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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated May 9 2025

There are 996,592 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 0.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • Shopify stores in the United States decreased -5% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

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
988,174
2025 Q2 (to date)
996,592
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 Q20100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000900,0001,000,0001,100,000

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.

  • 28.8% 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 47.0% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 31.5% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 12.4% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
468,266
Facebook
314,155
YouTube
123,132
Tiktok
111,693
Twitter
101,776
Pinterest
91,084
LinkedIn
56,078
Facebook Group
13,458

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
525,595
Phone
276,854

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 15,192 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.

  • 162,466 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 95,616 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 83,569 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
  • 73,452 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
State
Stores
162,466
95,616
83,569
73,452
40,909
30,814
28,712
25,392
21,936
21,026
20,950
20,508
19,975

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.

  • 52,208 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 29,919 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 19,679 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
52,208
29,919
19,679
12,938
11,189
8,663
8,392
8,157
7,962
7,915
7,080
6,588
5,473
4,958

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

  • 94.2% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 3.3% 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
938,455
1 - 9
33,319
10 - 24
10,227
25 - 49
4,901
50 - 99
3,104
100 - 249
4,513
250 - 999
1,411
1000 - 4999
470
5000+
192
Unknown1 - 9

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 17.7% 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
176,705
UPS
100,365
Fedex
59,766
DHL
3,630
Canada Post
2,635
Royal Mail
1,500
Australia Post
1,150
China Post
940
Correos
599
Purolator
222

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.

  • 86.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 2.7% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .store domain.
  • 2.7% 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
863,308
.store
26,855
.shop
26,592
.co
18,115
.net
15,068
.org
11,664
.us
10,667
.online
1,799
.io
1,144
.art
981
.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
60
2023/09/29
Fashion Nova
101
2017/01/27
Sanrio
116
2016/12/30
Stanley 1913
123
2020/09/04
FOREVER 21
162
2016/12/30

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