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The State of EC-CUBE in 2025

Updated May 23 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 2,201 live stores running on the EC-CUBE platform.

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

  • EC-CUBE stores decreased -2.3% 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)
2,201
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 13.3% of EC-CUBE stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
461
Facebook
387
Twitter
293
YouTube
116
LinkedIn
19
Tiktok
12
Pinterest
7
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
800
Email
593

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 Home & Garden products.
  • 0.6% of EC-CUBE stores sell Apparel products.
  • 0.4% of EC-CUBE stores sell Food & Drink products.
Home & GardenApparelFood & DrinkHealthBusiness & IndustrialGifts & Special EventsBeauty & FitnessSportsAntiques & CollectiblesPeople & SocietyArts & EntertainmentComputersWeddingPets & AnimalsConsumer ElectronicsGamesToys & HobbiesTravel

Top Countries For EC-CUBE Stores

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

  • 41.1% 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
2,173
1 - 9
13
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.
  • 14.4% of EC-CUBE stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 14.1% of EC-CUBE stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
514
10 - 24
138
25 - 49
269
50 - 99
62
100 - 249
317
250 - 999
310
1000 - 4999
140
5000 - 9999
37
10000 - 24999
34
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 6,782 collective installs on EC-CUBE stores.

  • Google Analytics is used by 52.8% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 47.2% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 47.0% 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 55.8% of EC-CUBE stores.
  • Yamato Transport is used by 4.7% 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
1,229
Yamato Transport
104
Sagawa Express
70
USPS
2
Fedex
2
Canada Post
1
Royal Mail
1
UPS
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.

  • 46.8% of EC-CUBE stores have a .com domain.
  • 25.9% of EC-CUBE stores have a .jp domain.
  • 11.5% of EC-CUBE stores have a .co.jp domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,030
.jp
569
.co.jp
253
.net
162
.shop
40
.biz
24
.org
13
.info
10
.online
10
.tokyo
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
MTG通販】品揃え日本最大級の通販サイト
11,698
2019/03/29
www.kosho.or.jp
21,980
2016/12/30
www.melonbooks.co.jp
25,221
2016/12/30
【公式】マイケル・コース │MICHAEL KORS 公式オンラインストア
32,222
2016/12/30
morecon.jp
43,779
2016/12/30

New EC-CUBE Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
MYページ/加盟店ログイン 株式会社ファイン
3,528,533
2025/05/23
こだわりのワインと全国地酒の通販【ARAKI あらき】熊本・城南
3,582,748
2025/05/23
shiawase-net.jp
3,771,383
2025/05/23
かんたん建材.com
3,817,620
2025/05/23
machitani.jp
5,442,040
2025/05/23

Stores Switching to EC-CUBE From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has taken 7 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
Custom CartEC ForceShopify

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】
261,954
Custom Cart
2025/05/18
www.sagae29.jp
315,143
Custom Cart
2025/04/27
kunihamonet.com
584,906
Custom Cart
2025/03/12
marinegold.net
2,654,680
EC Force
2025/04/27
H nurture エイチ ナーチャー
4,153,024
Shopify
2025/03/09

Stores Switching from EC-CUBE To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC-CUBE has lost 32 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
3
Custom CartShopifyBASEWooCommerceCS-CartW2 Repeat

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
beautiful people online store
123,813
Shopify
2025/05/04
ProKitchen Software
129,567
Custom Cart
2025/03/23
www.body-guard.jp
176,785
Custom Cart
2025/03/09
FREAKS │ ミリタリー装備 通販
296,889
Custom Cart
2025/04/20
www.denkichi.com
403,027
Custom Cart
2025/05/18

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