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Apparel stores on Shopify

Updated Mar 15 2024

There are 528,620 live Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

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

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The most popular subcategories under Apparel are:

  • 20.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Clothing Accessories products
  • 12.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Women's Clothing products
  • 8.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Casual Apparel products

Here are the the top Apparel subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
26,560
8,577
7,559
5,574
2,109
1,348

Growth of Apparel Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Apparel category.

  • Shopify stores in the Apparel category have increased 11.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Apparel category have increased 43% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
5,926
2017 Q2
4,341
2017 Q3
4,738
2017 Q4
5,605
2018 Q1
5,870
2018 Q2
12,778
2018 Q3
9,155
2018 Q4
7,124
2019 Q1
8,888
2019 Q2
9,370
2019 Q3
10,463
2019 Q4
9,560
2020 Q1
10,803
2020 Q2
17,020
2020 Q3
18,698
2020 Q4
19,028
2021 Q1
18,710
2021 Q2
15,959
2021 Q3
17,606
2021 Q4
15,313
2022 Q1
12,803
2022 Q2
15,087
2022 Q3
23,344
2022 Q4
17,995
2023 Q1
23,351
2023 Q2
28,439
2023 Q3
37,191
2023 Q4
48,808
2024 Q1 (to date)
67,142
Active Store Count by Quarter

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.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • Instagram is used by 52.7% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Facebook is used by 35.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Tiktok is used by 11.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
278,449
Facebook
187,993
Tiktok
61,297
Pinterest
55,286
Twitter
46,954
YouTube
45,323
LinkedIn
21,767
Facebook Group
7,086
WhatsApp
3,826
Snapchat
2,829
Yelp
290

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • 47.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have an email on their website
  • 22.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
251,605
Phone
120,639

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • 59.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in United States
  • 8.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in United Kingdom
  • 5.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in Australia
  • 5.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in Canada
Country
Stores
316,769
27,580
27,268
23,240
9,021
5,165
4,704
4,462
4,454

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Apparel category.

  • 23.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Geolocation Shopify app.
  • 20.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Product Reviews Shopify app.
  • 20.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Shopify Inbox Shopify app.

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.

Top Technologies on Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

Many Shopify merchants run third-party technologies on their store in addition to apps from the Shopify App Store.

We're tracking 615 different technologies that have 4,731,633 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Arrive is used by 99.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores.

Technology
Stores
526,389
525,700
524,153
345,048
336,016
316,547
253,823
140,953

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Apparel category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 19.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 15.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
103,578
10 - 24
88,944
25 - 49
78,817
50 - 99
76,559
100 - 249
79,728
250 - 999
65,182
1000 - 4999
24,159
5000 - 9999
2,898
10000 - 24999
1,506
25000 - 99999
669

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Apparel Category

Shopify has an active and extension theme store. Merchants using Shopify can use one of those pre-built theme or develop their own custom theme to meet their needs. We're currently tracking over 1000 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The dawn theme is used by 27.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The debut theme is used by 8.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The spotlight theme is used by 4.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Theme Name
Stores
dawn
146,975
debut
47,168
spotlight
23,975
impulse
16,314
refresh
16,285
craft
13,036
brooklyn
12,412
minimal
11,782
prestige
11,150
sense
10,006

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

The majority of Shopify stores use a .com domain. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

  • 76.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .com domain.
  • 3.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .shop domain.
  • 2.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .store domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
404,173
.shop
17,129
.store
13,531
.co.uk
12,944
.com.au
11,564
.co
10,281
.ca
6,838
.in
6,674
.net
6,523
.us
3,558

Top Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top 5 Apparel stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Carhartt
132
2016/12/30
Fashion Nova
144
2017/01/27
Steve Madden
275
2019/03/29
Gymshark Official Store
308
2016/12/30
Windsor
312
2019/08/16

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New Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Apparel stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Snyder General Store
1,422,105
2024/03/15
Potted Pear
2,273,615
2024/03/15
JoyInTheMoments
3,000,833
2024/03/15
Maison Belmont
3,025,267
2024/03/15
MrTease T-Shirts
3,036,122
2024/03/15

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