Cloudflare Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 4.7m verified e-commerce stores using Cloudflare. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 5.8m domains. 4.7m verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: March 2026

4.7m verified active stores out of 5.8m detected · 80.7% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify leads with 69.1% of stores with physical delivery (3,206,444 stores) , followed by Custom (12.5%) and WooCommerce (11.6%) .

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 69.1%

3,206,444 stores

Custom 12.5%

578,347 stores

536,196 stores

119,588 stores

36,563 stores

35,669 stores

28,582 stores

23,313 stores

BASE 0.5%

21,322 stores

18,637 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (February 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Cloudflare
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 3206444 69.09%
Custom 578347 12.46%
WooCommerce 536196 11.55%
Nuvemshop 119588 2.58%
BigCommerce 36563 0.79%
Big Cartel 35669 0.77%
Magento 28582 0.62%
PrestaShop 23313 0.50%
BASE 21322 0.46%
OpenCart 18637 0.40%
1C-Bitrix 8907 0.19%
Lightspeed eCom 8053 0.17%
Jumpseller 7468 0.16%
Zen Cart 6008 0.13%
Ikas 5785 0.12%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 31.2% of all stores (1,069,696 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (18.1%) and Food & Beverages (7.7%) .

Base: 3,424,038 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (72.6% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 31.2%

1,069,696 stores

Health & Beauty 18.1%

621,181 stores

Food & Beverages 7.7%

263,981 stores

Jewelry & Watches 7.0%

239,924 stores

Electronics & Technology 6.6%

224,840 stores

Home & Garden 5.5%

189,531 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 3.9%

132,900 stores

Arts & Entertainment 3.5%

118,279 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.3%

113,583 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 3.2%

108,264 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare store categories (February 2026)
Distribution of categories in Cloudflare e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 1069696 31.24%
Health & Beauty 621181 18.14%
Food & Beverages 263981 7.71%
Jewelry & Watches 239924 7.01%
Electronics & Technology 224840 6.57%
Home & Garden 189531 5.54%
Furniture & Home Decor 132900 3.88%
Arts & Entertainment 118279 3.45%
Gifts & Special Occasions 113583 3.32%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 108264 3.16%
Vehicles & Parts 90678 2.65%
Pets & Pet Supplies 84702 2.47%
Toys & Games 63337 1.85%
Tools & Hardware 58384 1.71%
Baby & Toddler 44758 1.31%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 25.6% among AI-verified physical stores (400,515 stores) , followed by American Express (14.0%) and MasterCard (12.5%) .

Base: 960,455 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (16.4% 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 25.6%

400,515 stores

218,572 stores

195,295 stores

159,928 stores

113,533 stores

104,257 stores

90,644 stores

VISA 4.8%

75,724 stores

Bolt 2.4%

38,176 stores

35,553 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare payment providers (February 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Cloudflare e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 400515 25.59%
American Express 218572 13.96%
MasterCard 195295 12.48%
Stripe Connect 159928 10.22%
Apple Pay 113533 7.25%
Klarna 104257 6.66%
Google Pay 90644 5.79%
VISA 75724 4.84%
Bolt 38176 2.44%
Boleto 35553 2.27%
Mercado Pago 34003 2.17%
JCB 32919 2.10%
Amazon Pay 27138 1.73%
Bancontact 20585 1.32%
Paddle 18393 1.18%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 19.6% among AI-verified physical stores (207,487 stores) , followed by USPS (19.2%) and DHL (16.8%) .

Base: 799,670 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (13.7% 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 19.6%

207,487 stores

USPS 19.2%

203,797 stores

DHL 16.8%

178,074 stores

FedEx 12.6%

133,802 stores

DPD 5.2%

55,034 stores

49,337 stores

42,120 stores

GLS 3.5%

36,948 stores

33,716 stores

21,559 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare shipping carriers (February 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Cloudflare e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 207487 19.57%
USPS 203797 19.23%
DHL 178074 16.80%
FedEx 133802 12.62%
DPD 55034 5.19%
Royal Mail 49337 4.65%
Correios 42120 3.97%
GLS 36948 3.49%
Australia Post 33716 3.18%
Canada Post 21559 2.03%
Hermes 21008 1.98%
Estes 20992 1.98%
PostNL 19512 1.84%
Colissimo 18999 1.79%
TNT 17600 1.66%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 1,674,676 new stores were launched in Cloudflare , with the highest activity in 2026-01 (162,378 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-01 9.7%

162,378 stores launched

2025-12 8.4%

141,475 stores launched

2025-11 8.8%

147,351 stores launched

2025-10 9.3%

156,122 stores launched

2025-09 8.9%

149,386 stores launched

2025-08 9.2%

153,364 stores launched

2025-07 9.6%

161,477 stores launched

2025-06 8.1%

136,435 stores launched

2025-05 8.7%

145,194 stores launched

2025-04 7.6%

127,292 stores launched

2025-03 7.5%

125,175 stores launched

2025-02 4.1%

69,027 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Cloudflare (February 2026)
Monthly store launches in Cloudflare over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-01 162378 9.70%
2025-12 141475 8.45%
2025-11 147351 8.80%
2025-10 156122 9.32%
2025-09 149386 8.92%
2025-08 153364 9.16%
2025-07 161477 9.64%
2025-06 136435 8.15%
2025-05 145194 8.67%
2025-04 127292 7.60%
2025-03 125175 7.47%
2025-02 69027 4.12%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 4,624,304 active stores in Cloudflare are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (163,000 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 3.5%

163,000 active stores

2025 34.7%

1,602,599 active stores

2024 11.3%

524,429 active stores

2023 7.5%

348,519 active stores

2022 5.8%

266,726 active stores

2021 6.0%

277,939 active stores

2020 5.7%

264,519 active stores

2019 3.5%

160,295 active stores

2018 3.5%

162,477 active stores

2017 2.9%

133,962 active stores

2016 1.6%

76,293 active stores

2015 1.5%

67,149 active stores

2014 1.5%

70,427 active stores

2013 1.9%

89,661 active stores

2012 1.1%

50,666 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Cloudflare by original launch year (February 2026)
Active stores in Cloudflare by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 163000 3.52%
2025 1602599 34.66%
2024 524429 11.34%
2023 348519 7.54%
2022 266726 5.77%
2021 277939 6.01%
2020 264519 5.72%
2019 160295 3.47%
2018 162477 3.51%
2017 133962 2.90%
2016 76293 1.65%
2015 67149 1.45%
2014 70427 1.52%
2013 89661 1.94%
2012 50666 1.10%
2011 55337 1.20%
2010 42156 0.91%
2009 37111 0.80%
2008 30237 0.65%
2007 27463 0.59%
2006 20593 0.45%
2005 18860 0.41%
2004 25423 0.55%
2003 19998 0.43%
2002 17624 0.38%
2001 20950 0.45%
2000 16006 0.35%
1999 13777 0.30%
1998 9551 0.21%
1997 5508 0.12%
1996 4017 0.09%
1995 1032 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 32.9% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (2,297,173 stores) , followed by Facebook (27.1%) and TikTok (10.3%) .

Base: 3,237,559 stores with any detectable social profile (55.4% 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

Instagram 32.9%

2,297,173 stores

Facebook 27.1%

1,896,005 stores

TikTok 10.3%

722,588 stores

YouTube 9.7%

679,186 stores

Twitter 6.9%

479,531 stores

Pinterest 6.2%

435,093 stores

LinkedIn 2.7%

188,396 stores

X 2.1%

150,193 stores

WhatsApp 1.8%

127,480 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

15,404 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Cloudflare (February 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Cloudflare e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 2297173 32.86%
Facebook 1896005 27.12%
TikTok 722588 10.34%
YouTube 679186 9.72%
Twitter 479531 6.86%
Pinterest 435093 6.22%
LinkedIn 188396 2.69%
X 150193 2.15%
WhatsApp 127480 1.82%
Vimeo 15404 0.22%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 40.6% (1,376,704 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (8.9%) and India (5.5%) .

Base: 3,393,600 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

1,376,704 AI-verified stores

301,547 AI-verified stores

India 5.5%

185,958 AI-verified stores

165,324 AI-verified stores

161,998 AI-verified stores

156,606 AI-verified stores

144,498 AI-verified stores

143,818 AI-verified stores

95,281 AI-verified stores

Japan 2.4%

83,030 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Cloudflare (February 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Cloudflare
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 1376704 40.57%
United Kingdom 301547 8.89%
India 185958 5.48%
Canada 165324 4.87%
Australia 161998 4.77%
France 156606 4.61%
Germany 144498 4.26%
Brazil 143818 4.24%
Netherlands 95281 2.81%
Japan 83030 2.45%
Italy 80486 2.37%
Spain 78875 2.32%
Turkey 71977 2.12%
Pakistan 71074 2.09%
Mexico 50745 1.50%
China 49880 1.47%
Argentina 47132 1.39%
Colombia 44338 1.31%
Russia 43730 1.29%
Hong Kong 40599 1.20%

Dataset Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 5.8m 100.00%
Emails 2.2m 38.22%
Phones 765.7k 13.10%
Ecommerce platform 5.8m 99.19%
Couriers 799.7k 13.68%
Payment Providers 960.5k 16.43%
Categories 3.6m 62.15%
Social Media 3.2m 55.38%

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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