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The State of OpenCart in 2024

Updated Dec 20 2024

OpenCart is an open store ecommerce platform based on PHP and MySQL.

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

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OpenCart Growth

At present, there are 199,038 live stores running on the OpenCart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running OpenCart.

  • OpenCart stores decreased -6.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • OpenCart stores decreased -7% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
56,365
2021 Q1
66,063
2021 Q2
131,924
2021 Q3
148,964
2021 Q4
160,000
2022 Q1
160,952
2022 Q2
152,995
2022 Q3
147,533
2022 Q4
140,235
2023 Q1
215,773
2023 Q2
221,711
2023 Q3
228,562
2023 Q4
233,278
2024 Q1
224,523
2024 Q2
220,579
2024 Q3
212,704
2024 Q4 (to date)
199,038
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 OpenCart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On OpenCart 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 24.4% of OpenCart stores.
  • Instagram is used by 24.0% of OpenCart stores.
  • YouTube is used by 9.0% of OpenCart stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
48,546
Instagram
47,776
YouTube
17,998
WhatsApp
14,517
Twitter
12,755
LinkedIn
5,720
Pinterest
3,518
Tiktok
2,609
Facebook Group
1,429
Snapchat
236
Yelp
77

Contact Information On OpenCart 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.

  • 60% of OpenCart stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 46% of OpenCart stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
119,480
Email
91,191

Top Categories For OpenCart Stores

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

  • 6.1% of OpenCart stores sell Apparel products.
  • 4.6% of OpenCart stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 3.0% of OpenCart stores sell Computers products.

Top Countries For OpenCart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using OpenCart.

  • 17.4% of OpenCart stores are in Russian Federation
  • 8.7% of OpenCart stores are in Ukraine
  • 3.5% of OpenCart stores are in Turkey
  • 3.5% of OpenCart stores are in Greece
Country
Stores
17,301
6,931
6,926
6,234
4,264
2,906

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

Number Of Employees For OpenCart Stores

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

  • 97.7% of OpenCart stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.9% of OpenCart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.4% of OpenCart stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
194,415
1 - 9
1,703
10 - 24
764
25 - 49
597
50 - 99
412
100 - 249
436
250 - 999
399
1000 - 4999
226
5000+
86

Number Of Products Sold For OpenCart Stores

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

  • 18.4% of OpenCart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 13.2% of OpenCart stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 12.1% of OpenCart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
36,533
10 - 24
15,347
25 - 49
17,339
50 - 99
6,345
100 - 249
26,371
250 - 999
24,125
1000 - 4999
10,977
5000 - 9999
3,042
10000 - 24999
2,579
25000 - 99999
1,009

Top Technologies on OpenCart Stores

We're tracking 367 different technologies that have 545,120 collective installs on OpenCart stores.

  • Google Tag Manager is used by 38.9% of OpenCart stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 38.6% of OpenCart stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 27.5% of OpenCart stores.

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

Technology
Stores
54,704
22,026
20,466

Top Shipping Carriers Used By OpenCart Stores

  • UPS is used by 1.8% of OpenCart stores.
  • Fedex is used by 1.1% of OpenCart stores.
  • USPS is used by 0.9% of OpenCart stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
3,605
Fedex
2,190
USPS
1,838
Royal Mail
1,546
DHL
393
Correios
382
Australia Post
326
Canada Post
256
Correos
211
DPD
145

OpenCart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 29.8% of OpenCart stores have a .com domain.
  • 16.0% of OpenCart stores have a .ru domain.
  • 6.5% of OpenCart stores have a .com.ua domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
59,369
.ru
31,909
.com.ua
12,842
.gr
6,474
.com.br
6,118
.shop
5,771
.co.uk
4,752
.ro
4,040
.com.tr
3,715
.net
2,908

Top OpenCart Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Hobbii.com
2,200
2017/07/28
KODAK PIXPRO Digital Cameras
3,144
2016/12/30
Sri Lanka Tourism
4,968
2016/12/30
Sceptre Inc.
6,013
2016/12/30
6 Dollar Shirts
6,046
2016/12/30

New OpenCart Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Apple Marketi
1,987,685
2024/12/20
Vikas Chain
2,011,576
2024/12/20
Apexium Battery
2,116,985
2024/12/20
GiannakisBebe
2,226,993
2024/12/20
www.mamindom.com.ua
2,293,746
2024/12/20

Stores Switching to OpenCart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, OpenCart has taken 1,161 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
116
50
27
23
12

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Amish Furniture Factory
26,138
Custom Cart
2024/10/22
Inove Papéis de Parede
37,901
Tiendanube
2024/10/07
www.stellarinfo.co.in
45,731
Custom Cart
2024/11/27
Tudor Games Official Site
46,017
Magento
2024/10/26
Ceramic Superstore
64,451
Custom Cart
2024/10/02

Stores Switching from OpenCart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, OpenCart has lost 1,761 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
199
51
29
18
13

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Azeron Keypad
16,316
Custom Cart
2024/12/06
Potensic Official Website
20,566
Custom Cart
2024/11/06
K&F Concept
21,273
Custom Cart
2024/12/16
Intelec
35,153
WooCommerce
2024/10/28
K&F Concept UK
41,865
Custom Cart
2024/12/16

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