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The State of PrestaShop in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

PrestaShop is an open-source ecommerce platform that originated in France in 2005. PrestaShop supported over a dozen languages shortly after launch and has always had a strong focus on internationalization.

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

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PrestaShop Growth

At present, there are 211,360 live stores running on the PrestaShop platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running PrestaShop.

  • PrestaShop stores increased 7.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • PrestaShop stores increased 35% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
167,405
2020 Q2
168,390
2020 Q3
171,698
2020 Q4
188,899
2021 Q1
203,853
2021 Q2
208,616
2021 Q3
213,714
2021 Q4
218,906
2022 Q1
219,180
2022 Q2
216,863
2022 Q3
220,112
2022 Q4
215,205
2023 Q1
209,648
2023 Q2
213,912
2023 Q3
215,258
2023 Q4
213,532
2024 Q1 (to date)
211,360
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 PrestaShop store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On PrestaShop 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 45.2% of PrestaShop stores.
  • Instagram is used by 35.0% of PrestaShop stores.
  • YouTube is used by 12.0% of PrestaShop stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
95,627
Instagram
73,982
YouTube
25,401
Twitter
20,607
LinkedIn
10,565
Pinterest
8,980
WhatsApp
8,389
Tiktok
3,558
Facebook Group
767
Snapchat
108
Yelp
17

Contact Information On PrestaShop 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.

  • 63% of PrestaShop stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 57% of PrestaShop stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
133,406
Email
119,757

Top Categories For PrestaShop Stores

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

  • 2.9% of PrestaShop stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 2.7% of PrestaShop stores sell Apparel products.
  • 1.6% of PrestaShop stores sell Business & Industrial products.

Top Countries For PrestaShop Stores

PrestaShop is quite popular in Europe, which makes sense since the company is based in France.

  • 13.9% of PrestaShop stores are in France
  • 10.2% of PrestaShop stores are in Spain
  • 8.1% of PrestaShop stores are in Poland
  • 7.4% of PrestaShop stores are in Italy
Country
Stores
29,471
21,654
17,093
15,640
4,417
4,069
3,114

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

Number Of Employees For PrestaShop Stores

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

  • 97.2% of PrestaShop stores have Unknown employees.
  • 1.2% of PrestaShop stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of PrestaShop stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
205,464
1 - 9
2,636
10 - 24
1,096
25 - 49
603
50 - 99
447
100 - 249
576
250 - 999
302
1000 - 4999
161
5000+
75

Number Of Products Sold For PrestaShop Stores

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

  • 19.2% of PrestaShop stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.0% of PrestaShop stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 15.0% of PrestaShop stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
40,632
10 - 24
18,613
25 - 49
21,043
50 - 99
9,819
100 - 249
33,789
250 - 999
31,629
1000 - 4999
14,370
5000 - 9999
3,550
10000 - 24999
2,753
25000 - 99999
1,116

Top Technologies on PrestaShop Stores

We're tracking 320 different technologies that have 693,872 collective installs on PrestaShop stores.

  • Google Tag Manager is used by 35.2% of PrestaShop stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 35.1% of PrestaShop stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 33.3% of PrestaShop stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By PrestaShop Stores

  • UPS is used by 13.9% of PrestaShop stores.
  • Correos is used by 2.7% of PrestaShop stores.
  • Fedex is used by 1.3% of PrestaShop stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
29,319
Correos
5,685
Fedex
2,653
Polish Post
1,626
InPost
1,459
USPS
1,362
La Poste
1,262
Royal Mail
873
Mondial Relay
605
DHL
450

PrestaShop Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 36.5% of PrestaShop stores have a .com domain.
  • 10.5% of PrestaShop stores have a .fr domain.
  • 6.6% of PrestaShop stores have a .pl domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
77,093
.fr
22,158
.pl
13,853
.es
12,180
.it
12,172
.cz
5,005
.eu
4,032
.de
3,973
.ro
3,785
.ch
2,764

Top PrestaShop Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Jones
2,420
2017/04/28
Palmers
3,809
2016/12/30
Xerjoff Universe
5,580
2016/12/30
SecondSale.com
6,918
2017/04/28
Montale Parfums
6,994
2016/12/30

New PrestaShop Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Acua Family Park, s.l.
205,301
2024/03/15
Lilie, Rośliny wodne
681,636
2024/03/15
La Tengo Editions
984,499
2024/03/15
Prinz Publications
1,390,418
2024/03/15
Www.teatreegullygemandmineralclub.com
2,949,405
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to PrestaShop From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PrestaShop has taken 942 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
110
53
40
19
5

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Brazilian Bikini Shop
39,453
Custom Cart
2024/02/14
TGP Online Store
43,625
WooCommerce
2024/03/14
Champagne
57,352
Custom Cart
2024/01/03
Eltrox.pl
100,036
Magento
2024/01/24
Greenice
129,890
Custom Cart
2024/02/20

Stores Switching from PrestaShop To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PrestaShop has lost 1,525 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores
273
31
28
19
19
12

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
La Compagnie des Sens
17,567
Custom Cart
2024/03/07
Comprar Regalos Originales Online
31,442
Custom Cart
2024/03/14
Knight Models
43,395
WooCommerce
2024/03/07
Compañía Fantástica
51,043
Shopify
2024/01/18
Boutique.fr
68,068
Custom Cart
2024/02/01

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