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Shopify Stores in California, United States

Updated Dec 12 2025

There are 173,435 live Shopify stores in California in the United States.

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

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Shopify Growth in California in the United States

  • Shopify stores in California in the United States increased 18.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in California in the United States increased 100% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in California in the United States.

Quarter
Active Stores
2017 Q1
2,186
2017 Q2
1,390
2017 Q3
1,540
2017 Q4
1,910
2018 Q1
1,901
2018 Q2
5,416
2018 Q3
2,617
2018 Q4
2,074
2019 Q1
2,687
2019 Q2
2,446
2019 Q3
2,657
2019 Q4
2,325
2020 Q1
2,613
2020 Q2
3,991
2020 Q3
4,667
2020 Q4
4,205
2021 Q1
4,308
2021 Q2
3,614
2021 Q3
4,181
2021 Q4
3,525
2022 Q1
3,033
2022 Q2
2,859
2022 Q3
4,456
2022 Q4
3,261
2023 Q1
3,996
2023 Q2
4,528
2023 Q3
5,207
2023 Q4
5,448
2024 Q1
5,807
2024 Q2
6,545
2024 Q3
6,216
2024 Q4
7,041
2025 Q1
7,857
2025 Q2
8,758
2025 Q3
12,444
2025 Q4
14,794
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section only include stores that are still currently active (rather than actual historical store counts). Historical data is available through our API on the Elite or Enterprise plan.

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores In California in the United States

Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in California in the United States. We're only showing the top 15 cities here but you can see the full list in Store Leads.

  • 31,152 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 7,583 Shopify stores in the United States are based in San Diego.
  • 6,079 Shopify stores in the United States are based in San Francisco.
City
Stores
31,152
7,583
3,443
3,240
2,844
1,950
1,861
1,712
1,624
1,366
1,339
1,339

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In California In the United States

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 49.5% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 28.4% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 14.1% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
85,914
Facebook
49,215
YouTube
24,452
Tiktok
22,563
Twitter
19,086
Pinterest
17,051
LinkedIn
12,481
Facebook Group
1,324

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In California In the United States

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

  • 54% of Shopify stores in California in the United States have an email on their website
  • 27% of Shopify stores in California in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
93,574
Phone
46,995

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In California In the United States

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in California in the United States.

  • 30.3% of Shopify stores in California in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 10.8% of Shopify stores in California in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.7% of Shopify stores in California in the United States sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Shopify Apps used in California in the United States

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

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.

Employee Breakdown for Shopify stores in California

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
160,731
1 - 9
7,326
10 - 24
2,182
25 - 49
1,223
50 - 99
764
100 - 249
574
250 - 999
456
1000 - 4999
145
5000+
34

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In California In the United States

  • 18.2% of Shopify stores in California in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 11.0% of Shopify stores in California in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 7.4% of Shopify stores in California in the United States ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for stores on Shopify in California in the United States.

Shipping Carriers
Stores
USPS
31,645
UPS
19,067
Fedex
12,855
DHL
624
Canada Post
549
Royal Mail
242
Australia Post
183
China Post
114
Correos
96
Purolator
47

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In California In the United States

.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.

  • 86.8% of Shopify stores in California in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 2.5% of Shopify stores in California in the United States have a .shop domain.
  • 2.1% of Shopify stores in California in the United States have a .co domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in California in the United States.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
150,550
.shop
4,388
.co
3,661
.store
3,478
.net
2,271
.us
2,157
.org
1,702
.la
371
.online
275
.io
245

Top Shopify Stores In California In the United States

Here are the top stores in California in the United States ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
City
Rank
Created
Fashion Nova
158
2017/01/27
Sanrio
211
2016/12/30
Alo Yoga
218
2017/10/27
Patagonia
252
2018/09/07
Windsor
254
2019/08/16

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