Stimulus Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 136.0k verified e-commerce stores using Stimulus. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 779.5k domains. 136.0k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

136.0k verified active stores out of 779.5k detected · 17.4% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Squarespace Commerce leads with 81.1% of stores with physical delivery (110,100 stores) , followed by Custom (8.9%) and Shopware (8.4%) .

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)

110,100 stores

12,035 stores

11,386 stores

1,394 stores

343 stores

234 stores

59 stores

47 stores

30 stores

28 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 Stimulus
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Squarespace Commerce 110100 81.09%
Custom 12035 8.86%
Shopware 11386 8.39%
WooCommerce 1394 1.03%
Reserva INK 343 0.25%
Shopify 234 0.17%
Sylius 59 0.04%
PrestaShop 47 0.03%
Commerce7 30 0.02%
Visualsoft 28 0.02%
Ecwid 27 0.02%
Pimcore 25 0.02%
1C-Bitrix 23 0.02%
OXID eShop Enterprise Edition 22 0.02%
DanDomain Webshop 21 0.02%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 23.1% of all stores (17,842 stores) , followed by Arts & Entertainment (13.5%) and Health & Beauty (12.8%) .

Base: 77,349 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (56.9% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 23.1%

17,842 stores

Arts & Entertainment 13.5%

10,436 stores

Health & Beauty 12.8%

9,887 stores

Food & Beverages 12.4%

9,591 stores

Jewelry & Watches 8.7%

6,741 stores

Home & Garden 6.3%

4,893 stores

Gifts & Special Occasions 5.9%

4,535 stores

Furniture & Home Decor 4.8%

3,734 stores

Electronics & Technology 2.4%

1,887 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 2.0%

1,575 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Stimulus store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in Stimulus e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 17842 23.07%
Arts & Entertainment 10436 13.49%
Health & Beauty 9887 12.78%
Food & Beverages 9591 12.40%
Jewelry & Watches 6741 8.72%
Home & Garden 4893 6.33%
Gifts & Special Occasions 4535 5.86%
Furniture & Home Decor 3734 4.83%
Electronics & Technology 1887 2.44%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 1575 2.04%
Pets & Pet Supplies 1395 1.80%
Books & Media 1372 1.77%
Vehicles & Parts 1244 1.61%
Tools & Hardware 1114 1.44%
Business & Industrial 1103 1.43%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 28.5% among AI-verified physical stores (17,058 stores) , followed by Stripe Connect (16.0%) and Klarna (13.3%) .

Base: 68,040 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (8.7% 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 28.5%

17,058 stores

9,581 stores

Klarna 13.3%

7,960 stores

5,160 stores

4,902 stores

3,653 stores

1,969 stores

SEPA 3.1%

1,832 stores

1,689 stores

VISA 2.8%

1,663 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Stimulus payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Stimulus e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 17058 28.55%
Stripe Connect 9581 16.03%
Klarna 7960 13.32%
American Express 5160 8.64%
MasterCard 4902 8.20%
Apple Pay 3653 6.11%
Amazon Pay 1969 3.30%
SEPA 1832 3.07%
Google Pay 1689 2.83%
VISA 1663 2.78%
Bolt 1186 1.98%
Amazon Payments 1083 1.81%
Giropay 789 1.32%
Mollie 640 1.07%
Bancontact 588 0.98%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

USPS leads with 21.5% among AI-verified physical stores (9,092 stores) , followed by DHL (17.9%) and UPS (17.3%) .

Base: 47,333 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (6.1% 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

USPS 21.5%

9,092 stores

DHL 17.9%

7,563 stores

UPS 17.3%

7,320 stores

3,522 stores

DPD 7.4%

3,142 stores

FedEx 7.2%

3,037 stores

1,828 stores

GLS 4.0%

1,700 stores

1,164 stores

986 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Stimulus shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Stimulus e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
USPS 9092 21.55%
DHL 7563 17.92%
UPS 7320 17.35%
Royal Mail 3522 8.35%
DPD 3142 7.45%
FedEx 3037 7.20%
Australia Post 1828 4.33%
GLS 1700 4.03%
Deutsche Post 1164 2.76%
Hermes 986 2.34%
Canada Post 785 1.86%
Colissimo 677 1.60%
La Poste 522 1.24%
TNT 520 1.23%
Mondial Relay 336 0.80%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 21,696 new stores were launched in Stimulus , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (14 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 0.1%

14 stores launched

2026-01 10.6%

2,296 stores launched

2025-12 10.6%

2,290 stores launched

2025-11 10.6%

2,291 stores launched

2025-10 9.7%

2,097 stores launched

2025-09 8.8%

1,901 stores launched

2025-08 9.1%

1,978 stores launched

2025-07 8.9%

1,929 stores launched

2025-06 7.4%

1,612 stores launched

2025-05 7.9%

1,709 stores launched

2025-04 7.8%

1,701 stores launched

2025-03 8.7%

1,878 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Stimulus (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in Stimulus over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 14 0.06%
2026-01 2296 10.58%
2025-12 2290 10.55%
2025-11 2291 10.56%
2025-10 2097 9.67%
2025-09 1901 8.76%
2025-08 1978 9.12%
2025-07 1929 8.89%
2025-06 1612 7.43%
2025-05 1709 7.88%
2025-04 1701 7.84%
2025-03 1878 8.66%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 135,340 active stores in Stimulus are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (2,310 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 1.7%

2,310 active stores

2025 16.8%

22,740 active stores

2024 11.9%

16,099 active stores

2023 9.5%

12,847 active stores

2022 8.1%

10,998 active stores

2021 8.1%

11,022 active stores

2020 8.5%

11,517 active stores

2019 5.4%

7,320 active stores

2018 5.3%

7,200 active stores

2017 5.2%

7,080 active stores

2016 2.4%

3,266 active stores

2015 1.9%

2,537 active stores

2014 2.0%

2,734 active stores

2013 2.3%

3,069 active stores

2012 1.4%

1,895 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Stimulus by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in Stimulus by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 2310 1.71%
2025 22740 16.80%
2024 16099 11.90%
2023 12847 9.49%
2022 10998 8.13%
2021 11022 8.14%
2020 11517 8.51%
2019 7320 5.41%
2018 7200 5.32%
2017 7080 5.23%
2016 3266 2.41%
2015 2537 1.87%
2014 2734 2.02%
2013 3069 2.27%
2012 1895 1.40%
2011 1720 1.27%
2010 1463 1.08%
2009 1327 0.98%
2008 1216 0.90%
2007 1014 0.75%
2006 761 0.56%
2005 641 0.47%
2004 851 0.63%
2003 696 0.51%
2002 605 0.45%
2001 858 0.63%
2000 595 0.44%
1999 478 0.35%
1998 276 0.20%
1997 124 0.09%
1996 68 0.05%
1995 13 0.01%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 45.1% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (101,840 stores) , followed by Facebook (27.8%) and TikTok (6.7%) .

Base: 627,939 stores with any detectable social profile (80.6% 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

Instagram 45.1%

101,840 stores

Facebook 27.8%

62,871 stores

TikTok 6.7%

15,089 stores

YouTube 6.2%

13,961 stores

Twitter 5.1%

11,510 stores

Pinterest 4.6%

10,413 stores

LinkedIn 2.3%

5,204 stores

X 0.9%

2,026 stores

Reddit 0.9%

1,930 stores

WhatsApp 0.4%

995 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Stimulus (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Stimulus e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 101840 45.09%
Facebook 62871 27.84%
TikTok 15089 6.68%
YouTube 13961 6.18%
Twitter 11510 5.10%
Pinterest 10413 4.61%
LinkedIn 5204 2.30%
X 2026 0.90%
Reddit 1930 0.85%
WhatsApp 995 0.44%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 53.3% (59,686 AI-verified stores) , followed by Germany (10.3%) and United Kingdom (9.7%) .

Base: 111,992 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

59,686 AI-verified stores

Germany 10.3%

11,497 AI-verified stores

10,820 AI-verified stores

6,729 AI-verified stores

5,305 AI-verified stores

3,536 AI-verified stores

China 1.5%

1,657 AI-verified stores

1,413 AI-verified stores

1,329 AI-verified stores

Italy 1.1%

1,283 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Stimulus (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Stimulus
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 59686 53.29%
Germany 11497 10.27%
United Kingdom 10820 9.66%
Australia 6729 6.01%
Canada 5305 4.74%
France 3536 3.16%
China 1657 1.48%
New Zealand 1413 1.26%
Indonesia 1329 1.19%
Italy 1283 1.15%
Switzerland 1204 1.08%
Ireland 1046 0.93%
Netherlands 992 0.89%
Austria 882 0.79%
Spain 868 0.78%
India 850 0.76%
Brazil 816 0.73%
South Africa 744 0.66%
Mexico 733 0.65%
Japan 602 0.54%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 779.5k 100.00%
Emails 489.7k 62.83%
Phones 58.3k 7.48%
Ecommerce platform 778.9k 99.92%
Couriers 47.3k 6.07%
Payment Providers 68.0k 8.73%
Categories 108.4k 13.90%
Social Media 627.9k 80.56%

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 Stimulus e-commerce intelligence?

We track 136.0k verified Stimulus 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.

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