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Shopify Stores in Japan

Updated Jul 11 2025

There are 39,689 live Shopify stores in Japan.

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

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Shopify Growth in Japan

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 Japan increased 0.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q2.
  • Shopify stores in Japan increased 15% year-over-year in 2025 Q2.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
2,040
2019 Q2
2,722
2019 Q3
3,547
2019 Q4
4,377
2020 Q1
5,041
2020 Q2
6,350
2020 Q3
8,081
2020 Q4
10,168
2021 Q1
11,959
2021 Q2
14,471
2021 Q3
16,498
2021 Q4
18,774
2022 Q1
20,267
2022 Q2
21,640
2022 Q3
24,862
2022 Q4
26,090
2023 Q1
27,745
2023 Q2
29,654
2023 Q3
30,686
2023 Q4
32,267
2024 Q1
33,503
2024 Q2
34,348
2024 Q3
36,123
2024 Q4
36,754
2025 Q1
38,017
2025 Q2
39,491
2025 Q3 (to date)
39,689
Active Stores by Quarter
2019 Q12019 Q22019 Q32019 Q42020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q22025 Q305,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000

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 Japan

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

  • 17.2% of Shopify stores in Japan sell Apparel products.
  • 10.8% of Shopify stores in Japan sell Food & Drink products.
  • 5.7% of Shopify stores in Japan sell Home & Garden products.
NoneApparelFood & DrinkHome & GardenBeauty & FitnessArts & EntertainmentSportsHealthPeople & SocietyToys & HobbiesBusiness & Industrial

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In Japan

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 57.0% of Shopify stores in Japan.
  • Facebook is used by 21.6% of Shopify stores in Japan.
  • Twitter is used by 20.4% of Shopify stores in Japan.
Type
Stores
Instagram
22,641
Facebook
8,557
Twitter
8,115
YouTube
5,660
Tiktok
1,842
Pinterest
1,165
LinkedIn
765
Facebook Group
59

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In Japan

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

  • 49% of Shopify stores in Japan provide a phone number on their website
  • 46% of Shopify stores in Japan have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
19,256
Email
18,217

Shopify Plus Stores In Japan

There are 577 Shopify Plus stores in Japan. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In Japan

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

  • 16,734 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
  • 3,299 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 2,093 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Kanagawa.
  • 1,641 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Aichi.
Province
Stores
16,734
3,299
2,093
1,641
1,386
1,295
1,116
995
936
737
611
463
445
419

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in Japan

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

  • 3,531 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Shibuya City.
  • 2,762 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Minato City.
  • 2,248 Shopify stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
City
Stores
3,531
2,762
2,248
2,246
1,449
907
905
869
856
614

Top Shopify Apps in Japan

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

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 Japan

  • 97.3% of Shopify stores in Japan have Unknown employees.
  • 0.9% of Shopify stores in Japan have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of Shopify stores in Japan have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
38,604
1 - 9
363
10 - 24
189
25 - 49
139
50 - 99
110
100 - 249
116
250 - 999
112
1000 - 4999
42
5000+
14
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Japan

  • 4.9% of Shopify stores in Japan ship by Japan Post.
  • 3.3% of Shopify stores in Japan ship by Yamato Transport.
  • 2.1% of Shopify stores in Japan ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
1,925
Yamato Transport
1,308
Fedex
831
Sagawa Express
774
UPS
305
USPS
215
DHL
151
Canada Post
37
Royal Mail
31
Correos
25

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In Japan

.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.

  • 55.1% of Shopify stores in Japan have a .com domain.
  • 22.5% of Shopify stores in Japan have a .jp domain.
  • 5.9% of Shopify stores in Japan have a .co.jp domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
21,871
.jp
8,940
.co.jp
2,323
.shop
1,816
.net
1,172
.store
837
.tokyo
464
.online
337
.co
145
.org
101
.com.jp.co.jp.shop.net.store

Top Shopify Stores In Japan

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
MUSUBI KILN
2,157
2020/11/27
THE SHOP YOHJI YAMAMOTO
3,043
2018/08/17
www.isseymiyake.com
3,394
2016/12/30
Japanese Taste
4,745
2017/06/30
Japan Figure Store
6,749
2021/04/30

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