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Shopify Stores in China

Updated Jan 9 2026

There are 33,621 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 decreased -0.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in China increased 7% year-over-year in 2025 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
32,251
2025 Q2
33,005
2025 Q3
33,765
2025 Q4
33,726
2026 Q1 (to date)
33,621
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 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.

  • 22.2% of Shopify stores in China sell Apparel products.
  • 17.7% of Shopify stores in China sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.5% of Shopify stores in China sell Beauty & Fitness products.

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 22.6% of Shopify stores in China.
  • YouTube is used by 18.1% of Shopify stores in China.
  • Facebook is used by 14.7% of Shopify stores in China.
Type
Stores
Instagram
7,606
YouTube
6,082
Facebook
4,934
Tiktok
3,228
Pinterest
2,898
Twitter
2,443
WhatsApp
619
LinkedIn
609

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.

  • 57% of Shopify stores in China have an email on their website
  • 35% of Shopify stores in China provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
19,021
Phone
11,605

Shopify Plus Stores In China

There are 165 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.

  • 14,713 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangdong Province.
  • 4,370 Shopify stores in China are based in Zhejiang.
  • 1,985 Shopify stores in China are based in Jiangsu.
  • 1,897 Shopify stores in China are based in Fujian.
Province
Stores
4,370
1,985
1,897
1,599
1,173
839
807
765
620
577
513
371
301

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.

  • 8,011 Shopify stores in China are based in Shenzhen.
  • 3,398 Shopify stores in China are based in Unknown.
  • 3,282 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangzhou.
City
Stores
8,011
3,398
3,282
1,414
1,261
983
831
743
739
707
660
595
491
487
470

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

  • 99.0% of Shopify stores in China have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% 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
33,281
1 - 9
202
10 - 24
61
25 - 49
18
50 - 99
18
100 - 249
25
250 - 999
11
1000 - 4999
3
5000+
2

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In China

  • 12.9% of Shopify stores in China ship by Fedex.
  • 12.0% of Shopify stores in China ship by UPS.
  • 10.3% of Shopify stores in China ship by USPS.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
4,331
UPS
4,046
USPS
3,478
China Post
513
DHL
386
Royal Mail
245
Canada Post
158
Australia Post
116
YunExpress
82
TNT
63

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.

  • 84.3% of Shopify stores in China have a .com domain.
  • 2.8% 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
28,347
.net
951
.shop
798
.store
646
.cn
379
.top
216
.de
199
.co
191
.us
184
.co.uk
147

Top Shopify Stores In China

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.katebackdrop.com
2,151
2017/04/21
Retroid Pocket
6,071
2020/03/20
AYN Odin
7,955
2022/01/14
BetterLoveDoll
9,708
2023/05/12
cabletimetech.com
10,277
2017/11/17

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