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Shopify Stores in Korea (the Republic of)

Updated Mar 21 2025

There are 2,537 live Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

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Shopify Growth in Korea (the Republic of)

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 Korea (the Republic of) increased 8.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) increased 166% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in Korea (the Republic of).

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
159
2019 Q2
162
2019 Q3
213
2019 Q4
229
2020 Q1
251
2020 Q2
302
2020 Q3
372
2020 Q4
365
2021 Q1
392
2021 Q2
341
2021 Q3
388
2021 Q4
393
2022 Q1
374
2022 Q2
444
2022 Q3
521
2022 Q4
538
2023 Q1
544
2023 Q2
584
2023 Q3
704
2023 Q4
880
2024 Q1
1,038
2024 Q2
2,191
2024 Q3
2,281
2024 Q4
2,339
2025 Q1 (to date)
2,537
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 Q102004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002,4002,600

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 Korea (the Republic of)

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

  • 17.9% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 15.8% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) sell Apparel products.
  • 6.5% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) sell Home & Garden products.
NoneBeauty & FitnessApparelHome & GardenHealthArts & EntertainmentToys & HobbiesPets & AnimalsFood & DrinkComputersConsumer Electronics

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

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 50.0% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).
  • Facebook is used by 20.3% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).
  • YouTube is used by 19.7% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).
Type
Stores
Instagram
1,269
Facebook
514
YouTube
501
Tiktok
244
Twitter
222
Pinterest
180
LinkedIn
116
WhatsApp
22

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

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

  • 57% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have an email on their website
  • 42% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
1,455
Phone
1,076

Shopify Plus Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

There are 51 Shopify Plus stores in Korea (the Republic of). For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

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 Korea (the Republic of). Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 1,320 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Seoul.
  • 604 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Gyeonggi-do.
  • 114 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Incheon.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in Korea (the Republic of)

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

  • 1,709 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Unknown.
  • 99 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Seongnam-si.
  • 72 Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) are based in Goyang-si.

Top Shopify Apps in Korea (the Republic of)

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

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 Korea (the Republic of)

  • 95.1% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have Unknown employees.
  • 1.8% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.8% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
2,412
1 - 9
45
10 - 24
20
25 - 49
16
50 - 99
7
100 - 249
12
250 - 999
17
1000 - 4999
6
5000+
2
Unknown1 - 9

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

  • 10.4% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) ship by Fedex.
  • 6.3% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) ship by UPS.
  • 5.1% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
265
UPS
161
USPS
130
DHL
23
Sagawa Express
8
Canada Post
6
Royal Mail
6
SF Express
5
Japan Post
4
Correios
2

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

.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.

  • 71.2% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have a .com domain.
  • 4.5% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have a .co.kr domain.
  • 4.4% of Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of) have a .kr domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in Korea (the Republic of).

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,807
.co.kr
115
.kr
111
.shop
97
.store
88
.net
61
.jp
44
.co
42
.us
37
.io
12
.com.co.kr.kr.shop.store.net.jp.co

Top Shopify Stores In Korea (the Republic of)

Here are the top stores in Korea (the Republic of) ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
COSRX
1,655
2019/11/01
Official Pulsar Gaming Gears
14,753
2020/10/30
Harumio
14,991
2018/05/04
Emoji Island
17,309
2017/02/24
BL Lashes (Blink Lashes)
17,465
2019/07/05

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