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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated Aug 21 2026

There are 1,149,248 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 5.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q2.
  • Shopify stores in the United States increased 8% year-over-year in 2026 Q2.

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
1,006,583
2025 Q3
1,034,392
2025 Q4
1,077,115
2026 Q1
1,061,965
2026 Q2
1,087,845
2026 Q3 (to date)
1,149,248
Active Stores by Quarter

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.

  • 29.2% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 11.9% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.0% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Beauty & Fitness products.

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 43.8% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 26.9% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Tiktok is used by 12.7% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
503,087
Facebook
308,633
Tiktok
145,696
YouTube
137,828
Twitter
93,057
Pinterest
92,226
LinkedIn
61,992
Facebook Group
11,953

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.

  • 55% 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
633,734
Phone
327,532

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 29,193 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.

  • 179,430 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 111,053 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 96,578 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
  • 80,577 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
State
Stores
179,430
111,053
96,578
80,577
44,332
34,091
32,051
29,140
25,580
25,283
25,075
24,142
23,750
22,825

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.

  • 57,721 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 31,574 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 21,714 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
57,721
31,574
21,714
18,005
14,805
12,293
9,627
9,284
9,007
8,871
7,653
7,318
6,335
6,208

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

  • 95.0% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 2.9% of Shopify stores in the United States have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.9% 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
1,091,776
1 - 9
33,609
10 - 24
9,913
25 - 49
5,431
50 - 99
3,496
100 - 249
2,601
250 - 999
1,698
1000 - 4999
524
5000+
200

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 17.2% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 10.6% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 7.5% 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
197,649
UPS
122,386
Fedex
85,699
DHL
3,443
Canada Post
3,049
Royal Mail
1,957
Australia Post
1,310
Correos
1,048
China Post
892
Purolator
254

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.

  • 85.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 4.0% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .shop domain.
  • 2.2% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .store domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
983,293
.shop
45,758
.store
25,819
.co
22,249
.net
14,703
.us
14,672
.org
12,122
.online
2,236
.it.com
1,452
.io
1,163

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
Barnes & Noble®
68
2016/12/30
www.levi.com
117
2016/12/30
SKIMS
151
2019/09/20
QVC
163
2016/12/30
www.qvc.com
164
2016/12/30

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