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Shopify Stores in China

Updated Mar 21 2025

There are 31,958 live Shopify stores in China.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in China.

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Shopify Growth in China

Shopify's worldwide quarter-over-quarter growth has been quite impressive over the last few years, and that trend is visible within most countries.

  • Shopify stores in China increased 1.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in China increased 384% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in China.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
1,794
2019 Q2
4,067
2019 Q3
5,317
2019 Q4
5,388
2020 Q1
4,500
2020 Q2
6,519
2020 Q3
7,086
2020 Q4
7,501
2021 Q1
7,193
2021 Q2
5,604
2021 Q3
6,415
2021 Q4
6,806
2022 Q1
4,102
2022 Q2
3,446
2022 Q3
3,721
2022 Q4
3,521
2023 Q1
3,531
2023 Q2
3,606
2023 Q3
4,167
2023 Q4
6,516
2024 Q1
6,807
2024 Q2
30,451
2024 Q3
31,562
2024 Q4
31,525
2025 Q1 (to date)
31,958
Active Stores by Quarter
2019 Q12019 Q22019 Q32019 Q42020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q105,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,000

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In China

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in China.

  • 19.8% of Shopify stores in China sell Apparel products.
  • 16.0% of Shopify stores in China sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.3% of Shopify stores in China sell Beauty & Fitness products.
NoneApparelHome & GardenBeauty & FitnessComputersConsumer ElectronicsToys & HobbiesAutos & VehiclesBusiness & IndustrialSportsPeople & SocietyHealthPets & Animals

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In China

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 23.5% of Shopify stores in China.
  • YouTube is used by 18.9% of Shopify stores in China.
  • Facebook is used by 16.9% of Shopify stores in China.
Type
Stores
Instagram
7,498
YouTube
6,025
Facebook
5,406
Pinterest
2,921
Tiktok
2,789
Twitter
2,601
LinkedIn
562
WhatsApp
491

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In China

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

  • 58% of Shopify stores in China have an email on their website
  • 33% of Shopify stores in China provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
18,556
Phone
10,424

Shopify Plus Stores In China

There are 69 Shopify Plus stores in China. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In China

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 Shopify stores in China. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 14,045 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangdong Province.
  • 4,103 Shopify stores in China are based in Zhejiang.
  • 1,975 Shopify stores in China are based in Jiangsu.
  • 1,926 Shopify stores in China are based in Fujian.
Province
Stores
4,103
1,975
1,926
1,542
1,088
726
710
602
514
510
472
337
279

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in China

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

  • 7,652 Shopify stores in China are based in Shenzhen.
  • 3,373 Shopify stores in China are based in Unknown.
  • 3,126 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangzhou.
City
Stores
7,652
3,373
3,126
1,333
1,243
945
757
747
745
739
584
545
473
430
418

Top Shopify Apps in China

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in China.

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 Shopify stores in China

  • 98.8% of Shopify stores in China have Unknown employees.
  • 0.8% of Shopify stores in China have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of Shopify stores in China have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in China by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
31,565
1 - 9
249
10 - 24
74
25 - 49
17
50 - 99
12
100 - 249
26
250 - 999
8
1000 - 4999
3
5000+
4
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In China

  • 12.5% of Shopify stores in China ship by Fedex.
  • 12.2% of Shopify stores in China ship by UPS.
  • 11.0% of Shopify stores in China ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in China.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
3,987
UPS
3,913
USPS
3,529
China Post
533
DHL
436
Royal Mail
230
Canada Post
172
Australia Post
105
YunExpress
95
SF Express
77

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In China

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

  • 84.8% of Shopify stores in China have a .com domain.
  • 2.9% of Shopify stores in China have a .net domain.
  • 2.4% of Shopify stores in China have a .shop domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in China.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
27,113
.net
921
.shop
765
.store
506
.cn
370
.de
211
.co
188
.top
170
.us
169
.co.uk
158
.com.net.shop.store

Top Shopify Stores In China

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Kate Backdrop
588
2017/04/21
kbdfans.com
648
2019/07/05
Aelfric eden
2,286
2016/03/18
Uwowo Cosplay
2,400
2017/05/26
ZAPAKA
7,150
2019/05/17

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