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Magento Stores in South Africa

Updated Mar 22 2024

There are 418 live Magento stores in South Africa.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Magento stores in South Africa.

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Magento Growth in South Africa

  • Magento stores in South Africa increased 5.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Magento stores in South Africa increased 23% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.

Here is Magento's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q3
495
2019 Q4
485
2020 Q1
498
2020 Q2
487
2020 Q3
521
2020 Q4
549
2021 Q1
578
2021 Q2
572
2021 Q3
541
2021 Q4
556
2022 Q1
528
2022 Q2
502
2022 Q3
505
2022 Q4
484
2023 Q1
437
2023 Q2
425
2023 Q3
422
2023 Q4
426
2024 Q1 (to date)
418
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 Magento store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Magento Stores In South Africa

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Magento stores in South Africa.

  • 17.7% of Magento stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.7% of Magento stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.
  • 8.9% of Magento stores in South Africa sell Business & Industrial products.

Social Media Usage On Magento Stores In South Africa

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 59.3% of Magento stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 46.2% of Magento stores in South Africa.
  • Twitter is used by 31.8% of Magento stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
248
Instagram
193
Twitter
133
LinkedIn
129
YouTube
114
Tiktok
24
Pinterest
20
WhatsApp
16

Contact Information On Magento Stores In South Africa

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 73% of Magento stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
  • 54% of Magento stores in South Africa have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
307
Email
226

Provinces With The Most Magento Stores In South Africa

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of Magento stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 40 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 24 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 4 Magento stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cities With The Most Magento Stores in South Africa

Here is the city distribution of Magento stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 348 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 23 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
  • 17 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.

Top Magento Apps in South Africa

Here are the top 4 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Magento stores in South Africa.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Number of Employees for Magento stores in South Africa

  • 71.5% of Magento stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 6.7% of Magento stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 6.0% of Magento stores in South Africa have 100 - 249 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Magento stores in South Africa by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
299
1 - 9
28
10 - 24
11
25 - 49
20
50 - 99
9
100 - 249
25
250 - 999
15
1000 - 4999
8
5000+
3

Top Shipping Carriers For Magento Stores In South Africa

  • 5.3% of Magento stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
  • 1.7% of Magento stores in South Africa ship by Aramex.
  • 1.4% of Magento stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Magento stores in South Africa.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
22
Aramex
7
Fedex
6
DSV
4
Fastway
3
Royal Mail
3
TNT
2
DHL
2
DPD
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For Magento Stores In South Africa

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Magento stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 84.7% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 11.7% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
  • 1.0% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .za.com domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Magento stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
354
.com
49
.za.com
4
.africa
2
.host
2
.co
1
.net.za
1
.cloud
1
.info
1
.us-a1.magentosite.cloud
1

Top Magento Stores In South Africa

Here are the top stores in South Africa ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
EDGARS
9,852
2019/08/16
iStore South Africa
13,179
2019/03/22
Incredible Connection
14,279
2017/02/24
Studio 88
25,885
2018/11/02
OneDayOnly
30,023
2016/12/30

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