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The State of Lightspeed in 2024

Updated Mar 22 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 22,879 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)
22,879
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 41.5% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Instagram is used by 37.9% of Lightspeed stores.
  • YouTube is used by 11.1% of Lightspeed stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
9,504
Instagram
8,674
YouTube
2,534
Twitter
2,117
Pinterest
895
LinkedIn
757
WhatsApp
438
Tiktok
216
Facebook Group
75
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.

  • 52% of Lightspeed stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 19% of Lightspeed stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
11,796
Email
4,355

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.

  • 28.5% 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
6,522
1,295
916
504
397
105

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
22,458
1 - 9
251
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
1,823
10 - 24
594
25 - 49
1,030
50 - 99
329
100 - 249
2,717
250 - 999
3,765
1000 - 4999
1,394
5000 - 9999
262
10000 - 24999
164
25000 - 99999
41

Top Technologies on Lightspeed Stores

We're tracking 201 different technologies that have 0 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 28.8% 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
1,461
UPS
1,427
Fedex
548
Canada Post
544
Purolator
118
DPD
87
Royal Mail
58
Australia Post
57
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
15,600
.nl
4,136
.be
847
.ca
571
.de
421
.eu
251
.shop
160
.net
100
.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
9,452
2020/06/26
www.labyrinthdc.com
16,998
2021/06/04
The Tool Shed
17,171
2020/08/21
www.aladdingv.com
17,980
2018/06/15
Active Endeavors
17,982
2019/07/05

New Lightspeed Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Viking Hengelsport
4,717,533
2024/03/22
Studio Sterrenstoff
6,033,925
2024/03/22
Biminitopkopen
6,073,136
2024/03/22
www.ramenwasser-shop.nl
6,632,206
2024/03/22
elevate your every day
6,647,566
2024/03/22

Stores Switching to Lightspeed From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has taken 38 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
117,263
Shopify
2024/03/09
Bikes Plus
181,576
SmartEtailing
2024/03/04
TegelMegaStore
198,092
Magento
2024/03/22
Liberty Bell Bicycle
337,159
SmartEtailing
2024/02/05
Kantenklaarhagen.nl
343,385
Magento
2024/03/14

Stores Switching from Lightspeed To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has lost 142 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
TAG Firearms
58,125
WooCommerce
2024/03/18
Fenoglio Boot Company
83,528
Square Online
2024/01/01
Atlas Pet Supply
102,245
Ecwid
2024/03/04
Bike Tech USA
107,791
Ecwid
2024/03/18
M-Royal Saddles
174,919
Shopify
2024/01/29

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