Shopify Stores in Kenya

There are 1,099 live Shopify stores in Kenya.

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

• Shopify growth in Kenya
• Top categories for Shopify stores in Kenya
• Social media usage on Shopify stores in Kenya
• Contact information on Shopify stores in Kenya
• Shopify Plus Stores in Kenya
• Provinces with the most Shopify stores in Kenya
• Cities with the most Shopify stores in Kenya
• Top Shopify apps in Kenya
• Number of employees for Shopify stores in Kenya
• Top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in Kenya
• Top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in Kenya
• Top Shopify stores in Kenya

Shopify Growth in Kenya

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 Kenya increased 10.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
• Shopify stores in Kenya increased 50% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

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

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 Kenya

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

• 26.2% of Shopify stores in Kenya sell Apparel products.
• 14.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya sell Beauty & Fitness products.
• 14.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya sell Home & Garden products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In Kenya

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 44.9% of Shopify stores in Kenya.
• Facebook is used by 33.2% of Shopify stores in Kenya.
• Twitter is used by 13.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya.

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In Kenya

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

• 55% of Shopify stores in Kenya have an email on their website
• 40% of Shopify stores in Kenya provide a phone number on their website

Shopify Plus Stores In Kenya

There are 2 Shopify Plus stores in Kenya. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In Kenya

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

• 878 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Nairobi County.
• 29 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Mombasa County.
• 18 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Kiambu County.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in Kenya

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

• 875 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Nairobi.
• 111 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Unknown.
• 29 Shopify stores in Kenya are based in Mombasa.

Top Shopify Apps in Kenya

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

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 Kenya

• 96.2% of Shopify stores in Kenya have Unknown employees.
• 1.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya have 10 - 24 employees.
• 1.1% of Shopify stores in Kenya have 1 - 9 employees.

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

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Kenya

• 2.9% of Shopify stores in Kenya ship by UPS.
• 2.5% of Shopify stores in Kenya ship by USPS.
• 2.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya ship by Fedex.

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

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In Kenya

.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.

• 64.9% of Shopify stores in Kenya have a .com domain.
• 14.5% of Shopify stores in Kenya have a .co.ke domain.
• 6.3% of Shopify stores in Kenya have a .store domain.

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

Top Shopify Stores In Kenya

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

Get more insights on Shopify stores

Our search interface is easy to use and helps you find the Shopify stores that are relevant to you.

You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:

• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Installed Apps
• 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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Other Reports

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• The State of Shopify
• Most Installed Shopify Apps