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Shopify Stores in India

Updated Dec 13 2024

There are 82,048 live Shopify stores in India.

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

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Shopify Growth in India

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 India decreased -3.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in India increased 59% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
9,927
2019 Q2
11,030
2019 Q3
12,398
2019 Q4
14,179
2020 Q1
15,847
2020 Q2
17,281
2020 Q3
20,272
2020 Q4
22,061
2021 Q1
23,257
2021 Q2
24,492
2021 Q3
27,218
2021 Q4
30,413
2022 Q1
30,438
2022 Q2
37,517
2022 Q3
35,024
2022 Q4
39,158
2023 Q1
39,621
2023 Q2
44,485
2023 Q3
53,677
2023 Q4
60,106
2024 Q1
65,389
2024 Q2
71,725
2024 Q3
85,162
2024 Q4 (to date)
82,048
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 India

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

  • 36.6% of Shopify stores in India sell Apparel products.
  • 13.6% of Shopify stores in India sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.7% of Shopify stores in India sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In India

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 51.8% of Shopify stores in India.
  • Facebook is used by 31.0% of Shopify stores in India.
  • YouTube is used by 17.1% of Shopify stores in India.
Type
Stores
Instagram
42,504
Facebook
25,414
YouTube
14,051
Twitter
7,571
LinkedIn
6,285
WhatsApp
4,111
Pinterest
2,087
Snapchat
279

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In India

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 India have an email on their website
  • 51% of Shopify stores in India provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
57,074
Phone
42,213

Shopify Plus Stores In India

There are 469 Shopify Plus stores in India. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In India

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

  • 13,825 Shopify stores in India are based in Maharashtra.
  • 10,686 Shopify stores in India are based in Delhi.
  • 8,100 Shopify stores in India are based in Gujarat.
  • 7,168 Shopify stores in India are based in Uttar Pradesh.
Province
Stores
13,825
10,686
8,100
6,806
5,309
4,755
4,614
2,938
2,653
2,551
2,159

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in India

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

  • 8,933 Shopify stores in India are based in Unknown.
  • 6,878 Shopify stores in India are based in Mumbai.
  • 5,610 Shopify stores in India are based in New Delhi.
City
Stores
8,933
6,878
5,610
5,091
4,269
3,502
2,965
2,865
2,238
2,214
2,110
2,098
1,910
1,728
951

Top Shopify Apps in India

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

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 India

  • 94.2% of Shopify stores in India have Unknown employees.
  • 3.0% of Shopify stores in India have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.3% of Shopify stores in India have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
77,256
1 - 9
2,454
10 - 24
1,063
25 - 49
529
50 - 99
299
100 - 249
248
250 - 999
147
1000 - 4999
39
5000+
13

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In India

  • 3.9% of Shopify stores in India ship by Fedex.
  • 1.9% of Shopify stores in India ship by UPS.
  • 1.5% of Shopify stores in India ship by USPS.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
3,211
UPS
1,522
USPS
1,230
Delhivery
687
Bluedart
215
DHL
116
Royal Mail
54
Aramex
52
Canada Post
47
Australia Post
31

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In India

.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.

  • 59.7% of Shopify stores in India have a .com domain.
  • 27.4% of Shopify stores in India have a .in domain.
  • 3.4% of Shopify stores in India have a .shop domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
48,962
.in
22,449
.shop
2,767
.co.in
2,238
.store
2,051
.co
948
.online
420
.org
204
.net
157
.life
156

Top Shopify Stores In India

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Westside
2,297
2019/11/08
LIFESTYLE BY PS
2,591
2016/12/30
Lenskart.com
3,304
2016/12/30
Two Brothers Organic Farms
3,559
2018/01/12
Ugaoo
3,601
2016/12/30

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