Entertainment 126 2.31%
Jewelry & Watches 120 2.20%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 17.7% among AI-verified physical stores (472 stores) , followed by MasterCard (14.5%) and American Express (13.7%) .

Base: 2,050 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (21.6% 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 17.7%

472 stores

386 stores

365 stores

VISA 8.5%

227 stores

220 stores

Bolt 8.1%

216 stores

215 stores

153 stores

JCB 4.2%

111 stores

108 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure payment providers (April 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Azure e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 472 17.74%
MasterCard 386 14.51%
American Express 365 13.72%
VISA 227 8.53%
Stripe Connect 220 8.27%
Bolt 216 8.12%
Intuit 215 8.08%
Klarna 153 5.75%
JCB 111 4.17%
Apple Pay 108 4.06%
Google Pay 79 2.97%
Amazon Pay 36 1.35%
SagePay 25 0.94%
iDEAL 24 0.90%
Adyen 23 0.86%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 36.2% among AI-verified physical stores (906 stores) , followed by FedEx (14.9%) and USPS (14.9%) .

Base: 1,978 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (20.8% 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

UPS 36.2%

906 stores

FedEx 14.9%

373 stores

USPS 14.9%

373 stores

DHL 9.1%

227 stores

TNT 5.0%

124 stores

DPD 4.8%

119 stores

82 stores

GLS 2.7%

68 stores

58 stores

57 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Azure shipping carriers (April 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Azure e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 906 36.18%
FedEx 373 14.90%
USPS 373 14.90%
DHL 227 9.07%
TNT 124 4.95%
DPD 119 4.75%
Royal Mail 82 3.27%
GLS 68 2.72%
Australia Post 58 2.32%
PostNord 57 2.28%
Speedy 30 1.20%
Canada Post 29 1.16%
Hermes 21 0.84%
Correios 19 0.76%
Estes 18 0.72%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 624 new stores were launched in Azure , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (62 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 9.9%

62 stores launched

2026-02 8.8%

55 stores launched

2026-01 7.5%

47 stores launched

2025-12 9.9%

62 stores launched

2025-11 9.8%

61 stores launched

2025-10 7.2%

45 stores launched

2025-09 9.8%

61 stores launched

2025-08 6.9%

43 stores launched

2025-07 8.7%

54 stores launched

2025-06 8.5%

53 stores launched

2025-05 8.2%

51 stores launched

2025-04 4.8%

30 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Azure (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in Azure over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 62 9.94%
2026-02 55 8.81%
2026-01 47 7.53%
2025-12 62 9.94%
2025-11 61 9.78%
2025-10 45 7.21%
2025-09 61 9.78%
2025-08 43 6.89%
2025-07 54 8.65%
2025-06 53 8.49%
2025-05 51 8.17%
2025-04 30 4.81%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 6,151 active stores in Azure are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (164 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 2.7%

164 active stores

2025 9.9%

610 active stores

2024 7.4%

455 active stores

2023 5.4%

331 active stores

2022 5.5%

336 active stores

2021 6.0%

372 active stores

2020 7.5%

463 active stores

2019 3.6%

221 active stores

2018 3.6%

219 active stores

2017 4.0%

244 active stores

2016 2.1%

130 active stores

2015 2.1%

128 active stores

2014 2.0%

121 active stores

2013 2.6%

160 active stores

2012 1.9%

116 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Azure by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in Azure by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 164 2.67%
2025 610 9.92%
2024 455 7.40%
2023 331 5.38%
2022 336 5.46%
2021 372 6.05%
2020 463 7.53%
2019 221 3.59%
2018 219 3.56%
2017 244 3.97%
2016 130 2.11%
2015 128 2.08%
2014 121 1.97%
2013 160 2.60%
2012 116 1.89%
2011 133 2.16%
2010 148 2.41%
2009 134 2.18%
2008 134 2.18%
2007 145 2.36%
2006 111 1.80%
2005 101 1.64%
2004 120 1.95%
2003 118 1.92%
2002 123 2.00%
2001 153 2.49%
2000 171 2.78%
1999 164 2.67%
1998 120 1.95%
1997 82 1.33%
1996 94 1.53%
1995 30 0.49%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 29.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (3,656 stores) , followed by Instagram (22.6%) and YouTube (15.5%) .

Base: 6,175 stores with any detectable social profile (64.9% 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 29.1%

3,656 stores

Instagram 22.6%

2,844 stores

YouTube 15.5%

1,948 stores

Twitter 10.9%

1,377 stores

LinkedIn 10.7%

1,342 stores

Pinterest 4.0%

504 stores

TikTok 3.3%

409 stores

X 2.7%

338 stores

WhatsApp 1.0%

130 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

36 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Azure (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Azure e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 3656 29.05%
Instagram 2844 22.60%
YouTube 1948 15.48%
Twitter 1377 10.94%
LinkedIn 1342 10.66%
Pinterest 504 4.01%
TikTok 409 3.25%
X 338 2.69%
WhatsApp 130 1.03%
Vimeo 36 0.29%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 38.9% (1,859 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (13.2%) and Australia (6.6%) .

Base: 4,779 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

1,859 AI-verified stores

630 AI-verified stores

316 AI-verified stores

264 AI-verified stores

205 AI-verified stores

Italy 3.6%

171 AI-verified stores

141 AI-verified stores

Japan 2.8%

135 AI-verified stores

126 AI-verified stores

124 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Azure (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Azure
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 1859 38.90%
United Kingdom 630 13.18%
Australia 316 6.61%
Sweden 264 5.52%
Canada 205 4.29%
Italy 171 3.58%
Germany 141 2.95%
Japan 135 2.82%
Netherlands 126 2.64%
Taiwan 124 2.59%
Norway 118 2.47%
Belgium 93 1.95%
Ireland 91 1.90%
France 88 1.84%
New Zealand 81 1.69%
Poland 77 1.61%
Denmark 73 1.53%
South Africa 72 1.51%
Switzerland 60 1.26%
Brazil 55 1.15%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 9.5k 100.00%
Emails 4.9k 51.05%
Phones 2.5k 25.90%
Ecommerce platform 9.1k 95.51%
Couriers 2.0k 20.80%
Payment Providers 2.1k 21.55%
Categories 5.9k 61.80%
Social Media 6.2k 64.92%

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 Azure e-commerce intelligence?

We track 6.3k verified Azure 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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