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The State of BigCommerce in 2026

Updated Jan 16 2026

BigCommerce is an ecommerce platform with an impressive array of built-in features and a strong emphasis on SEO.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on BigCommerce usage.

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BigCommerce Growth

At present, there are 37,740 live stores running on the BigCommerce platform.

BigCommerce has had steady, but linear, quarter-over-quarter growth over the last few years. With the world's economy continuing to move online, expect growth to continue even though they are operating in a competitive space dominated by large platforms.

  • BigCommerce stores decreased -17.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • BigCommerce stores increased 7% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
43,408
2019 Q2
42,950
2019 Q3
43,984
2019 Q4
48,231
2020 Q1
46,636
2020 Q2
45,641
2020 Q3
46,617
2020 Q4
46,997
2021 Q1
47,435
2021 Q2
47,711
2021 Q3
47,855
2021 Q4
48,202
2022 Q1
48,050
2022 Q2
46,376
2022 Q3
47,783
2022 Q4
46,650
2023 Q1
47,112
2023 Q2
47,677
2023 Q3
45,941
2023 Q4
45,294
2024 Q1
44,340
2024 Q2
43,910
2024 Q3
43,063
2024 Q4
42,539
2025 Q1
42,033
2025 Q2
41,271
2025 Q3
40,572
2025 Q4
45,570
2026 Q1 (to date)
37,740
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 BigCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On BigCommerce Stores

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 45.7% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Instagram is used by 40.9% of BigCommerce stores.
  • YouTube is used by 21.0% of BigCommerce stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
17,240
Instagram
15,432
YouTube
7,919
Twitter
7,859
LinkedIn
6,793
Pinterest
5,062
Tiktok
1,100
Facebook Group
270
WhatsApp
193
Yelp
122
Soundcloud
21
Snapchat
7
Discord
5

Contact Information On BigCommerce Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel. Perhaps most surprisingly, BigCommerce are twice as likely to provide a phone number than Shopify stores.

  • 69% of BigCommerce stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 54% of BigCommerce stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
26,214
Email
20,312

Top Categories For BigCommerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on BigCommerce.

  • 17.1% of BigCommerce stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 14.0% of BigCommerce stores sell Apparel products.
  • 8.0% of BigCommerce stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.

Top Countries For BigCommerce Stores

The largest part of BigCommerce's install base is within the United States, but they have a solid presence within the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia as well.

  • 70.3% of BigCommerce stores are in United States
  • 6.5% of BigCommerce stores are in United Kingdom
  • 6.2% of BigCommerce stores are in Australia
  • 3.6% of BigCommerce stores are in Canada
Country
Stores
26,543
2,355
1,367
141
139
131
125

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For BigCommerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of BigCommerce stores by the number of employees.

  • 85.6% of BigCommerce stores have Unknown employees.
  • 7.6% of BigCommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 2.7% of BigCommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
32,313
1 - 9
2,857
10 - 24
1,024
25 - 49
498
50 - 99
339
100 - 249
347
250 - 999
212
1000 - 4999
106
5000+
44

Number Of Products Sold For BigCommerce Stores

Here is the breakdown of BigCommerce stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 18.6% of BigCommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 13.6% of BigCommerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 13.5% of BigCommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
7,031
10 - 24
2,697
25 - 49
3,256
50 - 99
954
100 - 249
5,129
250 - 999
5,085
1000 - 4999
2,177
5000 - 9999
615
10000 - 24999
560
25000 - 99999
391

Top Technologies on BigCommerce Stores

We're tracking 546 different technologies that have 249,502 collective installs on BigCommerce stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 96.0% of BigCommerce stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 74.3% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Google Analytics is used by 51.4% of BigCommerce stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all BigCommerce stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By BigCommerce Stores

  • USPS is used by 19.7% of BigCommerce stores.
  • UPS is used by 18.8% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Fedex is used by 13.3% of BigCommerce stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all BigCommerce stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
7,429
UPS
7,098
Fedex
5,013
Australia Post
1,037
Royal Mail
894
Canada Post
482
Purolator
154
New Zealean Post
84
DHL
77
Fastway
33

BigCommerce Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for BigCommerce stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

  • 80.8% of BigCommerce stores have a .com domain.
  • 4.6% of BigCommerce stores have a .com.au domain.
  • 3.5% of BigCommerce stores have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
30,505
.com.au
1,750
.co.uk
1,320
.net
596
.ca
533
.org
461
.co.nz
288
.us
185
.shop
148
.co
126

Top BigCommerce Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by BigCommerce, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
GE Appliances
371
2016/12/30
Bicycle Cards
715
2017/11/17
Springfield Armory
720
2016/12/30
Oral
1,047
2016/12/30
Plato's Closet
1,052
2016/12/30

New BigCommerce Stores

Here are the 5 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Guitar Price Guide
3,800,445
2026/01/16
Farmacia Casaudoumeq
5,405,606
2026/01/16
Good n' Natural
6,485,718
2026/01/16
Bighorn Firearms
6,512,811
2026/01/16
Thunderbolt Trailers
6,538,752
2026/01/16

Stores Switching to BigCommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BigCommerce has taken 196 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to BigCommerce from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Stealth Cam
7,098
Custom Cart
2026/01/17
S&S Cycle
8,704
Custom Cart
2025/11/03
Microscope World
9,222
Custom Cart
2025/11/04
Kurt S. Adler Inc
9,637
Magento
2025/12/11
www.hawkhunting.com
12,229
Custom Cart
2026/01/17

Stores Switching from BigCommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BigCommerce has lost 1,742 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top BigCommerce stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Seeking Alpha
119
Custom Cart
2025/11/03
Quiver Quantitative
498
Custom Cart
2026/01/11
IPSY
995
Custom Cart
2026/01/12
One Kings Lane
1,734
Custom Cart
2026/01/12
AppSumo
2,855
Custom Cart
2025/12/09

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