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WooCommerce Stores in Kenya

Updated May 10 2024

There are 10,142 live WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

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WooCommerce Growth in Kenya

  • WooCommerce stores in Kenya increased 12.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • WooCommerce stores in Kenya increased 65% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.

Here is WooCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in Kenya.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
2,187
2020 Q2
2,427
2020 Q3
2,796
2020 Q4
678
2021 Q1
3,895
2021 Q2
4,050
2021 Q3
4,712
2021 Q4
5,164
2022 Q1
5,538
2022 Q2
5,817
2022 Q3
5,989
2022 Q4
6,043
2023 Q1
6,130
2023 Q2
7,351
2023 Q3
8,940
2023 Q4
9,750
2024 Q1
10,121
2024 Q2 (to date)
10,142
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a WooCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

  • 11.8% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.5% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 8.5% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya sell Computers products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Facebook is used by 43.8% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya.
  • Instagram is used by 37.6% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya.
  • Twitter is used by 26.9% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya.
Type
Stores
Facebook
4,442
Instagram
3,812
Twitter
2,730
YouTube
1,216
LinkedIn
1,102
WhatsApp
1,093
Tiktok
426
Pinterest
270

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 82% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya provide a phone number on their website
  • 76% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
8,346
Email
7,682

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of WooCommerce stores in Kenya. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 1,135 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Nairobi County.
  • 40 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Mombasa County.
  • 33 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Kiambu County.

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in Kenya

Here is the city distribution of WooCommerce stores in Kenya. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 8,852 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Unknown.
  • 1,132 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Nairobi.
  • 45 WooCommerce stores in Kenya are based in Mombasa.

Top WooCommerce Apps in Kenya

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Number of Employees for WooCommerce stores in Kenya

  • 97.2% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have Unknown employees.
  • 0.7% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of WooCommerce stores in Kenya by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
9,861
1 - 9
76
10 - 24
47
25 - 49
37
50 - 99
23
100 - 249
28
250 - 999
33
1000 - 4999
27
5000+
10

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

  • 2.0% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya ship by UPS.
  • 0.2% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya ship by Fedex.
  • 0.1% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
205
Fedex
19
USPS
14
DHL
4
China Post
2
ORLEN
1
Aramex
1
Royal Mail
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide WooCommerce stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 63.7% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have a .co.ke domain.
  • 27.1% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have a .com domain.
  • 3.7% of WooCommerce stores in Kenya have a .org domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for WooCommerce stores in Kenya.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.ke
6,463
.com
2,748
.org
376
.ke
138
.africa
85
.net
50
.or.ke
47
.shop
34
.ac.ke
26
.co
18

Top WooCommerce Stores In Kenya

Here are the top stores in Kenya ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.kaa.go.ke
35,994
2016/12/30
Nairobi Securities Exchange PLC
69,033
2016/12/30
The Kenya Times
131,244
2020/04/03
www.infotrakresearch.com
136,663
2016/12/30
24/7 Alcohol Delivery Nairobi
138,091
2021/07/23

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