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The State of Lightspeed in 2023

Updated Dec 1 2023

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 23,383 live stores running on the Lightspeed platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Lightspeed.

  • Lightspeed stores increased 28.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q3.
  • Lightspeed stores increased 156% year-over-year in 2023 Q3.
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 (to date)
23,383
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 41.7% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Instagram is used by 38.1% of Lightspeed stores.
  • YouTube is used by 10.2% of Lightspeed stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
9,757
Instagram
8,918
YouTube
2,395
Twitter
2,007
Pinterest
929
LinkedIn
782
WhatsApp
405
Tiktok
191
Facebook Group
79
Yelp
32
Snapchat
5

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
12,141
Email
4,511

Top Categories For Lightspeed Stores

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

  • 6.4% of Lightspeed stores sell Apparel products.
  • 4.0% of Lightspeed stores sell Sports products.
  • 3.2% of Lightspeed stores sell Home & Garden products.

Top Countries For Lightspeed Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Lightspeed.

  • 28.8% of Lightspeed stores are in Netherlands
  • 12.3% of Lightspeed stores are in United States
  • 5.7% of Lightspeed stores are in Canada
  • 4.1% of Lightspeed stores are in Belgium
Country
Stores
6,726
1,336
960
512
393
110

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.
  • 0.4% of Lightspeed stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
22,956
1 - 9
266
10 - 24
95
25 - 49
16
50 - 99
22
100 - 249
14
250 - 999
6
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.

  • 16.6% of Lightspeed stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 12.1% of Lightspeed stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 8.2% of Lightspeed stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,928
10 - 24
643
25 - 49
1,107
50 - 99
345
100 - 249
2,840
250 - 999
3,870
1000 - 4999
1,410
5000 - 9999
265
10000 - 24999
170
25000 - 99999
46

Top Technologies on Lightspeed Stores

We're tracking 185 different technologies that have 70,190 collective installs on Lightspeed stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 100.0% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 29.2% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 27.8% of Lightspeed stores.

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

Technology
Stores
23,373
2,263
2,147
1,681

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Lightspeed Stores

  • USPS is used by 6.4% of Lightspeed stores.
  • UPS is used by 6.1% of Lightspeed stores.
  • Canada Post is used by 2.4% of Lightspeed stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
1,490
UPS
1,427
Canada Post
561
Fedex
545
Purolator
124
DPD
88
Royal Mail
64
Australia Post
58
DHL
48
GLS Parcel
27

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.

  • 67.6% of Lightspeed stores have a .com domain.
  • 18.5% of Lightspeed stores have a .nl domain.
  • 3.8% of Lightspeed stores have a .be domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
15,807
.nl
4,322
.be
888
.ca
587
.de
429
.eu
259
.shop
177
.net
105
.ch
89
.co.uk
89

Top Lightspeed Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Fleurty Girl
12,695
2016/12/30
Sarah O. Jewelry
14,513
2018/11/09
Isabel Bernard
17,908
2018/06/15
Airsoft Extreme
19,966
2016/12/30
Au Pied de Cochon
20,067
2016/12/30

New Lightspeed Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Inofec
1,768,025
2023/12/01
ls.kickoffice.nl
1,780,808
2023/12/01
Toneelcentrale / Uitgeverij Jongeneel
2,316,318
2023/12/01
Torin Sifan Nederland
5,556,330
2023/12/01
Hilton's Mens
6,042,495
2023/12/01

Stores Switching to Lightspeed From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has taken 60 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
Bazar Bizar
200,082
Shopware
2023/11/27
www.rodworks.com
247,266
Shopify
2023/11/10
Game Nite
248,774
WooCommerce
2023/11/28
Rocket City Toys
372,294
Ecwid
2023/11/03
Lucy's Boudoir
402,281
Shopify
2023/09/22

Stores Switching from Lightspeed To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Lightspeed has lost 129 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
64
10
3
2
2

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Wool and Company
25,205
Shopify
2023/10/23
AKFIT Fitness Specialty Store
59,330
Shopify
2023/11/06
Johnson's Surplus
68,703
Ecwid
2023/11/20
AZ MediQuip
79,029
WooCommerce
2023/10/09
Polly's Fine Jewelry
83,322
Shopify
2023/11/06

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