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Shopify Stores in France

Updated Dec 13 2024

There are 81,586 live Shopify stores in France.

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

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Shopify Growth in France

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 France increased 6.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in France increased 17% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
18,113
2019 Q2
22,434
2019 Q3
26,822
2019 Q4
31,950
2020 Q1
30,981
2020 Q2
38,704
2020 Q3
37,579
2020 Q4
43,993
2021 Q1
43,302
2021 Q2
47,844
2021 Q3
45,762
2021 Q4
45,733
2022 Q1
42,675
2022 Q2
44,245
2022 Q3
49,089
2022 Q4
55,386
2023 Q1
62,550
2023 Q2
62,808
2023 Q3
65,523
2023 Q4
71,708
2024 Q1
79,400
2024 Q2
77,114
2024 Q3
76,842
2024 Q4 (to date)
81,586
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 France

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

  • 5.3% of Shopify stores in France sell Apparel products.
  • 1.9% of Shopify stores in France sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 1.7% of Shopify stores in France sell Home & Garden products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In France

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 45.9% of Shopify stores in France.
  • Facebook is used by 22.8% of Shopify stores in France.
  • Tiktok is used by 12.8% of Shopify stores in France.
Type
Stores
Instagram
37,471
Facebook
18,608
Tiktok
10,483
YouTube
6,846
Pinterest
6,303
LinkedIn
4,478
Twitter
3,178
Snapchat
855

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In France

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

  • 66% of Shopify stores in France have an email on their website
  • 32% of Shopify stores in France provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
53,746
Phone
26,352

Shopify Plus Stores In France

There are 1,999 Shopify Plus stores in France. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In France

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

  • 27,527 Shopify stores in France are based in Île-de-France.
  • 6,616 Shopify stores in France are based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
  • 6,308 Shopify stores in France are based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in France

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

  • 16,524 Shopify stores in France are based in Unknown.
  • 14,717 Shopify stores in France are based in Paris.
  • 1,321 Shopify stores in France are based in Marseille.
City
Stores
16,524
14,717
1,321
1,201
838
662
660
467
441
273

Top Shopify Apps in France

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

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 France

  • 95.8% of Shopify stores in France have Unknown employees.
  • 1.8% of Shopify stores in France have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.8% of Shopify stores in France have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
78,127
1 - 9
1,478
10 - 24
684
25 - 49
347
50 - 99
244
100 - 249
300
250 - 999
363
1000 - 4999
30
5000+
13

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In France

  • 2.7% of Shopify stores in France ship by UPS.
  • 2.2% of Shopify stores in France ship by La Poste.
  • 1.4% of Shopify stores in France ship by USPS.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
2,231
La Poste
1,831
USPS
1,173
Fedex
1,068
Mondial Relay
534
Royal Mail
460
DHL
357
Correos
337
Colis Privé
277
Canada Post
204

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In France

.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.

  • 60.4% of Shopify stores in France have a .com domain.
  • 28.6% of Shopify stores in France have a .fr domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in France have a .store domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
49,298
.fr
23,373
.store
2,283
.shop
1,765
.co
666
.net
528
.eu
508
.de
272
.org
210
.paris
194

Top Shopify Stores In France

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Polène
2,459
2017/03/03
isabelmarant.com
3,003
2020/05/15
Typology
3,932
2019/01/25
Wethenew
4,131
2017/10/27
Manucurist
4,353
2019/06/21

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