Magento Stores in South Africa

There are 359 live Magento stores in South Africa.

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

• Magento growth in South Africa
• Top categories for Magento stores in South Africa
• Social media usage on Magento stores in South Africa
• Contact information on Magento stores in South Africa
• Provinces with the most Magento stores in South Africa
• Cities with the most Magento stores in South Africa
• Top Magento apps in South Africa
• Number of employees for Magento stores in South Africa
• Top shipping carriers for Magento stores in South Africa
• Top-level domain distribution for Magento stores in South Africa
• Top Magento stores in South Africa

Magento Growth in South Africa

• Magento stores in South Africa increased 0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
• Magento stores in South Africa decreased -15% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

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

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.

• 18.4% of Magento stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
• 11.4% 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 60.4% of Magento stores in South Africa.
• Instagram is used by 46.8% of Magento stores in South Africa.
• LinkedIn is used by 33.1% of Magento stores in South Africa.

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.

• 72% of Magento stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
• 52% of Magento stores in South Africa have an email on their website

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.

• 47 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
• 21 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.

• 286 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
• 21 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.
• 21 Magento stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.

Top Magento Apps in South Africa

Here are the top 5 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

• 69.9% of Magento stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
• 6.7% of Magento stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
• 5.6% 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.

Top Shipping Carriers For Magento Stores In South Africa

• 3.6% of Magento stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
• 1.4% 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.

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.

• 84.4% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
• 11.1% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
• 0.8% of Magento stores in South Africa have a .africa domain.

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

Top Magento Stores In South Africa

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

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