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The State of EC Force in 2026

Updated Mar 6 2026

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 969 live stores running on the EC Force platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running EC Force.

  • EC Force stores increased 1.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • EC Force stores increased 21% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2024 Q2
717
2024 Q3
795
2024 Q4
787
2025 Q1
827
2025 Q2
913
2025 Q3
933
2025 Q4
956
2026 Q1 (to date)
969
Active Stores by Quarter

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 53.9% of EC Force stores.
  • Twitter is used by 23.7% of EC Force stores.
  • Facebook is used by 12.3% of EC Force stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
522
Twitter
230
Facebook
119
YouTube
54
Tiktok
25
LinkedIn
11
Pinterest
1

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
Type
Stores
Email
337
Phone
267

Top Categories For EC Force Stores

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

  • 24.3% of EC Force stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 11.5% of EC Force stores sell Health products.
  • 10.7% of EC Force stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For EC Force Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using EC Force.

  • 52.9% 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
Country
Stores
513
11

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.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
951
1 - 9
4
10 - 24
5
25 - 49
2
50 - 99
4
100 - 249
2
250 - 999
1

Number Of Products Sold For EC Force Stores

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

  • 44.9% of EC Force stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 13.0% of EC Force stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 11.6% of EC Force stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
435
10 - 24
126
25 - 49
112
50 - 99
10
100 - 249
54
250 - 999
18
1000 - 4999
7
5000 - 9999
2
100000 - 249999
1

Top Technologies on EC Force Stores

We're tracking 66 different technologies that have 8,619 collective installs on EC Force stores.

  • New Relic is used by 99.4% of EC Force stores.
  • Cloudfront CDN is used by 98.9% 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 34.6% of EC Force stores.
  • Sagawa Express is used by 2.8% of EC Force stores.
  • Japan Post is used by 2.4% of EC Force stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Yamato Transport
335
Sagawa Express
27
Japan Post
23
Fedex
1

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.

  • 37.9% of EC Force stores have a .com domain.
  • 37.7% of EC Force stores have a .jp domain.
  • 11.4% of EC Force stores have a .co.jp domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
367
.jp
365
.co.jp
110
.shop
44
.net
24
.tokyo
10
.online
8
.site
5
.life
5
.store
5

Top EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
DR.VAPE(ドクターベイプ)公式サイト
57,269
2017/07/28
lululun.com
57,632
2018/02/23
ULTORA(ウルトラ)公式
65,455
2021/04/30
COMP
78,307
2020/08/14
&be(アンドビー)公式オンラインストア|河北裕介プロデュースブランド
80,135
2021/05/21

New EC Force Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
mudage-clinic.com
5,148,880
2026/03/06
AMEILA 公式ショップ
7,912,409
2026/03/06
FinePets
12,872,598
2026/03/06
COCOROmode by onizaki
2,769,479
2026/02/27
商品一覧|キセキミー KISEKI ME|高品質CBD
12,894,612
2026/02/27

Stores Switching to EC Force From Other Platforms

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

Platform
Stores
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
SBC湘南美容クリニックオンラインストア
517,788
Shopify
2025/12/15
ranmu.jp
554,889
EC-CUBE
2026/02/23
FATUITE
1,030,268
Shopify
2026/02/04
www.nanarobe.net
1,401,148
W2 Repeat
2026/02/01
自然派マルシェ Rebirth Village
2,805,190
Shopify
2026/02/05

Stores Switching from EC Force To Other Platforms

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

Platform
Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
404 not found
2,974,001
Custom Cart
2026/02/23
BIOAGEN
bioagen.shop
5,148,895
Shopify
2025/12/28

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