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The State of EC-CUBE in 2025

Updated May 2 2025

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

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EC-CUBE Growth

At present, there are 2,230 live stores running on the EC-CUBE platform.

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

  • EC-CUBE stores decreased -1.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • EC-CUBE stores increased 10% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2024 Q1
2,051
2024 Q2
2,292
2024 Q3
2,362
2024 Q4
2,305
2025 Q1
2,252
2025 Q2 (to date)
2,230
Active Stores by Quarter
2024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q202004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002,400

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 20.9% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Facebook is used by 17.6% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Twitter is used by 13.4% of EC-CUBE stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
467
Facebook
393
Twitter
299
YouTube
117
LinkedIn
20
Tiktok
12
Pinterest
8
Facebook Group
1

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.

  • 36% of EC-CUBE stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 27% of EC-CUBE stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
809
Email
602

Top Categories For EC-CUBE Stores

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

  • 0.6% of EC-CUBE stores sell Apparel products.
  • 0.6% of EC-CUBE stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 0.4% of EC-CUBE stores sell Food & Drink products.
ApparelHome & GardenFood & DrinkHealthBusiness & IndustrialGifts & Special EventsBeauty & FitnessSportsAntiques & CollectiblesComputersPeople & SocietyWeddingConsumer ElectronicsPets & AnimalsArts & EntertainmentGamesToys & HobbiesTravel

Top Countries For EC-CUBE Stores

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

  • 40.9% of EC-CUBE stores are in Japan
  • 0.7% of EC-CUBE stores are in Ecuador
  • 0.4% of EC-CUBE stores are in Korea (the Republic of)
  • 0.2% of EC-CUBE stores are in United States

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.

  • 98.7% of EC-CUBE stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of EC-CUBE stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of EC-CUBE stores have 250 - 999 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,201
1 - 9
14
10 - 24
2
25 - 49
3
50 - 99
4
250 - 999
5
5000+
1
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For EC-CUBE Stores

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

  • 23.4% of EC-CUBE stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 14.3% of EC-CUBE stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 14.3% of EC-CUBE stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
522
10 - 24
140
25 - 49
278
50 - 99
63
100 - 249
320
250 - 999
320
1000 - 4999
141
5000 - 9999
37
10000 - 24999
35
25000 - 99999
25
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 49995000 - 999910000 - 24999

Top Technologies on EC-CUBE Stores

We're tracking 73 different technologies that have 6,861 collective installs on EC-CUBE stores.

  • Google Analytics is used by 53.2% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 47.1% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 46.9% 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 56.1% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Yamato Transport is used by 4.8% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Sagawa Express is used by 3.2% of EC-CUBE stores.

Here are the top 8 shipping carriers across all EC-CUBE stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
1,251
Yamato Transport
106
Sagawa Express
71
USPS
2
Fedex
2
Canada Post
1
UPS
1
Royal Mail
1

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.

  • 47.2% of EC-CUBE stores have a .com domain.
  • 25.7% of EC-CUBE stores have a .jp domain.
  • 11.4% of EC-CUBE stores have a .co.jp domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,053
.jp
572
.co.jp
255
.net
161
.shop
41
.biz
25
.org
13
.info
11
.online
11
.ne.jp
6
.com.jp.co.jp.net.shop

Top EC-CUBE Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.kosho.or.jp
11,109
2016/12/30
MTG通販】品揃え日本最大級の通販サイト
14,001
2019/03/29
www.melonbooks.co.jp
24,127
2016/12/30
【公式】マイケル・コース │MICHAEL KORS 公式オンラインストア
32,448
2016/12/30
morecon.jp
43,827
2016/12/30

New EC-CUBE Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
GOCHIO cafe – 伍町カフェ 京都・宇治 茶園清水屋が本物の抹茶の味をカフェスタイルで提案
820,891
2025/05/02
kanronomizu.com
5,173,864
2025/05/02
Dear Medic
5,389,761
2025/05/02
tj-yotsuya.com
5,760,255
2025/05/02
www.ranlens.com
6,033,027
2025/05/02

Stores Switching to EC-CUBE From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has taken 8 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
Custom CartShopifyEC Force

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
ドクターズコスメ高須英津子開発スキンケア化粧品Jullants【ジュランツ】
260,051
Custom Cart
2025/03/03
www.sagae29.jp
386,092
Custom Cart
2025/04/27
kunihamonet.com
571,436
Custom Cart
2025/03/12
www.sekinoichi.com
917,482
Custom Cart
2025/02/25
marinegold.net
2,624,953
EC Force
2025/04/27

Stores Switching from EC-CUBE To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has lost 30 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
2
Custom CartShopifyBASEFuture ShopCS-Cart

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
ProKitchen Software
121,719
Custom Cart
2025/03/23
www.body-guard.jp
178,219
Custom Cart
2025/03/09
www.hazaiya.co.jp
203,856
Custom Cart
2025/02/18
FREAKS │ ミリタリー装備 通販
338,063
Custom Cart
2025/04/20
TOPページ
620,561
Custom Cart
2025/04/06

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