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Shopify Stores in North Carolina, United States

Updated Jan 9 2026

There are 29,405 live Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States.

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

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Shopify Growth in North Carolina in the United States

  • Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States decreased -78.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States increased 180% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2017 Q1
273
2017 Q2
208
2017 Q3
212
2017 Q4
275
2018 Q1
265
2018 Q2
499
2018 Q3
338
2018 Q4
301
2019 Q1
410
2019 Q2
335
2019 Q3
401
2019 Q4
339
2020 Q1
391
2020 Q2
640
2020 Q3
672
2020 Q4
643
2021 Q1
747
2021 Q2
560
2021 Q3
638
2021 Q4
535
2022 Q1
557
2022 Q2
515
2022 Q3
717
2022 Q4
544
2023 Q1
687
2023 Q2
740
2023 Q3
858
2023 Q4
896
2024 Q1
1,004
2024 Q2
1,073
2024 Q3
1,040
2024 Q4
1,239
2025 Q1
1,457
2025 Q2
1,586
2025 Q3
2,228
2025 Q4
3,475
2026 Q1
739
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 North Carolina in the United States

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

  • 4,584 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Charlotte.
  • 2,442 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Raleigh.
  • 1,023 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Greensboro.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In North Carolina 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 44.2% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 30.1% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 11.2% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
12,986
Facebook
8,859
YouTube
3,279
Tiktok
3,234
Pinterest
2,376
Twitter
2,286
LinkedIn
1,304
Facebook Group
434

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In North Carolina 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.

  • 50% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States have an email on their website
  • 26% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
14,735
Phone
7,602

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In North Carolina In the United States

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

  • 31.8% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 11.9% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.4% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Shopify Apps used in North Carolina in the United States

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

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 North Carolina

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
28,179
1 - 9
782
10 - 24
196
25 - 49
105
50 - 99
88
100 - 249
24
250 - 999
25
1000 - 4999
3
5000+
3

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In North Carolina In the United States

  • 18.2% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 10.1% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 5.7% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carriers
Stores
USPS
5,354
UPS
2,978
Fedex
1,688
DHL
73
Canada Post
56
Royal Mail
31
Australia Post
23
China Post
16
Purolator
4
New Zealean Post
3

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In North Carolina 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.

  • 88.0% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States have a .shop domain.
  • 2.5% of Shopify stores in North Carolina in the United States have a .store domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
25,881
.shop
824
.store
748
.net
416
.co
406
.org
336
.us
282
.online
45
.art
29
.io
21

Top Shopify Stores In North Carolina In the United States

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

Name
Domain
City
Rank
Created
Dickies Official Site
370
2017/07/28
Hoover
472
2017/10/27
Crossrope
693
2017/02/03
Limited Run Games
703
2017/06/30
Greenworks Tools
834
2018/03/16

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