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Shopify Stores in California, United States

Updated Jan 9 2026

There are 174,652 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 decreased -79.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in California in the United States increased 144% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2017 Q1
2,172
2017 Q2
1,377
2017 Q3
1,518
2017 Q4
1,892
2018 Q1
1,888
2018 Q2
5,403
2018 Q3
2,582
2018 Q4
2,063
2019 Q1
2,670
2019 Q2
2,419
2019 Q3
2,641
2019 Q4
2,310
2020 Q1
2,573
2020 Q2
3,951
2020 Q3
4,602
2020 Q4
4,157
2021 Q1
4,256
2021 Q2
3,574
2021 Q3
4,129
2021 Q4
3,473
2022 Q1
2,993
2022 Q2
2,818
2022 Q3
4,401
2022 Q4
3,197
2023 Q1
3,910
2023 Q2
4,456
2023 Q3
5,108
2023 Q4
5,373
2024 Q1
5,674
2024 Q2
6,420
2024 Q3
6,105
2024 Q4
6,760
2025 Q1
7,572
2025 Q2
8,311
2025 Q3
11,233
2025 Q4
16,464
2026 Q1
3,335
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.

  • 31,326 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 7,676 Shopify stores in the United States are based in San Diego.
  • 6,055 Shopify stores in the United States are based in San Francisco.
City
Stores
31,326
7,676
3,511
3,247
2,904
1,971
1,873
1,754
1,625
1,397
1,386
1,353

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 49.0% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 28.0% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 14.0% of Shopify stores in California in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
85,549
Facebook
48,857
YouTube
24,424
Tiktok
22,586
Twitter
18,852
Pinterest
16,889
LinkedIn
12,434
Facebook Group
1,306

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
93,536
Phone
46,958

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.

  • 30.5% of Shopify stores in California in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 10.7% of Shopify stores in California in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.6% 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
162,067
1 - 9
7,257
10 - 24
2,159
25 - 49
1,214
50 - 99
756
100 - 249
573
250 - 999
449
1000 - 4999
143
5000+
34

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

  • 18.0% of Shopify stores in California in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 10.9% 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
31,490
UPS
19,053
Fedex
12,899
DHL
621
Canada Post
535
Royal Mail
235
Australia Post
174
China Post
113
Correos
97
Purolator
45

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.

  • 87.0% 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
151,944
.shop
4,332
.co
3,659
.store
3,436
.net
2,273
.us
2,176
.org
1,688
.la
372
.online
260
.io
252

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
155
2017/01/27
Alo Yoga
205
2017/10/27
Sanrio
207
2016/12/30
Windsor
218
2019/08/16
Patagonia
226
2018/09/07

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