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Shopify Stores in New Zealand

Updated Dec 13 2024

There are 22,465 live Shopify stores in New Zealand.

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

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Shopify Growth in New Zealand

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 New Zealand increased 0.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in New Zealand increased 3% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in New Zealand.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
9,575
2019 Q2
10,404
2019 Q3
11,122
2019 Q4
11,869
2020 Q1
11,998
2020 Q2
13,894
2020 Q3
14,314
2020 Q4
15,031
2021 Q1
15,274
2021 Q2
15,722
2021 Q3
16,907
2021 Q4
18,018
2022 Q1
17,479
2022 Q2
18,686
2022 Q3
19,800
2022 Q4
20,476
2023 Q1
20,908
2023 Q2
21,232
2023 Q3
21,574
2023 Q4
21,878
2024 Q1
21,972
2024 Q2
21,998
2024 Q3
22,327
2024 Q4 (to date)
22,465
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 New Zealand

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

  • 19.6% of Shopify stores in New Zealand sell Apparel products.
  • 15.6% of Shopify stores in New Zealand sell Home & Garden products.
  • 12.1% of Shopify stores in New Zealand sell Food & Drink products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In New Zealand

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 58.6% of Shopify stores in New Zealand.
  • Facebook is used by 52.0% of Shopify stores in New Zealand.
  • YouTube is used by 10.2% of Shopify stores in New Zealand.
Type
Stores
Instagram
13,165
Facebook
11,680
YouTube
2,288
Tiktok
1,905
LinkedIn
1,448
Pinterest
1,438
Twitter
1,082
Facebook Group
218

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In New Zealand

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

  • 67% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have an email on their website
  • 43% of Shopify stores in New Zealand provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
15,138
Phone
9,573

Shopify Plus Stores In New Zealand

There are 308 Shopify Plus stores in New Zealand. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In New Zealand

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

  • 9,488 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Auckland.
  • 2,865 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Canterbury.
  • 1,913 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Wellington.
  • 1,678 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Waikato.
Province
Stores
9,488
2,865
1,913
1,678
1,124
606
371
222
166
102

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in New Zealand

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

  • 8,750 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Auckland.
  • 1,918 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Christchurch.
  • 994 Shopify stores in New Zealand are based in Wellington.

Top Shopify Apps in New Zealand

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

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 New Zealand

  • 93.5% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have Unknown employees.
  • 2.7% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.4% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
21,014
1 - 9
611
10 - 24
315
25 - 49
165
50 - 99
117
100 - 249
118
250 - 999
79
1000 - 4999
36
5000+
10

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In New Zealand

  • 14.6% of Shopify stores in New Zealand ship by New Zealean Post.
  • 1.4% of Shopify stores in New Zealand ship by Fedex.
  • 1.3% of Shopify stores in New Zealand ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in New Zealand.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
New Zealean Post
3,288
Fedex
321
USPS
291
Australia Post
261
UPS
231
DHL
121
Fastway
74
Royal Mail
55
Canada Post
34
China Post
11

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In New Zealand

.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.

  • 52.7% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have a .co.nz domain.
  • 32.5% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have a .com domain.
  • 7.3% of Shopify stores in New Zealand have a .nz domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.nz
11,829
.com
7,297
.nz
1,646
.co
290
.store
279
.com.au
201
.shop
194
.org.nz
91
.net
72
.org
66

Top Shopify Stores In New Zealand

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
The Fabric Store
13,181
2018/03/02
www.lovethatleaf.co.nz
13,959
2020/10/30
Little Bird Organics
16,611
2017/07/28
Bendon Lingerie
17,249
2019/02/01
Jens Hansen - The Ringmaker
17,440
2016/12/30

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