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BASE Stores in Japan

Updated Jul 11 2025

There are 60,081 live BASE stores in Japan.

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

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BASE Growth in Japan

  • BASE stores in Japan decreased -5.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q2.
  • BASE stores in Japan decreased -14% year-over-year in 2025 Q2.

Here is BASE's quarter-over-quarter growth in Japan.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
12,528
2021 Q1
43,300
2021 Q2
53,093
2021 Q3
57,670
2021 Q4
59,820
2022 Q1
61,407
2022 Q2
61,603
2022 Q3
65,989
2022 Q4
66,857
2023 Q1
66,255
2023 Q2
70,596
2023 Q3
71,389
2023 Q4
72,461
2024 Q1
74,010
2024 Q2
74,353
2024 Q3
63,074
2024 Q4
62,027
2025 Q1
63,701
2025 Q2
63,592
2025 Q3 (to date)
60,081
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q22025 Q3010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,000

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

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

Top Categories For BASE Stores In Japan

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for BASE stores in Japan.

  • 11.7% of BASE stores in Japan sell Apparel products.
  • 10.5% of BASE stores in Japan sell Food & Drink products.
  • 6.3% of BASE stores in Japan sell Arts & Entertainment products.
NoneApparelFood & DrinkArts & EntertainmentHome & GardenBeauty & FitnessPeople & SocietySportsHealthToys & Hobbies

Social Media Usage On BASE Stores In Japan

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.

  • Instagram is used by 59.2% of BASE stores in Japan.
  • Twitter is used by 27.0% of BASE stores in Japan.
  • Facebook is used by 25.8% of BASE stores in Japan.
Type
Stores
Instagram
35,548
Twitter
16,247
Facebook
15,481
YouTube
4,000
Tiktok
1,470
LinkedIn
75
Soundcloud
58
Pinterest
18

Contact Information On BASE Stores In Japan

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

  • 12% of BASE stores in Japan provide a phone number on their website
  • 8% of BASE stores in Japan have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
7,504
Email
4,557

Provinces With The Most BASE Stores In Japan

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 BASE stores in Japan. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 2,333 BASE stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
  • 562 BASE stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 402 BASE stores in Japan are based in Kanagawa.
Province
Stores
2,333
562
402
288
280
279
240
220
213
182
150
105
104
99

Cities With The Most BASE Stores in Japan

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

  • 54,257 BASE stores in Japan are based in Unknown.
  • 410 BASE stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 363 BASE stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
City
Stores
54,257
410
363
248
143
143
141
123
104

Number of Employees for BASE stores in Japan

  • 99.8% of BASE stores in Japan have Unknown employees.
  • 0.1% of BASE stores in Japan have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.0% of BASE stores in Japan have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of BASE stores in Japan by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
59,932
1 - 9
58
10 - 24
29
25 - 49
20
50 - 99
13
100 - 249
15
250 - 999
5
1000 - 4999
6
5000+
3
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For BASE Stores In Japan

  • 0.3% of BASE stores in Japan ship by Japan Post.
  • 0.2% of BASE stores in Japan ship by Yamato Transport.
  • 0.1% of BASE stores in Japan ship by Sagawa Express.

Here are the top shipping carriers for BASE stores in Japan.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
151
Yamato Transport
98
Sagawa Express
60
Fedex
13
USPS
11
UPS
7

Top-level Domain Distribution For BASE Stores In Japan

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

  • 22.9% of BASE stores in Japan have a .jp domain.
  • 22.1% of BASE stores in Japan have a .in domain.
  • 20.8% of BASE stores in Japan have a .com domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for BASE stores in Japan.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.jp
13,780
.in
13,255
.com
12,469
.shop
9,591
.ec
5,616
.net
2,405
.co.jp
925
.tokyo
379
.online
171
.info
134
.jp.in.com.shop.ec.net

Top BASE Stores In Japan

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
38explore
191,107
2021/02/19
PLAYGROUND
246,279
2020/10/02
www.ghibligoodsfan.com
267,672
2018/11/16
NO COFFEE
325,004
2022/07/01
elegant
328,481
2021/05/14

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