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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated Mar 21 2025

There are 983,610 live Shopify stores in the United States.

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

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Shopify Growth in the United States

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 the United States increased 1.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the United States decreased -5% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
424,464
2019 Q2
471,684
2019 Q3
505,324
2019 Q4
554,614
2020 Q1
574,007
2020 Q2
667,287
2020 Q3
733,478
2020 Q4
743,733
2021 Q1
768,050
2021 Q2
817,589
2021 Q3
827,101
2021 Q4
838,117
2022 Q1
865,678
2022 Q2
859,329
2022 Q3
907,885
2022 Q4
959,226
2023 Q1
992,107
2023 Q2
1,000,930
2023 Q3
1,011,069
2023 Q4
1,018,095
2024 Q1
1,040,214
2024 Q2
980,947
2024 Q3
971,031
2024 Q4
969,268
2025 Q1 (to date)
983,610
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 Q10100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000900,0001,000,0001,100,000

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 the United States

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

  • 29.1% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 10.9% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.7% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Beauty & Fitness products.
ApparelNoneHome & GardenBeauty & FitnessFood & DrinkSportsPeople & SocietyArts & EntertainmentHealthToys & HobbiesAutos & VehiclesPets & AnimalsGifts & Special EventsBusiness & Industrial

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores 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 47.1% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 32.0% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 12.3% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
463,112
Facebook
314,935
YouTube
121,422
Tiktok
107,887
Twitter
102,836
Pinterest
91,363
LinkedIn
53,726
Facebook Group
13,652

Contact Information On Shopify Stores 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.

  • 53% of Shopify stores in the United States have an email on their website
  • 28% of Shopify stores in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
521,160
Phone
271,363

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 14,006 Shopify Plus stores in the United States. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

States With The Most Shopify Stores In the United States

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the state-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

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

  • 161,140 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 93,979 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 82,497 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
  • 72,778 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
State
Stores
161,140
93,979
82,497
72,778
40,686
30,526
28,441
24,966
21,654
20,886
20,833
20,279
19,698
19,500

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in the United States

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

  • 49,726 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 29,752 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 19,336 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
49,726
29,752
19,336
12,734
11,150
8,594
8,426
8,073
7,830
7,505
6,995
6,558
5,454
4,915

Top Shopify Apps in the United States

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

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 the United States

  • 94.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 3.2% of Shopify stores in the United States have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 1.0% of Shopify stores in the United States have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
930,157
1 - 9
31,318
10 - 24
9,947
25 - 49
4,692
50 - 99
3,031
100 - 249
2,492
250 - 999
1,368
1000 - 4999
450
5000+
155
Unknown1 - 9

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 17.9% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 10.1% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 6.0% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
176,003
UPS
99,334
Fedex
58,610
DHL
3,759
Canada Post
2,674
Royal Mail
1,443
Australia Post
1,123
China Post
886
Correos
563
Purolator
221

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores 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.

  • 86.7% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 2.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .store domain.
  • 2.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .shop domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
852,809
.store
25,933
.shop
25,845
.co
18,049
.net
14,911
.org
11,550
.us
10,496
.online
1,759
.io
1,138
.com.co
971
.com.store.shop.co

Top Shopify Stores In the United States

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Khy
42
2023/09/29
Fashion Nova
62
2017/01/27
Sanrio
68
2016/12/30
Katy Perry Collections
82
2019/07/05
Stanley 1913
85
2020/09/04

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