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The State of EC Force in 2025

Updated Feb 28 2025

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

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EC Force Growth

At present, there are 816 live stores running on the EC Force platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running EC Force.

  • EC Force stores increased 3.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2024 Q2
717
2024 Q3
795
2024 Q4
787
2025 Q1 (to date)
816
Active Stores by Quarter
2024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q10100200300400500600700800900

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

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

Social Media Usage On EC Force 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 54.4% of EC Force stores.
  • Twitter is used by 24.3% of EC Force stores.
  • Facebook is used by 14.7% of EC Force stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
444
Twitter
198
Facebook
120
YouTube
41
Tiktok
22
LinkedIn
8
Pinterest
2

Contact Information On EC Force 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.

  • 35% of EC Force stores have an email on their website
  • 24% of EC Force stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
282
Phone
193

Top Categories For EC Force Stores

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

  • 2.6% of EC Force stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 1.0% of EC Force stores sell Health products.
  • 0.5% of EC Force stores sell Food & Drink products.
Beauty & FitnessHealthFood & DrinkApparelJobs & EducationBusiness & IndustrialSportsComputersPets & Animals

Top Countries For EC Force Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using EC Force.

  • 55.5% of EC Force stores are in Japan
  • 1.0% of EC Force stores are in Ecuador
  • 0.1% of EC Force stores are in Montenegro
Country
Stores
453
JapanEcuador

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

Number Of Employees For EC Force Stores

Here is the breakdown of EC Force stores by the number of employees.

  • 98.0% of EC Force stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of EC Force stores have 50 - 99 employees.
  • 0.5% of EC Force stores have 1 - 9 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
800
1 - 9
4
10 - 24
4
25 - 49
1
50 - 99
5
100 - 249
2
Unknown

Number Of Products Sold For EC Force Stores

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

  • 41.8% of EC Force stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 13.1% of EC Force stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 12.1% of EC Force stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
341
10 - 24
107
25 - 49
99
50 - 99
15
100 - 249
61
250 - 999
37
1000 - 4999
7
5000 - 9999
4
10000 - 24999
1
100000 - 249999
1
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 999

Top Technologies on EC Force Stores

We're tracking 65 different technologies that have 7,122 collective installs on EC Force stores.

  • New Relic is used by 99.4% of EC Force stores.
  • Cloudfront CDN is used by 99.1% of EC Force stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 97.8% of EC Force stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By EC Force Stores

  • Yamato Transport is used by 36.6% of EC Force stores.
  • Sagawa Express is used by 2.7% of EC Force stores.
  • Japan Post is used by 1.8% of EC Force stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all EC Force stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Yamato Transport
299
Sagawa Express
22
Japan Post
15

EC Force Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for EC Force stores.

  • 39.8% of EC Force stores have a .jp domain.
  • 36.2% of EC Force stores have a .com domain.
  • 11.3% of EC Force stores have a .co.jp domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.jp
325
.com
295
.co.jp
92
.shop
32
.net
23
.tokyo
9
.site
4
.store
4
.online
4
.style
3
.jp.com.co.jp.shop.net

Top EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Wonjungyo
42,817
2022/09/02
DR.VAPE(ドクターベイプ)公式サイト
63,808
2017/07/28
MEDIHEAL公式オンラインストア
70,200
2021/05/14
はがせるジェルネイル、セルフネイルの【HOMEI公式通販サイト】
72,208
2018/07/06
lululun.com
80,932
2018/02/23

New EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
suyari.shop
suyari.shop
3,154,863
2025/02/28
Crelabo Shop
crelabo.shop
10,639,222
2025/02/28
ANGEL CHAMPAGNE
angelchampagne.shop
475,005
2025/02/21
TELESA(テレサ)公式オンラインショップ
telesa.site
961,453
2025/02/21
ERAM(エラム) 自分勝手に香りを楽しむ、 “感性”が味方するフレグランス
3,174,799
2025/02/21

Stores Switching to EC Force From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC Force has taken 9 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Custom CartShopifyColor Me ShopW2 RepeatWooCommerce

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
sankeishop.jp
304,147
Custom Cart
2025/02/13
Cyber Goods Store (旧
553,163
Custom Cart
2024/12/21
wakahiro.jp
621,911
Color Me Shop
2025/01/28
generic-cosmetics.co.jp
1,401,485
Shopify
2025/02/21
jinekoshop ジネコショップ
1,434,247
Color Me Shop
2025/02/12

Stores Switching from EC Force To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC Force has lost 4 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
ShopifyWooCommerceCustom Cart

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
うま藻公式オンラインストア
1,805,543
Shopify
2025/02/03
mue
2,541,119
Shopify
2025/01/27
online-clinic.me
10,696,292
Custom Cart
2024/12/29
KutoonWash
12,673,264
WooCommerce
2025/02/19

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