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The State of BigCommerce in 2023

Updated Mar 24 2023

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 47,261 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 increased 2.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2022 Q4.
  • BigCommerce stores increased 13% year-over-year in 2022 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
1,082
2017 Q2
1,197
2017 Q3
707
2017 Q4
1,332
2018 Q1
890
2018 Q2
2,540
2018 Q3
3,181
2018 Q4
1,160
2019 Q1
1,474
2019 Q2
1,030
2019 Q3
1,136
2019 Q4
993
2020 Q1
980
2020 Q2
1,338
2020 Q3
1,423
2020 Q4
1,391
2021 Q1
1,352
2021 Q2
1,429
2021 Q3
1,425
2021 Q4
1,344
2022 Q1
797
2022 Q2
886
2022 Q3
2,470
2022 Q4
1,149
2023 Q1 (to date)
1,363
Cumulative Stores by Quarter

It's hard to know exactly when a BigCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that 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 32.8% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Instagram is used by 27.8% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Twitter is used by 15.1% of BigCommerce stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
15,494
Instagram
13,122
Twitter
7,144
YouTube
5,801
LinkedIn
5,177
Pinterest
4,732
Tiktok
568
Facebook Group
322
Yelp
147
Snapchat
17

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.

  • 66% of BigCommerce stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 47% of BigCommerce stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
31,260
Email
22,250
WhatsApp
139

Top Categories For BigCommerce Stores

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

  • 15.7% of BigCommerce stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 14.6% of BigCommerce stores sell Apparel products.
  • 6.9% 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.

  • 66.4% of BigCommerce stores are in United States
  • 6.7% of BigCommerce stores are in United Kingdom
  • 6.6% of BigCommerce stores are in Australia
  • 3.3% of BigCommerce stores are in Canada
Country
Stores
31,366
3,125
1,580
152
134
122
116

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.

  • 4.4% of BigCommerce stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.6% of BigCommerce stores have 10 - 24 employees.
  • 0.9% of BigCommerce stores have 25 - 49 employees.
Employees
Stores
1 - 9
2,066
10 - 24
779
25 - 49
443
50 - 99
257
100 - 249
284
250 - 999
175
1000 - 4999
50
5000+
35

Number Of Products Sold For BigCommerce Stores

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

  • 26.0% of BigCommerce stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.2% of BigCommerce stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 15.1% of BigCommerce stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
12,280
10 - 24
4,553
25 - 49
5,305
50 - 99
1,446
100 - 249
7,639
250 - 999
7,140
1000 - 4999
2,786
5000 - 9999
693
10000 - 24999
575
25000 - 99999
678

Top Technologies on BigCommerce Stores

We're tracking 369 different technologies that have 214,637 collective installs on BigCommerce stores.

  • reCAPTCHA is used by 60.2% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Facebook Pixel is used by 38.7% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 38.2% 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 17.4% of BigCommerce stores.
  • UPS is used by 15.5% of BigCommerce stores.
  • Fedex is used by 10.5% of BigCommerce stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
8,232
UPS
7,339
Fedex
4,956
Australia Post
1,287
Royal Mail
1,135
Canada Post
529
DHL
118
Purolator
116
New Zealean Post
96
Fastway
56

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.

  • 79.8% of BigCommerce stores have a .com domain.
  • 5.1% of BigCommerce stores have a .com.au domain.
  • 3.8% of BigCommerce stores have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
37,694
.com.au
2,391
.co.uk
1,775
.net
822
.ca
664
.org
570
.co.nz
375
.us
248
.co
181
.store
175

Top BigCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Mountain Rose Herbs
145
2020/06/19
DKOldies
163
2016/12/30
One Kings Lane
250
2016/12/30
Z Gallerie
255
2016/12/30
First Aid Beauty
322
2016/12/30

New BigCommerce Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
au-avat.glopalstore.com
1,404,436
2023/03/24
de-avat.glopalstore.com
1,404,437
2023/03/24
fr-avat.glopalstore.com
1,404,438
2023/03/24
gb-avat.glopalstore.com
1,404,439
2023/03/24
hk-avat.glopalstore.com
1,404,440
2023/03/24

Stores Switching to BigCommerce From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BigCommerce has taken 1,200 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
One Kings Lane
250
Custom Cart
2023/01/09
LullĀ®
638
Custom Cart
2023/01/10
NaturallyCurly.com
671
Custom Cart
2023/01/11
Nordic Ware Bakeware
2,055
Custom Cart
2023/01/10
Merchant Maverick
2,411
Custom Cart
2023/03/22

Stores Switching from BigCommerce To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, BigCommerce has lost 806 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Cirque Colors
1,669
Shopify
2023/02/06
Big Green Egg
2,730
Custom Cart
2023/03/20
GemsNY
4,501
Custom Cart
2023/01/04
Sourcing Journal
7,307
Custom Cart
2023/03/14
Dermelect Cosmeceuticals
7,863
Shopify
2023/01/23

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