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The State of Salla in 2026

Updated Feb 20 2026

Founded in 2016, Salla is a Shopify-like ecommerce platform that allows anyone to set up their Arabic ecommerce stores to sell online using their platform and tools.

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

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Salla Growth

At present, there are 2,444 live stores running on the Salla platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Salla.

  • Salla stores decreased -56.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Salla stores decreased -60% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
6,194
2021 Q1
5,556
2021 Q2
7,571
2021 Q3
8,076
2021 Q4
9,166
2022 Q1
10,185
2022 Q2
11,108
2022 Q3
14,639
2022 Q4
16,254
2023 Q1
17,169
2023 Q2
16,754
2023 Q3
19,725
2023 Q4
21,854
2024 Q1
22,252
2024 Q2
20,901
2024 Q3
17,191
2024 Q4
14,326
2025 Q1
184
2025 Q2
142
2025 Q3
166
2025 Q4
5,676
2026 Q1 (to date)
2,444
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 Salla store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Salla 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.

  • Instagram is used by 67.5% of Salla stores.
  • Tiktok is used by 40.2% of Salla stores.
  • Snapchat is used by 34.0% of Salla stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
1,650
Tiktok
983
Snapchat
832
Twitter
771
YouTube
319
Facebook
235
WhatsApp
129
LinkedIn
22
Facebook Group
2
Discord
2

Contact Information On Salla 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.

  • 51% of Salla stores have an email on their website
  • 8% of Salla stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
1,252
Phone
194

Top Categories For Salla Stores

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

  • 16.7% of Salla stores sell Apparel products.
  • 15.3% of Salla stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 9.7% of Salla stores sell Food & Drink products.

Top Countries For Salla Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Salla.

  • 20.9% of Salla stores are in Saudi Arabia
  • 0.2% of Salla stores are in United States
  • 0.2% of Salla stores are in United Arab Emirates
  • 0.1% of Salla stores are in Montenegro

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

Number Of Employees For Salla Stores

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

  • 98.7% of Salla stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.5% of Salla stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of Salla stores have 25 - 49 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,413
1 - 9
11
10 - 24
2
25 - 49
7
50 - 99
4
100 - 249
3
250 - 999
2
1000 - 4999
2

Number Of Products Sold For Salla Stores

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

  • 16.6% of Salla stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 7.6% of Salla stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 5.4% of Salla stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
405
10 - 24
132
25 - 49
126
50 - 99
71
100 - 249
186
250 - 999
88
1000 - 4999
16
5000 - 9999
4
10000 - 24999
2
100000 - 249999
2

Top Technologies on Salla Stores

We're tracking 68 different technologies that have 57,789 collective installs on Salla stores.

  • Google Tag Manager is used by 96.8% of Salla stores.
  • Sift is used by 95.5% of Salla stores.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 95.5% of Salla stores.

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

Technology
Stores
2,335
2,146
2,143
2,138

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Salla Stores

  • DHL is used by 0.0% of Salla stores.
  • Fedex is used by 0.0% of Salla stores.
  • Aramex is used by 0.0% of Salla stores.

Here are the top 3 shipping carriers across all Salla stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
DHL
1
Fedex
1
Aramex
1

Salla Store Top-level Domain Distribution

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

  • 81.5% of Salla stores have a .com domain.
  • 5.6% of Salla stores have a .sa domain.
  • 3.4% of Salla stores have a .store domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,991
.sa
137
.store
83
.com.sa
55
.shop
54
.org.sa
37
.net
31
.co
13
.netlify.app
7
.app
4

Top Salla Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Reef Perfumes
24,653
2021/10/15
mahally.com
27,779
2021/03/26
baby-story.com
60,737
2021/08/06
ZERO VAPE
77,819
2020/11/27
Cardial | كارديال
79,763
2019/08/30

New Salla Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
mentalitystock.com
5,961,425
2026/02/20
Galaxy Map
5,967,020
2026/02/20
متجرRUV
6,004,323
2026/02/20
samanaa.store
6,026,926
2026/02/20
PIRCHEN BEAUTY
6,033,475
2026/02/20

Stores Switching to Salla From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Salla has taken 84 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
15
3
1

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Reef Perfumes
24,653
Custom Cart
2026/02/17
baby-story.com
60,737
Custom Cart
2026/02/11
Cardial | كارديال
79,763
Custom Cart
2026/02/20
مفارش الحبيب | Alhabib Shop
102,937
Custom Cart
2026/02/17
Beyyak.com
132,718
Custom Cart
2026/02/12

Stores Switching from Salla To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Salla has lost 22 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Just a moment...
162,956
Custom Cart
2026/02/21
shubra.online
243,308
OpenCart
2026/01/18
jalsatak.com
843,285
WooCommerce
2026/01/29
التحقق البشري | Salla
1,661,260
Custom Cart
2026/02/21
alasfaar.com
2,029,555
WooCommerce
2026/01/08

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