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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated Feb 21 2025

There are 969,026 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 decreased -0.0% 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)
969,026
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.

  • 29.2% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 11.0% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.6% 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 47.3% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 32.4% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 12.3% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
458,393
Facebook
314,095
YouTube
119,573
Tiktok
106,041
Twitter
102,867
Pinterest
91,176
LinkedIn
51,181
Facebook Group
13,690

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
515,580
Phone
268,425

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 13,596 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.

  • 159,408 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 92,450 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 81,233 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
  • 71,799 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
State
Stores
159,408
92,450
81,233
71,799
39,993
30,093
27,933
24,558
21,258
20,498
20,471
20,030
19,417
19,391

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.

  • 49,037 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 29,429 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 19,154 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
49,037
29,429
19,154
12,531
10,958
8,452
8,332
8,052
7,638
7,303
6,892
6,432
5,416
4,838

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

  • 94.8% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 3.0% 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
918,579
1 - 9
28,764
10 - 24
9,699
25 - 49
4,600
50 - 99
2,945
100 - 249
2,482
250 - 999
1,355
1000 - 4999
450
5000+
152
Unknown1 - 9

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 18.1% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 10.2% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 5.9% 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
174,988
UPS
98,642
Fedex
57,626
DHL
3,762
Canada Post
2,654
Royal Mail
1,398
Australia Post
1,099
China Post
876
Correos
542
Purolator
207

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.

  • 86.8% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 2.6% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .shop domain.
  • 2.6% 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
840,649
.shop
25,244
.store
25,045
.co
17,970
.net
14,827
.org
11,400
.us
10,366
.online
1,655
.io
1,136
.art
976
.com.shop.store.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
56
2023/09/29
Stanley 1913
118
2020/09/04
Katy Perry Collections
129
2019/07/05
Fashion Nova
147
2017/01/27
Sanrio
178
2016/12/30

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