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The State of Lightspeed in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

Founded in 2005, Lightspeed is a point-of-sale and ecommerce software provider based in Montreal, Quebec.

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

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Lightspeed Growth

At present, there are 22,913 live stores running on the Lightspeed platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Lightspeed.

  • Lightspeed stores increased 21.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Lightspeed stores increased 133% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q3
3,542
2020 Q4
3,894
2021 Q1
4,306
2021 Q2
4,570
2021 Q3
4,777
2021 Q4
5,035
2022 Q1
5,163
2022 Q2
5,257
2022 Q3
5,580
2022 Q4
14,096
2023 Q1
14,016
2023 Q2
14,039
2023 Q3
23,693
2023 Q4
23,265
2024 Q1 (to date)
22,913
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 Lightspeed store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Lightspeed 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.

  • Facebook is used by 41.6% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Instagram is used by 37.9% of Lightspeed stores.
  • YouTube is used by 11.1% of Lightspeed stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
9,521
Instagram
8,694
YouTube
2,537
Twitter
2,127
Pinterest
898
LinkedIn
755
WhatsApp
431
Tiktok
215
Facebook Group
78
Yelp
32
Snapchat
4

Contact Information On Lightspeed 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.

  • 51% of Lightspeed stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 19% of Lightspeed stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
11,786
Email
4,366

Top Categories For Lightspeed Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Lightspeed.

  • 5.3% of Lightspeed stores sell Apparel products.
  • 3.5% of Lightspeed stores sell Sports products.
  • 2.9% of Lightspeed stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For Lightspeed Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Lightspeed.

  • 28.3% of Lightspeed stores are in Netherlands
  • 12.3% of Lightspeed stores are in United States
  • 5.7% of Lightspeed stores are in Canada
  • 4.0% of Lightspeed stores are in Belgium
Country
Stores
6,485
1,296
912
504
398
106

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

Number Of Employees For Lightspeed Stores

Here is the breakdown of Lightspeed stores by the number of employees.

  • 98.2% of Lightspeed stores have Unknown employees.
  • 1.1% of Lightspeed stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of Lightspeed stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
22,494
1 - 9
249
10 - 24
105
25 - 49
16
50 - 99
21
100 - 249
15
250 - 999
5
1000 - 4999
3
5000+
5

Number Of Products Sold For Lightspeed Stores

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

  • 16.5% of Lightspeed stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 11.9% of Lightspeed stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 8.0% of Lightspeed stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,829
10 - 24
595
25 - 49
1,032
50 - 99
331
100 - 249
2,729
250 - 999
3,782
1000 - 4999
1,396
5000 - 9999
263
10000 - 24999
167
25000 - 99999
41

Top Technologies on Lightspeed Stores

We're tracking 201 different technologies that have 69,820 collective installs on Lightspeed stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 100.0% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 30.0% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 28.7% of Lightspeed stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Lightspeed Stores

  • USPS is used by 6.4% of Lightspeed stores.
  • UPS is used by 6.2% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Fedex is used by 2.4% of Lightspeed stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Lightspeed stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
1,463
UPS
1,427
Fedex
548
Canada Post
545
Purolator
119
DPD
87
Royal Mail
58
Australia Post
58
DHL
47
GLS Parcel
26

Lightspeed Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Lightspeed 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.

  • 68.2% of Lightspeed stores have a .com domain.
  • 18.1% of Lightspeed stores have a .nl domain.
  • 3.7% of Lightspeed stores have a .be domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
15,617
.nl
4,145
.be
850
.ca
570
.de
422
.eu
252
.shop
164
.net
101
.co.uk
89
.com.au
87

Top Lightspeed Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
The Toy Store
9,399
2020/06/26
www.labyrinthdc.com
16,836
2021/06/04
The Tool Shed
17,008
2020/08/21
www.aladdingv.com
17,816
2018/06/15
Active Endeavors
17,818
2019/07/05

New Lightspeed Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
84 Plus rekenmachine!
4,723,385
2024/03/15
The Golden Store
5,810,706
2024/03/15
Sfeervollekeuken.nl
5,992,862
2024/03/15
Kidssleep.nl
6,035,033
2024/03/15
www.deschoneboot.nl
6,135,118
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to Lightspeed From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has taken 37 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Indigo
117,087
Shopify
2024/03/09
Bikes Plus
181,252
SmartEtailing
2024/03/04
Liberty Bell Bicycle
336,831
SmartEtailing
2024/02/05
Kantenklaarhagen.nl
342,975
Magento
2024/03/14
Onlinekabelshop.nl
347,014
Magento
2024/01/05

Stores Switching from Lightspeed To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has lost 128 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Fenoglio Boot Company
83,362
Square Online
2024/01/01
Atlas Pet Supply
102,091
Ecwid
2024/03/04
M-Royal Saddles
174,623
Shopify
2024/01/29
Wyld Blue
176,189
Shopify
2024/01/08
Idaho River Sports
179,600
Shopify
2024/03/04

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