The State of City Hive in 2025

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

• City Hive growth
• Social media usage on City Hive stores
• Contact information on City Hive stores
• Top categories for City Hive stores
• Top countries for City Hive stores
• Number of employees for City Hive stores
• Number of products sold for City Hive stores
• Top City Hive technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by City Hive stores
• City Hive store top-level domain distribution
• Top City Hive stores
• New City Hive stores
• Stores switching to City Hive from other platforms
• Stores switching from City Hive to other platforms

City Hive Growth

At present, there are 1,733 live stores running on the City Hive platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running City Hive.

• City Hive stores decreased -1.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
• City Hive stores increased 8% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.

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

It's hard to know exactly when a City Hive store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On City Hive 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.

• Instagram is used by 48.3% of City Hive stores.
• Facebook is used by 40.3% of City Hive stores.
• Yelp is used by 14.3% of City Hive stores.

Contact Information On City Hive Stores

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

• 98% of City Hive stores provide a phone number on their website
• 74% of City Hive stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For City Hive Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on City Hive.

• 99.7% of City Hive stores sell Food & Drink products.
• 0.2% of City Hive stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 0.1% of City Hive stores sell Business & Industrial products.
• 0.1% of City Hive stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For City Hive Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using City Hive.

• 99.6% of City Hive stores are in United States

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

Number Of Employees For City Hive Stores

Here is the breakdown of City Hive stores by the number of employees.

• 98.1% of City Hive stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.8% of City Hive stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.4% of City Hive stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For City Hive Stores

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

• 31.5% of City Hive stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 20.3% of City Hive stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.
• 9.8% of City Hive stores sell 100 - 249 different products.

Top Technologies on City Hive Stores

We're tracking 59 different technologies that have 2,467 collective installs on City Hive stores.

• Cloudflare is used by 99.9% of City Hive stores.
• Cloudflare CDN is used by 7.6% of City Hive stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 5.6% of City Hive stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By City Hive Stores

• Fedex is used by 15.9% of City Hive stores.
• UPS is used by 1.4% of City Hive stores.
• USPS is used by 0.1% of City Hive stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all City Hive stores.

City Hive Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for City Hive 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.

• 92.8% of City Hive stores have a .com domain.
• 3.5% of City Hive stores have a .app domain.
• 1.9% of City Hive stores have a .net domain.

Top City Hive Stores

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

New City Hive Stores

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

Stores Switching to City Hive From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, City Hive has taken 15 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from City Hive To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, City Hive has lost 6 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Get more insights on City Hive stores

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You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:

• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Third-party technologies
• Creation date
• Platform
• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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