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Shopify Stores in Uganda

Updated Nov 29 2024

There are 229 live Shopify stores in Uganda.

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

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Shopify Growth in Uganda

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 Uganda increased 10.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in Uganda increased 51% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
17
2019 Q2
24
2019 Q3
30
2019 Q4
33
2020 Q1
40
2020 Q2
65
2020 Q3
75
2020 Q4
89
2021 Q1
82
2021 Q2
81
2021 Q3
89
2021 Q4
96
2022 Q1
81
2022 Q2
86
2022 Q3
93
2022 Q4
97
2023 Q1
111
2023 Q2
133
2023 Q3
156
2023 Q4
175
2024 Q1
181
2024 Q2
189
2024 Q3
202
2024 Q4 (to date)
229
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 Uganda

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

  • 26.2% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Apparel products.
  • 11.8% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In Uganda

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 38.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
  • Facebook is used by 24.9% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
  • Twitter is used by 18.3% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
Type
Stores
Instagram
88
Facebook
57
Twitter
42
YouTube
35
Tiktok
21
Pinterest
15
LinkedIn
8
WhatsApp
6

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In Uganda

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

  • 46% of Shopify stores in Uganda have an email on their website
  • 37% of Shopify stores in Uganda provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
105
Phone
85

Shopify Plus Stores In Uganda

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

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In Uganda

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

  • 190 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Central Region.
  • 2 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Western Region.
  • 2 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Eastern Region.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in Uganda

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

  • 184 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Kampala.
  • 34 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Unknown.
  • 3 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Entebbe.
City
Stores
184
34
2
1
1
1
1

Top Shopify Apps in Uganda

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

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 Uganda

  • 98.7% of Shopify stores in Uganda have Unknown employees.
  • 0.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda have 100 - 249 employees.
  • 0.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda have 1000 - 4999 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
226
10 - 24
1
100 - 249
1
1000 - 4999
1

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Uganda

  • 1.7% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by USPS.
  • 1.3% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by UPS.
  • 0.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by China Post.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
4
UPS
3
China Post
1
Fedex
1
DHL
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In Uganda

.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.

  • 75.1% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .com domain.
  • 6.6% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .ug domain.
  • 5.7% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .store domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
172
.ug
15
.store
13
.shop
9
.org
5
.co
4
.co.ug
3
.online
2
.africa
2
.biz
1

Top Shopify Stores In Uganda

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Mahiri Books
686,672
2020/08/28
Brivane
758,375
2019/08/16
Wines & Whiskeys
777,514
2024/02/16
Nofeka Uganda
1,151,680
2020/05/29
upstorehomestore.com
1,177,511
2024/03/22

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