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Shopify Stores in the United States

Updated Apr 19 2024

There are 1,036,956 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 6.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • Shopify stores in the United States increased 33% year-over-year in 2024 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 (to date)
1,036,956
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.

  • 30.4% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Apparel products.
  • 11.4% of Shopify stores in the United States sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.6% 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 44.7% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • Facebook is used by 32.7% of Shopify stores in the United States.
  • YouTube is used by 10.9% of Shopify stores in the United States.
Type
Stores
Instagram
463,089
Facebook
339,323
YouTube
113,356
Twitter
107,064
Tiktok
103,286
Pinterest
100,540
LinkedIn
45,087
Facebook Group
15,427

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.

  • 43% of Shopify stores in the United States have an email on their website
  • 24% of Shopify stores in the United States provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
446,140
Phone
251,083

Shopify Plus Stores In the United States

There are 13,302 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.

  • 158,947 Shopify stores in the United States are based in California.
  • 92,171 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Florida.
  • 82,807 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Texas.
State
Stores
158,947
92,171
82,807
71,806
41,846
29,860
28,432
25,371
21,603
20,827
19,928
19,651
19,293

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.

  • 111,399 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Unknown.
  • 29,442 Shopify stores in the United States are based in Los Angeles.
  • 18,541 Shopify stores in the United States are based in New York.
City
Stores
111,399
29,442
18,541
12,311
11,317
8,995
8,582
8,036
7,287
7,008
6,758
5,742
5,608
5,324

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

  • 95.8% of Shopify stores in the United States have Unknown employees.
  • 2.4% 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
993,330
1 - 9
24,796
10 - 24
8,336
25 - 49
3,982
50 - 99
2,656
100 - 249
2,127
250 - 999
1,211
1000 - 4999
370
5000+
148

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In the United States

  • 12.2% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by USPS.
  • 7.0% of Shopify stores in the United States ship by UPS.
  • 4.2% 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
126,913
UPS
72,933
Fedex
44,037
DHL
2,911
Canada Post
2,036
China Post
1,495
Royal Mail
1,167
Australia Post
813
Correos
389
Japan Post
193

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.

  • 86.3% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .com domain.
  • 3.1% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .shop domain.
  • 2.0% of Shopify stores in the United States have a .co domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
894,926
.shop
32,572
.co
20,894
.store
20,514
.net
16,801
.org
11,584
.us
10,177
.online
2,153
.io
1,320
.art
1,051

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
Stanley 1913
120
2020/09/04
Fashion Nova
151
2017/01/27
Ring
190
2016/12/30
Sanrio
196
2016/12/30
Peloton
255
2017/09/29

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