Shopify Stores in the United Kingdom
There are 193,396 live Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
- Shopify growth in the United Kingdom
- Top categories for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Social media usage on Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Contact information on Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Shopify Plus Stores in the United Kingdom
- Countries with the most Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Cities with the most Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Top Shopify apps in the United Kingdom
- Number of employees for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
- Top Shopify stores in the United Kingdom
Shopify Growth in the United Kingdom
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 the United Kingdom increased 4.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
- Shopify stores in the United Kingdom increased 6% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.
Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in the United Kingdom.
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 the United Kingdom
Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
- 23.9% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom sell Apparel products.
- 13.8% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom sell Home & Garden products.
- 10.4% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom sell Beauty & Fitness products.
Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores 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 52.8% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
- Facebook is used by 36.1% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
- Tiktok is used by 13.9% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
Contact Information On Shopify Stores 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.
- 66% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have an email on their website
- 30% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom provide a phone number on their website
Shopify Plus Stores In the United Kingdom
There are 3,183 Shopify Plus stores in the United Kingdom. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.
Countries With The Most Shopify Stores In the United Kingdom
It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the country-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.
Here is the country distribution of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.
- 170,892 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in England.
- 9,409 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in Scotland.
- 5,233 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in Wales.
- 3,933 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in Northern Ireland.
Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in the United Kingdom
Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.
- 45,108 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in London.
- 25,536 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in Unknown.
- 4,068 Shopify stores in the United Kingdom are based in Manchester.
Top Shopify Apps in the United Kingdom
Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
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 the United Kingdom
- 93.4% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have Unknown employees.
- 3.6% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have 1 - 9 employees.
- 1.2% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have 10 - 24 employees.
Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom by the number of employees.
Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United Kingdom
- 21.9% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
- 3.6% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom ship by UPS.
- 3.0% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom ship by Fedex.
Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores 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.
- 54.1% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have a .com domain.
- 32.5% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
- 2.9% of Shopify stores in the United Kingdom have a .store domain.
Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in the United Kingdom.
Top Shopify Stores In the United Kingdom
Here are the top stores in the United Kingdom ordered by worldwide store rank.
Get more insights on Shopify stores
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- Social Media accounts
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- Phone numbers
- Country
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- Theme and Theme Vendor
- Number of Products Sold
- Third-party technologies
- Creation date
- Platform
- Top-level domains
- Domain status
- Domain type

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