Shopify Stores in South Africa

There are 18,149 live Shopify stores in South Africa.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in South Africa.

• Shopify growth in South Africa
• Top categories for Shopify stores in South Africa
• Social media usage on Shopify stores in South Africa
• Contact information on Shopify stores in South Africa
• Shopify Plus Stores in South Africa
• Provinces with the most Shopify stores in South Africa
• Cities with the most Shopify stores in South Africa
• Top Shopify apps in South Africa
• Number of employees for Shopify stores in South Africa
• Top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in South Africa
• Top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in South Africa
• Top Shopify stores in South Africa

Shopify Growth in South Africa

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 South Africa increased 0.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
• Shopify stores in South Africa increased 23% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

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 South Africa

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in South Africa.

• 25.3% of Shopify stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.
• 15.2% of Shopify stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
• 13.2% of Shopify stores in South Africa sell Beauty & Fitness products.
• 7.6% of Shopify stores in South Africa sell Food & Drink products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In South Africa

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 51.0% of Shopify stores in South Africa.
• Facebook is used by 36.4% of Shopify stores in South Africa.
• Tiktok is used by 10.3% of Shopify stores in South Africa.

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In South Africa

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

• 61% of Shopify stores in South Africa have an email on their website
• 45% of Shopify stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website

Shopify Plus Stores In South Africa

There are 121 Shopify Plus stores in South Africa. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In South Africa

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of Shopify stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

• 8,338 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
• 5,507 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
• 1,946 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in South Africa

Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in South Africa. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

• 4,462 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
• 2,397 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.
• 1,383 Shopify stores in South Africa are based in Pretoria.

Top Shopify Apps in South Africa

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in South Africa.

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 South Africa

• 96.1% of Shopify stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
• 1.6% of Shopify stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.7% of Shopify stores in South Africa have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in South Africa by the number of employees.

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In South Africa

• 1.8% of Shopify stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
• 1.8% of Shopify stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.
• 0.9% of Shopify stores in South Africa ship by Fastway.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In South Africa

.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.

• 55.0% of Shopify stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
• 33.8% of Shopify stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
• 5.2% of Shopify stores in South Africa have a .store domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in South Africa.

Top Shopify Stores In South Africa

Here are the top stores in South Africa ordered by worldwide store rank.

Get more insights on Shopify stores

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• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Installed Apps
• Theme and Theme Vendor
• Number of Products Sold
• Third-party technologies
• Creation date
• Platform
• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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Other Reports

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• The State of Shopify
• Most Installed Shopify Apps