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Shopify Stores in China

Updated Jul 10 2026

There are 34,643 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 0.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q2.
  • Shopify stores in China increased 5% year-over-year in 2026 Q2.

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
32,746
2026 Q2
34,539
2026 Q3 (to date)
34,643
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.

  • 22.0% of Shopify stores in China sell Apparel products.
  • 17.9% of Shopify stores in China sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.3% 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 17.7% of Shopify stores in China.
  • Facebook is used by 14.0% of Shopify stores in China.
Type
Stores
Instagram
7,826
YouTube
6,135
Facebook
4,844
Tiktok
3,537
Pinterest
2,873
Twitter
2,369
WhatsApp
689
LinkedIn
669

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
19,789
Phone
12,167

Shopify Plus Stores In China

There are 222 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.

  • 14,936 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangdong Province.
  • 4,398 Shopify stores in China are based in Zhejiang.
  • 2,092 Shopify stores in China are based in Fujian.
  • 2,028 Shopify stores in China are based in Jiangsu.
Province
Stores
4,398
2,092
2,028
1,789
1,319
1,244
853
774
663
601
504
368
305

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.

  • 8,079 Shopify stores in China are based in Shenzhen.
  • 3,290 Shopify stores in China are based in Guangzhou.
  • 3,157 Shopify stores in China are based in Unknown.
City
Stores
8,079
3,290
3,157
1,436
1,268
997
815
813
807
754
663
653
599
517
492

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

  • 99.1% of Shopify stores in China have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of Shopify stores in China have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% 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
34,320
1 - 9
202
10 - 24
46
25 - 49
22
50 - 99
12
100 - 249
24
250 - 999
10
1000 - 4999
6
5000+
1

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In China

  • 13.0% of Shopify stores in China ship by Fedex.
  • 11.8% of Shopify stores in China ship by UPS.
  • 9.9% of Shopify stores in China ship by USPS.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
4,508
UPS
4,093
USPS
3,430
China Post
473
DHL
386
Royal Mail
241
Canada Post
162
Australia Post
106
YunExpress
91
SF Express
61

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.

  • 85.1% of Shopify stores in China have a .com domain.
  • 2.7% of Shopify stores in China have a .net domain.
  • 2.6% 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
29,477
.net
930
.shop
885
.store
620
.cn
375
.us
216
.co
201
.de
174
.top
155
.co.uk
147

Top Shopify Stores In China

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
kbdfans.com
1,239
2019/07/05
INKBIRD
1,749
2021/01/08
vograce.com
2,503
2020/02/28
global
3,719
2016/12/30
ZAPAKA
4,779
2019/05/17

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