The State of EC-CUBE in 2026

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

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

EC-CUBE Growth

At present, there are 9,231 live stores running on the EC-CUBE platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running EC-CUBE.

• EC-CUBE stores increased 0.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q2.
• EC-CUBE stores increased 328% year-over-year in 2026 Q2.

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

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

Social Media Usage On EC-CUBE 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 23.7% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Facebook is used by 12.6% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Twitter is used by 11.5% of EC-CUBE stores.

Contact Information On EC-CUBE 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.

• 38% of EC-CUBE stores have an email on their website
• 30% of EC-CUBE stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For EC-CUBE Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on EC-CUBE.

• 13.3% of EC-CUBE stores sell Food & Drink products.
• 7.2% of EC-CUBE stores sell Apparel products.
• 6.8% of EC-CUBE stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For EC-CUBE Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using EC-CUBE.

• 36.0% of EC-CUBE stores are in Japan
• 1.3% of EC-CUBE stores are in Ecuador
• 0.2% of EC-CUBE stores are in Korea (the Republic of)
• 0.1% of EC-CUBE stores are in Thailand

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

Number Of Employees For EC-CUBE Stores

Here is the breakdown of EC-CUBE stores by the number of employees.

• 98.9% of EC-CUBE stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.4% of EC-CUBE stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.2% of EC-CUBE stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For EC-CUBE Stores

Here is the breakdown of EC-CUBE stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 27.8% of EC-CUBE stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 9.0% of EC-CUBE stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 8.6% of EC-CUBE stores sell 100 - 249 different products.

Top Technologies on EC-CUBE Stores

We're tracking 108 different technologies that have 33,141 collective installs on EC-CUBE stores.

• Google Tag Manager is used by 54.6% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Google Ads Pixel is used by 54.5% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Google Adsense is used by 54.5% of EC-CUBE stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By EC-CUBE Stores

• Japan Post is used by 75.9% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Yamato Transport is used by 4.1% of EC-CUBE stores.
• Sagawa Express is used by 2.3% of EC-CUBE stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all EC-CUBE stores.

EC-CUBE Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for EC-CUBE 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.

• 48.6% of EC-CUBE stores have a .com domain.
• 21.9% of EC-CUBE stores have a .jp domain.
• 10.5% of EC-CUBE stores have a .co.jp domain.

Top EC-CUBE Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by EC-CUBE, ordered by store rank.

New EC-CUBE Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to EC-CUBE From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has taken 39 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to EC-CUBE from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from EC-CUBE To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has lost 24 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top EC-CUBE stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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