The State of EC Force in 2026

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

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

EC Force Growth

At present, there are 962 live stores running on the EC Force platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running EC Force.

• EC Force stores increased 0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
• EC Force stores increased 21% 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 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 54.6% of EC Force stores.
• Twitter is used by 24.0% of EC Force stores.
• Facebook is used by 12.6% of EC Force stores.

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
• 28% of EC Force stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For EC Force Stores

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

• 24.2% of EC Force stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
• 11.5% of EC Force stores sell Health products.
• 10.9% of EC Force stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For EC Force Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using EC Force.

• 53.3% of EC Force stores are in Japan
• 1.1% of EC Force stores are in Ecuador
• 0.1% of EC Force stores are in Montenegro
• 0.1% of EC Force stores are in United States

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.

• 98.1% of EC Force stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.5% of EC Force stores have 10 - 24 employees.
• 0.4% of EC Force stores have 1 - 9 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For EC Force Stores

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

• 45.5% of EC Force stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 13.5% of EC Force stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 11.3% of EC Force stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on EC Force Stores

We're tracking 65 different technologies that have 8,468 collective installs on EC Force stores.

• Cloudfront CDN is used by 99.4% of EC Force stores.
• New Relic is used by 99.4% of EC Force stores.
• reCAPTCHA is used by 98.9% 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 34.1% of EC Force stores.
• Sagawa Express is used by 2.7% of EC Force stores.
• Japan Post is used by 2.2% of EC Force stores.

Here are the top 4 shipping carriers across all EC Force stores.

EC Force Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

• 38.0% of EC Force stores have a .com domain.
• 37.7% of EC Force stores have a .jp domain.
• 11.3% of EC Force stores have a .co.jp domain.

Top EC Force Stores

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

New EC Force Stores

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

Stores Switching to EC Force From Other Platforms

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

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

Stores Switching from EC Force To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, EC Force has lost 2 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

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