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BigCommerce Stores in the United Kingdom

Updated Mar 21 2025

There are 2,762 live BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

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BigCommerce Growth in the United Kingdom

  • BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom decreased -2.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom decreased -6% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

Here is BigCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in the United Kingdom.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
2,152
2019 Q2
2,178
2019 Q3
2,427
2019 Q4
2,660
2020 Q1
2,604
2020 Q2
2,663
2020 Q3
2,744
2020 Q4
2,901
2021 Q1
3,050
2021 Q2
3,129
2021 Q3
3,212
2021 Q4
3,279
2022 Q1
3,318
2022 Q2
3,234
2022 Q3
3,378
2022 Q4
3,163
2023 Q1
3,164
2023 Q2
3,208
2023 Q3
3,089
2023 Q4
3,020
2024 Q1
2,953
2024 Q2
2,917
2024 Q3
2,873
2024 Q4
2,834
2025 Q1 (to date)
2,762
Active Stores by Quarter
2019 Q12019 Q22019 Q32019 Q42020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q105001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500

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 combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

  • 22.3% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Home & Garden products.
  • 14.3% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Apparel products.
  • 6.9% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Autos & Vehicles products.
Home & GardenApparelNoneAutos & VehiclesFood & DrinkSportsBusiness & IndustrialBeauty & FitnessToys & HobbiesHealthGifts & Special EventsArts & EntertainmentComputersPeople & SocietyConsumer ElectronicsPets & Animals

Social Media Usage On BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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 45.0% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Instagram is used by 41.5% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Twitter is used by 27.2% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
Type
Stores
Facebook
1,243
Instagram
1,146
Twitter
752
LinkedIn
578
YouTube
522
Pinterest
359
Tiktok
121
Facebook Group
21

Contact Information On BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 70% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom provide a phone number on their website
  • 63% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
1,940
Email
1,736

Countries With The Most BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

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

  • 576 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in England.
  • 56 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Scotland.
  • 18 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Wales.
Country
Stores
576
18

Cities With The Most BigCommerce Stores in the United Kingdom

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

  • 2,182 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Unknown.
  • 100 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in London.
  • 18 BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Manchester.

Number of Employees for BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom

  • 81.7% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have Unknown employees.
  • 7.3% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 4.9% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,256
1 - 9
203
10 - 24
134
25 - 49
44
50 - 99
40
100 - 249
31
250 - 999
40
1000 - 4999
14
Unknown1 - 910 - 2425 - 49

Top Shipping Carriers For BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

  • 31.5% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
  • 5.7% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by UPS.
  • 4.0% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Royal Mail
870
UPS
157
Fedex
110
USPS
36
DHL
15
Australia Post
7
DPD
3
Canada Post
3
La Poste
2
Japan Post
2

Top-level Domain Distribution For BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 54.8% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
  • 39.8% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .com domain.
  • 1.3% of BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .uk domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for BigCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.uk
1,513
.com
1,098
.uk
35
.net
16
.org
11
.org.uk
10
.store
9
.shop
9
.co
8
.eu
7
.co.uk.com

Top BigCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Sarah Raven
4,706
2016/12/30
Harvey Nichols
5,430
2016/12/30
Brompton
5,820
2016/12/30
Graham & Brown
5,931
2018/03/02
La Perla
6,475
2016/12/30

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