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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated Oct 2 2026

There are 1,186,833 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 0.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the United States increased 15% year-over-year in 2026 Q3.

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
1,184,882
2026 Q4 (to date)
1,186,833
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.

  • 29.0% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 12.2% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.9% 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 42.8% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 26.1% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Tiktok is used by 12.6% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
508,460
Facebook
309,560
Tiktok
149,948
YouTube
139,623
Pinterest
92,642
Twitter
92,517
LinkedIn
62,482
Facebook Group
11,883

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
  • 30% of Shopify stores in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
657,783
Phone
350,919

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 29,173 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.

  • 183,504 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 114,225 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 99,273 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
  • 82,133 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
State
Stores
183,504
114,225
99,273
82,133
45,213
34,722
32,835
30,061
28,978
26,437
25,815
25,083
24,450

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.

  • 59,350 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 32,221 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 21,879 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
59,350
32,221
21,879
21,096
15,093
12,457
9,848
9,395
9,140
9,032
7,809
7,475
6,663
6,618
6,307

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

  • 95.2% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in the United States have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.8% 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
1,129,538
1 - 9
33,544
10 - 24
9,934
25 - 49
5,194
50 - 99
3,516
100 - 249
2,632
250 - 999
1,750
1000 - 4999
522
5000+
203

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 17.0% 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
201,528
UPS
126,082
Fedex
89,252
DHL
3,407
Canada Post
3,158
Royal Mail
2,094
Australia Post
1,363
Correos
1,115
China Post
1,042
Purolator
273

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.

  • 84.8% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 4.8% 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
1,006,668
.shop
56,435
.store
26,093
.co
22,967
.us
14,982
.net
14,659
.org
11,990
.it.com
2,546
.online
2,293
.art
1,188

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®
67
2016/12/30
Official EA Site
116
2016/12/30
www.levi.com
123
2016/12/30
Fashion Nova
147
2017/01/27
Alo Yoga
163
2017/10/27

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