The State of CS-Cart in 2026

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on CS-Cart usage.

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

CS-Cart Growth

At present, there are 9,965 live stores running on the CS-Cart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running CS-Cart.

• CS-Cart stores decreased -0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
• CS-Cart stores decreased -8% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.

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

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

Social Media Usage On CS-Cart 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 31.0% of CS-Cart stores.
• Instagram is used by 26.9% of CS-Cart stores.
• YouTube is used by 15.2% of CS-Cart stores.

Contact Information On CS-Cart 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.

• 73% of CS-Cart stores provide a phone number on their website
• 62% of CS-Cart stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For CS-Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on CS-Cart.

• 15.7% of CS-Cart stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 9.8% of CS-Cart stores sell Computers products.
• 9.7% of CS-Cart stores sell Business & Industrial products.

Top Countries For CS-Cart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using CS-Cart.

• 27.5% of CS-Cart stores are in Russian Federation
• 7.4% of CS-Cart stores are in Greece
• 4.4% of CS-Cart stores are in Romania
• 3.8% of CS-Cart stores are in Ukraine

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

Number Of Employees For CS-Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of CS-Cart stores by the number of employees.

• 94.7% of CS-Cart stores have Unknown employees.
• 2.1% of CS-Cart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 1.0% of CS-Cart stores have 50 - 99 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For CS-Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of CS-Cart stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 16.0% of CS-Cart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 13.0% of CS-Cart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 12.8% of CS-Cart stores sell 100 - 249 different products.

Top Technologies on CS-Cart Stores

We're tracking 220 different technologies that have 51,811 collective installs on CS-Cart stores.

• reCAPTCHA is used by 54.0% of CS-Cart stores.
• Google Tag Manager is used by 53.9% of CS-Cart stores.
• Google Analytics is used by 52.5% of CS-Cart stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By CS-Cart Stores

• UPS is used by 3.8% of CS-Cart stores.
• Fedex is used by 2.3% of CS-Cart stores.
• USPS is used by 2.2% of CS-Cart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all CS-Cart stores.

CS-Cart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for CS-Cart 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.

• 24.8% of CS-Cart stores have a .com domain.
• 24.4% of CS-Cart stores have a .ru domain.
• 6.9% of CS-Cart stores have a .gr domain.

Top CS-Cart Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by CS-Cart, ordered by store rank.

New CS-Cart Stores

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

Stores Switching to CS-Cart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, CS-Cart has taken 61 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to CS-Cart from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from CS-Cart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, CS-Cart has lost 66 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top CS-Cart stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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