Cart Functionality Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 6.1m verified e-commerce stores using Cart Functionality. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 7.9m domains. 6.1m verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

6.1m verified active stores out of 7.9m detected · 76.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify leads with 40.0% of stores with physical delivery (2,265,926 stores) , followed by WooCommerce (27.1%) and Custom (17.8%) .

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 40.0%

2,265,926 stores

1,536,023 stores

Custom 17.8%

1,008,275 stores

152,244 stores

119,865 stores

113,299 stores

94,665 stores

82,013 stores

76,063 stores

71,464 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 Cart Functionality
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 2265926 39.97%
WooCommerce 1536023 27.10%
Custom 1008275 17.79%
Squarespace Commerce 152244 2.69%
PrestaShop 119865 2.11%
Cafe24 113299 2.00%
Nuvemshop 94665 1.67%
1C-Bitrix 82013 1.45%
Magento 76063 1.34%
OpenCart 71464 1.26%
GoDaddy Online Store 50479 0.89%
BigCommerce 33926 0.60%
Big Cartel 23240 0.41%
Shopware 20591 0.36%
BASE 20469 0.36%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 19.6% of all stores (1,027,386 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (16.9%) and Food & Beverages (10.4%) .

Base: 5,235,941 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (86.3% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 19.6%

1,027,386 stores

Health & Beauty 16.9%

886,419 stores

Food & Beverages 10.4%

546,757 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 8.1%

421,739 stores

Home & Garden 6.4%

333,562 stores

Toys & Games 5.2%

269,751 stores

Arts & Entertainment 5.1%

265,433 stores

Electronics & Technology 5.0%

264,227 stores

Jewelry & Watches 4.3%

224,219 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 4.2%

222,216 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cart Functionality store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in Cart Functionality e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 1027386 19.62%
Health & Beauty 886419 16.93%
Food & Beverages 546757 10.44%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 421739 8.05%
Home & Garden 333562 6.37%
Toys & Games 269751 5.15%
Arts & Entertainment 265433 5.07%
Electronics & Technology 264227 5.05%
Jewelry & Watches 224219 4.28%
Gifts & Special Occasions 222216 4.24%
Tools & Hardware 212079 4.05%
Business & Industrial 177705 3.39%
Vehicles & Parts 159128 3.04%
Furniture & Home Decor 151834 2.90%
Pets & Pet Supplies 73486 1.40%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 26.0% among AI-verified physical stores (627,781 stores) , followed by MasterCard (14.2%) and American Express (11.6%) .

Base: 1,463,600 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (18.5% 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 26.0%

627,781 stores

342,343 stores

279,425 stores

227,887 stores

171,030 stores

167,969 stores

VISA 5.9%

143,127 stores

133,270 stores

JCB 3.2%

78,037 stores

Bolt 2.1%

50,574 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cart Functionality payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Cart Functionality e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 627781 26.03%
MasterCard 342343 14.19%
American Express 279425 11.59%
Stripe Connect 227887 9.45%
Apple Pay 171030 7.09%
Klarna 167969 6.96%
VISA 143127 5.93%
Google Pay 133270 5.53%
JCB 78037 3.24%
Bolt 50574 2.10%
Amazon Pay 45755 1.90%
Boleto 43181 1.79%
Mercado Pago 42643 1.77%
Bancontact 32962 1.37%
SEPA 25744 1.07%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 19.4% among AI-verified physical stores (294,473 stores) , followed by DHL (17.0%) and USPS (16.0%) .

Base: 1,215,219 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (15.4% 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 19.4%

294,473 stores

DHL 17.0%

257,290 stores

USPS 16.0%

242,305 stores

FedEx 10.8%

163,637 stores

DPD 7.4%

112,228 stores

GLS 4.8%

72,625 stores

65,290 stores

54,954 stores

48,671 stores

44,168 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cart Functionality shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Cart Functionality e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 294473 19.41%
DHL 257290 16.96%
USPS 242305 15.98%
FedEx 163637 10.79%
DPD 112228 7.40%
GLS 72625 4.79%
Royal Mail 65290 4.30%
СДЭК 54954 3.62%
Почта России 48671 3.21%
Correios 44168 2.91%
Australia Post 39521 2.61%
Colissimo 32953 2.17%
PostNL 31228 2.06%
Hermes 29783 1.96%
TNT 27639 1.82%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 1,406,284 new stores were launched in Cart Functionality , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (140,656 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 10.0%

140,656 stores launched

2026-01 11.9%

167,193 stores launched

2025-12 10.6%

149,517 stores launched

2025-11 9.6%

134,687 stores launched

2025-10 9.3%

130,161 stores launched

2025-09 8.8%

123,824 stores launched

2025-08 8.7%

121,889 stores launched

2025-07 8.5%

119,577 stores launched

2025-06 7.5%

105,795 stores launched

2025-05 7.5%

105,298 stores launched

2025-04 7.3%

101,995 stores launched

2025-03 0.4%

5,692 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Cart Functionality (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in Cart Functionality over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 140656 10.00%
2026-01 167193 11.89%
2025-12 149517 10.63%
2025-11 134687 9.58%
2025-10 130161 9.26%
2025-09 123824 8.81%
2025-08 121889 8.67%
2025-07 119577 8.50%
2025-06 105795 7.52%
2025-05 105298 7.49%
2025-04 101995 7.25%
2025-03 5692 0.40%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 5,964,115 active stores in Cart Functionality are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (309,287 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 5.2%

309,287 active stores

2025 22.2%

1,321,583 active stores

2024 11.8%

703,152 active stores

2023 8.3%

493,758 active stores

2022 6.6%

396,387 active stores

2021 7.0%

417,614 active stores

2020 6.8%

404,286 active stores

2019 4.5%

267,609 active stores

2018 4.4%

263,849 active stores

2017 3.7%

220,783 active stores

2016 2.1%

124,835 active stores

2015 1.8%

108,971 active stores

2014 1.9%

111,796 active stores

2013 2.4%

144,223 active stores

2012 1.4%

84,963 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Cart Functionality by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in Cart Functionality by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 309287 5.19%
2025 1321583 22.16%
2024 703152 11.79%
2023 493758 8.28%
2022 396387 6.65%
2021 417614 7.00%
2020 404286 6.78%
2019 267609 4.49%
2018 263849 4.42%
2017 220783 3.70%
2016 124835 2.09%
2015 108971 1.83%
2014 111796 1.87%
2013 144223 2.42%
2012 84963 1.42%
2011 85986 1.44%
2010 71109 1.19%
2009 63683 1.07%
2008 51759 0.87%
2007 47026 0.79%
2006 34425 0.58%
2005 30826 0.52%
2004 39027 0.65%
2003 31806 0.53%
2002 28341 0.48%
2001 34244 0.57%
2000 25738 0.43%
1999 20175 0.34%
1998 13345 0.22%
1997 7364 0.12%
1996 4939 0.08%
1995 1226 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 31.8% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (2,994,453 stores) , followed by Facebook (28.6%) and YouTube (10.3%) .

Base: 4,883,037 stores with any detectable social profile (61.8% 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

Instagram 31.8%

2,994,453 stores

Facebook 28.6%

2,691,910 stores

YouTube 10.3%

972,175 stores

TikTok 7.8%

731,869 stores

Twitter 7.0%

655,123 stores

Pinterest 5.7%

532,734 stores

LinkedIn 3.5%

332,397 stores

WhatsApp 2.5%

239,700 stores

X 2.5%

237,339 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

22,830 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Cart Functionality (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Cart Functionality e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 2994453 31.82%
Facebook 2691910 28.61%
YouTube 972175 10.33%
TikTok 731869 7.78%
Twitter 655123 6.96%
Pinterest 532734 5.66%
LinkedIn 332397 3.53%
WhatsApp 239700 2.55%
X 237339 2.52%
Vimeo 22830 0.24%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 35.9% (1,561,000 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (7.6%) and Russia (5.9%) .

Base: 4,348,844 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

1,561,000 AI-verified stores

332,150 AI-verified stores

258,279 AI-verified stores

234,360 AI-verified stores

India 5.3%

230,898 AI-verified stores

189,319 AI-verified stores

172,978 AI-verified stores

169,414 AI-verified stores

141,348 AI-verified stores

139,522 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Cart Functionality (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Cart Functionality
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 1561000 35.89%
United Kingdom 332150 7.64%
Russia 258279 5.94%
Germany 234360 5.39%
India 230898 5.31%
France 189319 4.35%
Australia 172978 3.98%
Canada 169414 3.90%
Brazil 141348 3.25%
Netherlands 139522 3.21%
Italy 126928 2.92%
Japan 126629 2.91%
South Korea 118281 2.72%
Spain 115176 2.65%
Turkey 84426 1.94%
Poland 76265 1.75%
Vietnam 76200 1.75%
Ukraine 73344 1.69%
Pakistan 63882 1.47%
Mexico 58445 1.34%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 7.9m 100.00%
Emails 4.4m 55.15%
Phones 1.4m 17.85%
Ecommerce platform 7.9m 99.76%
Couriers 1.2m 15.39%
Payment Providers 1.5m 18.54%
Categories 5.6m 70.66%
Social Media 4.9m 61.84%

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 Cart Functionality e-commerce intelligence?

We track 6.1m verified Cart Functionality 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 →

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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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