OWL Carousel Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 604.0k verified e-commerce stores using OWL Carousel. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 1.1m domains. 604.0k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

604.0k verified active stores out of 1.1m detected · 54.5% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce leads with 45.0% of stores with physical delivery (266,989 stores) , followed by Custom (30.4%) and PrestaShop (5.2%) .

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)

266,989 stores

Custom 30.4%

180,101 stores

31,089 stores

27,748 stores

25,318 stores

23,905 stores

Imweb 2.1%

12,209 stores

9,790 stores

3,584 stores

3,282 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 OWL Carousel
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 266989 45.01%
Custom 180101 30.36%
PrestaShop 31089 5.24%
Shopify 27748 4.68%
Magento 25318 4.27%
OpenCart 23905 4.03%
Imweb 12209 2.06%
1C-Bitrix 9790 1.65%
Pressero 3584 0.60%
Botble CMS 3282 0.55%
CS Cart 2994 0.50%
Volusion 2022 0.34%
Jumpseller 1973 0.33%
nopCommerce 1134 0.19%
Moguta.CMS 1022 0.17%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 19.2% of all stores (95,710 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (16.3%) and Electronics & Technology (12.2%) .

Base: 498,734 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (82.6% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 19.2%

95,710 stores

Health & Beauty 16.3%

81,115 stores

Electronics & Technology 12.2%

60,827 stores

Food & Beverages 10.2%

51,026 stores

Home & Garden 6.7%

33,456 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 6.0%

29,967 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.4%

22,078 stores

Tools & Hardware 4.4%

21,929 stores

Business & Industrial 4.3%

21,411 stores

Jewelry & Watches 4.1%

20,471 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 OWL Carousel store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in OWL Carousel e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 95710 19.19%
Health & Beauty 81115 16.26%
Electronics & Technology 60827 12.20%
Food & Beverages 51026 10.23%
Home & Garden 33456 6.71%
Furniture & Home Decor 29967 6.01%
Vehicles & Parts 22078 4.43%
Tools & Hardware 21929 4.40%
Business & Industrial 21411 4.29%
Jewelry & Watches 20471 4.10%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 17934 3.60%
Gifts & Special Occasions 17294 3.47%
Arts & Entertainment 9696 1.94%
Pets & Pet Supplies 8669 1.74%
Toys & Games 7151 1.43%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 25.9% among AI-verified physical stores (48,846 stores) , followed by MasterCard (18.7%) and American Express (12.0%) .

Base: 158,988 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (14.3% 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 25.9%

48,846 stores

35,203 stores

22,594 stores

19,238 stores

VISA 9.2%

17,366 stores

8,077 stores

7,692 stores

6,220 stores

JCB 3.0%

5,621 stores

Bolt 2.8%

5,343 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 OWL Carousel payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in OWL Carousel e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 48846 25.94%
MasterCard 35203 18.69%
American Express 22594 12.00%
Stripe Connect 19238 10.22%
VISA 17366 9.22%
Klarna 8077 4.29%
Apple Pay 7692 4.08%
Google Pay 6220 3.30%
JCB 5621 2.99%
Bolt 5343 2.84%
Boleto 2700 1.43%
Przelewy24 2485 1.32%
PayU 2475 1.31%
BitCoin 2235 1.19%
SEPA 2213 1.18%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 18.8% among AI-verified physical stores (28,002 stores) , followed by DHL (14.0%) and FedEx (9.4%) .

Base: 141,535 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (12.8% 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 18.8%

28,002 stores

DHL 14.0%

20,825 stores

FedEx 9.4%

13,928 stores

USPS 9.3%

13,818 stores

DPD 9.0%

13,387 stores

12,390 stores

12,020 stores

GLS 5.9%

8,839 stores

TNT 3.1%

4,555 stores

4,009 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 OWL Carousel shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in OWL Carousel e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 28002 18.82%
DHL 20825 14.00%
FedEx 13928 9.36%
USPS 13818 9.29%
DPD 13387 9.00%
СДЭК 12390 8.33%
Почта России 12020 8.08%
GLS 8839 5.94%
TNT 4555 3.06%
Correios 4009 2.69%
Royal Mail 3891 2.62%
Hermes 3688 2.48%
Colissimo 3549 2.39%
InPost 3258 2.19%
Estes 2621 1.76%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 109,045 new stores were launched in OWL Carousel , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (8,099 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 7.4%

8,099 stores launched

2026-01 9.8%

10,689 stores launched

2025-12 10.7%

11,677 stores launched

2025-11 8.9%

9,723 stores launched

2025-10 8.4%

9,197 stores launched

2025-09 8.7%

9,487 stores launched

2025-08 8.4%

9,179 stores launched

2025-07 8.4%

9,114 stores launched

2025-06 7.5%

8,149 stores launched

2025-05 8.3%

9,015 stores launched

2025-04 7.4%

8,050 stores launched

2025-03 6.1%

6,666 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in OWL Carousel (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in OWL Carousel over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 8099 7.43%
2026-01 10689 9.80%
2025-12 11677 10.71%
2025-11 9723 8.92%
2025-10 9197 8.43%
2025-09 9487 8.70%
2025-08 9179 8.42%
2025-07 9114 8.36%
2025-06 8149 7.47%
2025-05 9015 8.27%
2025-04 8050 7.38%
2025-03 6666 6.11%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 596,585 active stores in OWL Carousel are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (18,849 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 3.2%

18,849 active stores

2025 17.0%

101,625 active stores

2024 9.4%

56,012 active stores

2023 7.8%

46,276 active stores

2022 6.5%

39,062 active stores

2021 7.3%

43,642 active stores

2020 7.4%

44,133 active stores

2019 5.5%

32,579 active stores

2018 5.7%

34,030 active stores

2017 4.8%

28,423 active stores

2016 3.0%

17,836 active stores

2015 2.4%

14,439 active stores

2014 2.4%

14,137 active stores

2013 3.0%

18,001 active stores

2012 2.0%

11,683 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in OWL Carousel by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in OWL Carousel by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 18849 3.16%
2025 101625 17.03%
2024 56012 9.39%
2023 46276 7.76%
2022 39062 6.55%
2021 43642 7.32%
2020 44133 7.40%
2019 32579 5.46%
2018 34030 5.70%
2017 28423 4.76%
2016 17836 2.99%
2015 14439 2.42%
2014 14137 2.37%
2013 18001 3.02%
2012 11683 1.96%
2011 11006 1.84%
2010 9643 1.62%
2009 8736 1.46%
2008 6804 1.14%
2007 6461 1.08%
2006 4526 0.76%
2005 3890 0.65%
2004 4606 0.77%
2003 3911 0.66%
2002 3517 0.59%
2001 4217 0.71%
2000 3143 0.53%
1999 2392 0.40%
1998 1568 0.26%
1997 873 0.15%
1996 468 0.08%
1995 97 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Facebook leads with 30.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (295,180 stores) , followed by Instagram (26.2%) and Twitter (10.4%) .

Base: 694,333 stores with any detectable social profile (62.6% 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 30.1%

295,180 stores

Instagram 26.2%

256,990 stores

Twitter 10.4%

101,509 stores

YouTube 10.3%

100,574 stores

LinkedIn 6.5%

63,442 stores

Pinterest 6.1%

59,618 stores

WhatsApp 5.5%

54,007 stores

TikTok 3.0%

29,860 stores

X 1.7%

16,887 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

2,401 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in OWL Carousel (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in OWL Carousel e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Facebook 295180 30.11%
Instagram 256990 26.21%
Twitter 101509 10.35%
YouTube 100574 10.26%
LinkedIn 63442 6.47%
Pinterest 59618 6.08%
WhatsApp 54007 5.51%
TikTok 29860 3.05%
X 16887 1.72%
Vimeo 2401 0.24%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 19.2% (79,417 AI-verified stores) , followed by Russia (15.5%) and India (7.4%) .

Base: 412,599 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

79,417 AI-verified stores

Russia 15.5%

64,007 AI-verified stores

India 7.4%

30,538 AI-verified stores

22,784 AI-verified stores

Italy 4.8%

19,783 AI-verified stores

17,568 AI-verified stores

16,853 AI-verified stores

16,414 AI-verified stores

Spain 3.9%

16,172 AI-verified stores

Iran 3.8%

15,537 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using OWL Carousel (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using OWL Carousel
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 79417 19.25%
Russia 64007 15.51%
India 30538 7.40%
United Kingdom 22784 5.52%
Italy 19783 4.79%
Vietnam 17568 4.26%
Turkey 16853 4.08%
France 16414 3.98%
Spain 16172 3.92%
Iran 15537 3.77%
South Korea 15279 3.70%
Germany 14251 3.45%
Ukraine 13818 3.35%
Brazil 13669 3.31%
Poland 11528 2.79%
Netherlands 10476 2.54%
Canada 8874 2.15%
Australia 8800 2.13%
Romania 8674 2.10%
Greece 8157 1.98%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 1.1m 100.00%
Emails 702.0k 63.29%
Phones 337.1k 30.39%
Ecommerce platform 1.1m 99.63%
Couriers 141.5k 12.76%
Payment Providers 159.0k 14.33%
Categories 548.6k 49.46%
Social Media 694.3k 62.60%

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 OWL Carousel e-commerce intelligence?

We track 604.0k verified OWL Carousel 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.

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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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