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Shopify Stores in Uganda

Updated Apr 4 2025

There are 275 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 1.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • Shopify stores in Uganda increased 50% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

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
219
2025 Q1
272
2025 Q2 (to date)
275
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 Q2020406080100120140160180200220240260280

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.

  • 27.6% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Apparel products.
  • 12.4% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 9.1% of Shopify stores in Uganda sell Home & Garden products.
ApparelNoneBeauty & FitnessHome & GardenConsumer ElectronicsFood & DrinkHealthComputersPeople & SocietyBusiness & IndustrialGifts & Special EventsToys & HobbiesArts & EntertainmentAutos & VehiclesPets & Animals

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 36.7% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
  • Facebook is used by 21.5% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
  • Twitter is used by 14.9% of Shopify stores in Uganda.
Type
Stores
Instagram
101
Facebook
59
Twitter
41
YouTube
36
Tiktok
29
Pinterest
13
LinkedIn
7
WhatsApp
5

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.

  • 44% of Shopify stores in Uganda have an email on their website
  • 35% of Shopify stores in Uganda provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
120
Phone
97

Shopify Plus Stores In Uganda

There are 1 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.

  • 233 Shopify stores in Uganda are based in Central Region.
  • 5 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.

  • 223 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 Wakiso.

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

  • 98.9% 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 25 - 49 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
272
10 - 24
1
25 - 49
1
100 - 249
1
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Uganda

  • 1.5% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by UPS.
  • 1.5% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by USPS.
  • 0.7% of Shopify stores in Uganda ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
4
USPS
4
Fedex
2
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.

  • 69.8% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .com domain.
  • 12.0% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .store domain.
  • 6.2% of Shopify stores in Uganda have a .ug domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
192
.store
33
.ug
17
.shop
8
.org
5
.co
5
.co.ug
3
.online
2
.site
2
.company
1
.com.store.ug.shop.org.co

Top Shopify Stores In Uganda

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.kniezon.com
782,166
2022/07/22
Wines & Whiskeys
782,659
2024/02/16
Mahiri Books
821,008
2020/08/28
Mtunda.ug – Mtunda Store
1,084,061
2022/04/29
Sunny Outdoors– Sunny Outdoors
1,349,826
2019/07/05

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