Shopify Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 2.3m verified e-commerce stores using Shopify. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 2.5m domains. 2.3m verified as active stores with physical delivery.

Verified stores
2.3m
active stores with physical delivery
Top country
United States
879,837 verified stores
Top payment signal
PayPal
26,616 stores detected
Top carrier signal
UPS
16,904 stores detected
Top category
Clothing & Accessories
479,328 verified stores

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· · Next full refresh: July 2026

2.3m verified active stores out of 2.5m detected · 91.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Shopify stores with 99.0% of stores with physical delivery (2,258,763 stores) , followed by Haravan, Shopify (0.2%) and Shopify, Haravan (0.2%) .

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)

Shopify 99.0%

2,258,763 stores

Haravan, Shopify 0.2%

4,030 stores

Shopify, Haravan 0.2%

3,636 stores

Shopify, Shopoe 0.1%

2,978 stores

Shopoe, Shopify 0.1%

2,570 stores

Shopify, Opus Cart 0.1%

1,403 stores

Opus Cart, Shopify 0.1%

1,304 stores

Shopify, Anifit 0.1%

1,217 stores

Anifit, Shopify 0.1%

1,150 stores

Tradift, Shopify 0.0%

1,051 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (June 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Shopify
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Shopify 2258763 98.98%
Haravan, Shopify 4030 0.18%
Shopify, Haravan 3636 0.16%
Shopify, Shopoe 2978 0.13%
Shopoe, Shopify 2570 0.11%
Shopify, Opus Cart 1403 0.06%
Opus Cart, Shopify 1304 0.06%
Shopify, Anifit 1217 0.05%
Anifit, Shopify 1150 0.05%
Tradift, Shopify 1051 0.05%
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All Stores Distribution

Shopify holds 99.0% share of all Shopify e-commerce stores (2,460,044) , with Haravan, Shopify at 0.2% and Shopify, Haravan at 0.2% (June 2026) .

Note: This broader view includes all domains where e-commerce signals were detected, useful for lead generation and competitive analysis. Some may be inactive or non-transactional. For verified active stores, see the default view above.

Top 10 Platforms (All Stores)

Shopify 99.0%

2,460,044 stores

Haravan, Shopify 0.2%

4,736 stores

Shopify, Haravan 0.2%

4,257 stores

Shopify, Shopoe 0.1%

3,140 stores

Shopoe, Shopify 0.1%

2,756 stores

Shopify, Opus Cart 0.1%

1,425 stores

Opus Cart, Shopify 0.1%

1,336 stores

Shopify, Anifit 0.1%

1,310 stores

Anifit, Shopify 0.1%

1,253 stores

Tradift, Shopify 0.0%

1,067 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by all stores (June 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for all stores in Shopify
Platform Total Stores Percentage
Shopify 2460044 98.99%
Haravan, Shopify 4736 0.19%
Shopify, Haravan 4257 0.17%
Shopify, Shopoe 3140 0.13%
Shopoe, Shopify 2756 0.11%
Shopify, Opus Cart 1425 0.06%
Opus Cart, Shopify 1336 0.05%
Shopify, Anifit 1310 0.05%
Anifit, Shopify 1253 0.05%
Tradift, Shopify 1067 0.04%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories stores with 24.2% of all stores (479,328 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (20.1%) and Food & Beverages (9.5%) .

Base: 1,983,058 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (86.5% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 24.2%

479,328 stores

Health & Beauty 20.1%

399,096 stores

Food & Beverages 9.5%

189,063 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 8.8%

175,401 stores

Toys & Games 5.7%

112,412 stores

Jewelry & Watches 5.6%

110,501 stores

Arts & Entertainment 5.1%

101,030 stores

Home & Garden 5.1%

100,516 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 3.9%

77,478 stores

Electronics & Technology 2.9%

57,092 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify store categories (June 2026)
Distribution of categories in Shopify e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 479328 24.17%
Health & Beauty 399096 20.13%
Food & Beverages 189063 9.53%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 175401 8.84%
Toys & Games 112412 5.67%
Jewelry & Watches 110501 5.57%
Arts & Entertainment 101030 5.09%
Home & Garden 100516 5.07%
Gifts & Special Occasions 77478 3.91%
Electronics & Technology 57092 2.88%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal stores with 23.5% among AI-verified physical stores (26,616 stores) , followed by Klarna (15.6%) and American Express (10.5%) .

Base: 70,324 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (2.8% 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 23.5%

26,616 stores

Klarna 15.6%

17,643 stores

11,912 stores

11,384 stores

9,585 stores

8,765 stores

7,903 stores

VISA 3.8%

4,304 stores

Bolt 3.1%

3,499 stores

2,974 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify payment providers (June 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 26616 23.47%
Klarna 17643 15.56%
American Express 11912 10.50%
Apple Pay 11384 10.04%
Stripe Connect 9585 8.45%
Google Pay 8765 7.73%
MasterCard 7903 6.97%
VISA 4304 3.80%
Bolt 3499 3.09%
Bancontact 2974 2.62%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS stores with 20.1% among AI-verified physical stores (16,904 stores) , followed by DHL (20.1%) and USPS (16.1%) .

Base: 63,982 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (2.6% 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 20.1%

16,904 stores

DHL 20.1%

16,903 stores

USPS 16.1%

13,505 stores

FedEx 11.8%

9,929 stores

4,874 stores

DPD 5.3%

4,412 stores

GLS 3.6%

3,056 stores

2,733 stores

2,025 stores

1,977 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Shopify shipping carriers (June 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Shopify e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 16904 20.12%
DHL 16903 20.12%
USPS 13505 16.08%
FedEx 9929 11.82%
Royal Mail 4874 5.80%
DPD 4412 5.25%
GLS 3056 3.64%
Australia Post 2733 3.25%
Correios 2025 2.41%
Colissimo 1977 2.35%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 574,958 new stores were launched in Shopify , with the highest activity in 2026-05 (84,754 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-05 14.7%

84,754 stores launched

2026-04 12.9%

74,349 stores launched

2026-03 11.6%

66,702 stores launched

2026-02 9.3%

53,342 stores launched

2026-01 8.8%

50,563 stores launched

2025-12 6.9%

39,651 stores launched

2025-11 6.6%

38,190 stores launched

2025-10 6.9%

39,669 stores launched

2025-09 6.6%

38,186 stores launched

2025-08 6.6%

37,825 stores launched

2025-07 6.3%

36,462 stores launched

2025-06 2.7%

15,265 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Shopify (June 2026)
Monthly store launches in Shopify over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-05 84754 14.74%
2026-04 74349 12.93%
2026-03 66702 11.60%
2026-02 53342 9.28%
2026-01 50563 8.79%
2025-12 39651 6.90%
2025-11 38190 6.64%
2025-10 39669 6.90%
2025-09 38186 6.64%
2025-08 37825 6.58%
2025-07 36462 6.34%
2025-06 15265 2.65%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 2,229,558 active stores in Shopify are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (335,715 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 15.1%

335,715 active stores

2025 18.1%

404,185 active stores

2024 11.6%

257,561 active stores

2023 8.3%

185,064 active stores

2022 6.5%

144,985 active stores

2021 6.7%

149,743 active stores

2020 6.5%

144,347 active stores

2019 4.0%

88,657 active stores

2018 4.0%

88,766 active stores

2017 3.3%

73,780 active stores

2016 1.8%

39,313 active stores

2015 1.6%

35,700 active stores

2014 1.6%

36,612 active stores

2013 2.0%

44,213 active stores

2012 1.1%

24,790 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Shopify by original launch year (June 2026)
Active stores in Shopify by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 335715 15.06%
2025 404185 18.13%
2024 257561 11.55%
2023 185064 8.30%
2022 144985 6.50%
2021 149743 6.72%
2020 144347 6.47%
2019 88657 3.98%
2018 88766 3.98%
2017 73780 3.31%
2016 39313 1.76%
2015 35700 1.60%
2014 36612 1.64%
2013 44213 1.98%
2012 24790 1.11%

Social Media Usage

Instagram stores with 34.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (1,355,312 stores) , followed by Facebook (26.6%) and TikTok (11.9%) .

Base: 1,607,852 stores with any detectable social profile (64.4% 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 34.1%

1,355,312 stores

Facebook 26.6%

1,058,175 stores

TikTok 11.9%

474,682 stores

YouTube 10.2%

405,658 stores

Pinterest 6.3%

252,181 stores

Twitter 5.9%

235,005 stores

LinkedIn 2.1%

83,671 stores

X 1.8%

71,082 stores

WhatsApp 0.8%

32,856 stores

Vimeo 0.3%

10,691 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify (June 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Shopify e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 1355312 34.06%
Facebook 1058175 26.59%
TikTok 474682 11.93%
YouTube 405658 10.19%
Pinterest 252181 6.34%
Twitter 235005 5.91%
LinkedIn 83671 2.10%
X 71082 1.79%
WhatsApp 32856 0.83%
Vimeo 10691 0.27%

Geographic Distribution

United States stores with 45.7% (879,837 AI-verified stores) , followed by United Kingdom (9.2%) and Canada (5.8%) .

Base: 1,925,064 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

879,837 AI-verified stores

176,667 AI-verified stores

111,979 AI-verified stores

108,766 AI-verified stores

India 4.7%

89,913 AI-verified stores

89,616 AI-verified stores

81,355 AI-verified stores

50,549 AI-verified stores

Italy 2.4%

46,028 AI-verified stores

Spain 2.2%

42,832 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify (June 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Shopify
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 879837 45.70%
United Kingdom 176667 9.18%
Canada 111979 5.82%
Australia 108766 5.65%
India 89913 4.67%
Germany 89616 4.66%
France 81355 4.23%
Netherlands 50549 2.63%
Italy 46028 2.39%
Spain 42832 2.22%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 2.5m 100.00%
Emails 458.5k 18.37%
Phones 519.2k 20.80%
Ecommerce platform 2.5m 100.00%
Couriers 64.0k 2.56%
Payment Providers 70.3k 2.82%
Categories 2.1m 83.05%
Social Media 1.6m 64.42%

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 Shopify e-commerce intelligence?

We track 2.3m verified Shopify e-commerce stores with 50+ data points per store: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, technology stack, merchant-size signals, and available business contact fields.

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, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, technology stack, store age, cross-border signals, and merchant-size bands. Some advanced signals are plan-gated, and the same field contract is used by the web app, exports, and API.

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