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Shopify Stores in London, United Kingdom

Updated Jan 30 2026

There are 50,646 live Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.

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

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Shopify Growth in London in the United Kingdom

  • Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom decreased -59.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom increased 231% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in London in the United Kingdom.

Quarter
Active Stores
2017 Q1
346
2017 Q2
234
2017 Q3
294
2017 Q4
379
2018 Q1
365
2018 Q2
1,146
2018 Q3
523
2018 Q4
425
2019 Q1
558
2019 Q2
521
2019 Q3
576
2019 Q4
549
2020 Q1
613
2020 Q2
1,037
2020 Q3
956
2020 Q4
1,273
2021 Q1
1,228
2021 Q2
1,025
2021 Q3
1,125
2021 Q4
826
2022 Q1
827
2022 Q2
778
2022 Q3
1,305
2022 Q4
888
2023 Q1
1,170
2023 Q2
1,251
2023 Q3
1,364
2023 Q4
1,568
2024 Q1
1,726
2024 Q2
1,716
2024 Q3
1,766
2024 Q4
1,973
2025 Q1
2,542
2025 Q2
2,868
2025 Q3
3,643
2025 Q4
6,527
2026 Q1
2,642
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section only include stores that are still currently active (rather than actual historical store counts). Historical data is available through our API on the Elite or Enterprise plan.

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.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

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 52.2% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.
  • Facebook is used by 28.3% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.
  • Tiktok is used by 16.6% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.
Type
Stores
Instagram
26,425
Facebook
14,342
Tiktok
8,429
YouTube
6,451
Twitter
6,002
Pinterest
5,703
LinkedIn
4,221
WhatsApp
578

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

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

  • 70% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom have an email on their website
  • 26% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
35,659
Phone
13,304

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.

  • 30.2% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom sell Apparel products.
  • 13.0% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 11.0% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom sell Home & Garden products.

Top Shopify Apps used in London in the United Kingdom

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

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.

Employee Breakdown for Shopify stores in London

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
46,617
1 - 9
2,002
10 - 24
746
25 - 49
428
50 - 99
314
100 - 249
354
250 - 999
134
1000 - 4999
36
5000+
15

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

  • 17.0% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
  • 4.6% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom ship by UPS.
  • 4.6% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for stores on Shopify in London in the United Kingdom.

Shipping Carriers
Stores
Royal Mail
8,595
UPS
2,348
Fedex
2,342
USPS
1,947
DHL
338
Canada Post
269
Australia Post
208
Correos
167
PostNord
129
China Post
50

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

.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.

  • 65.5% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom have a .com domain.
  • 18.9% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom have a .store domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in London in the United Kingdom.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
33,185
.co.uk
9,567
.store
1,436
.shop
1,114
.co
951
.uk
723
.net
343
.org
277
.de
253
.fr
186

Top Shopify Stores In London In the United Kingdom

Here are the top stores in London in the United Kingdom ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
City
Rank
Created
FABERGÉ
1,071
2016/12/30
Phaidon
1,465
2016/12/30
French Connection UK
1,861
2016/12/30
Skinnydip London
1,964
2017/12/29
Victoria Beckham UK
2,224
2016/12/30

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