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Apparel stores on Shopify

Updated Feb 13 2026

There are 785,210 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:

  • 22.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Clothing Accessories products
  • 11.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Women's Clothing products
  • 8.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Casual Apparel products

Here are the the top Apparel subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
42,443
12,446
11,234
10,498
7,314
3,263
1,559

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 decreased -25.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Apparel category have increased 137% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
5,997
2017 Q2
4,223
2017 Q3
4,613
2017 Q4
5,641
2018 Q1
5,685
2018 Q2
13,589
2018 Q3
8,813
2018 Q4
6,950
2019 Q1
9,023
2019 Q2
8,891
2019 Q3
9,779
2019 Q4
9,286
2020 Q1
10,050
2020 Q2
16,135
2020 Q3
16,055
2020 Q4
17,763
2021 Q1
18,284
2021 Q2
14,624
2021 Q3
16,936
2021 Q4
13,330
2022 Q1
11,583
2022 Q2
13,017
2022 Q3
20,141
2022 Q4
14,108
2023 Q1
17,261
2023 Q2
19,539
2023 Q3
22,349
2023 Q4
23,566
2024 Q1
25,125
2024 Q2
29,525
2024 Q3
29,260
2024 Q4
34,126
2025 Q1
38,342
2025 Q2
44,901
2025 Q3
55,254
2025 Q4
80,932
2026 Q1 (to date)
60,226
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 53.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Facebook is used by 28.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Tiktok is used by 15.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
422,636
Facebook
223,161
Tiktok
119,253
YouTube
73,039
Pinterest
71,888
Twitter
48,892
LinkedIn
39,456
WhatsApp
15,891
Facebook Group
5,799
Snapchat
3,069
Applemusic
504
Soundcloud
401
Yelp
294

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

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

  • 60.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have an email on their website
  • 30.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
477,608
Phone
238,655

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

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

  • 41.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in United States
  • 7.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in India
  • 4.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in Canada
Country
Stores
322,487
47,188
31,864
31,021
26,026
22,156
20,557
18,294
17,147

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.

  • 18.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 15.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 14.2% 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 782 different technologies that have 6,912,947 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.8% 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 95.7% 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
783,258
780,570
751,764
490,389
452,823
447,167
259,511
196,793

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.

  • 18.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 14.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
148,328
10 - 24
132,445
25 - 49
111,886
50 - 99
108,185
100 - 249
116,821
250 - 999
101,325
1000 - 4999
37,881
5000 - 9999
4,736
10000 - 24999
2,578
25000 - 99999
1,558

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 trademark theme is used by 19.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The horizon theme is used by 7.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
148,845
dawn
71,239
horizon
62,231
debut
35,099
rise
29,996
spotlight
27,216
impulse
23,432
prestige
22,706
origin
13,867
refresh
12,945

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.

  • 71.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .com domain.
  • 3.0% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .shop domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .store domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
558,709
.shop
23,518
.store
22,319
.co.uk
15,526
.com.au
12,945
.in
12,613
.co
12,450
.de
11,126
.fr
8,499
.ca
7,851

Top Stores In The Apparel Category

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
QVC
134
2016/12/30
SKIMS
139
2019/09/20
Patagonia
161
2018/09/07
Fashion Nova
169
2017/01/27
Bombas. Socks, Underwear, T
232
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Apparel stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
VAI Gift Store
1,728,715
2026/02/13
Diaspora skateboards
2,814,944
2026/02/13
LuvYaSelf
2,850,970
2026/02/13
Flex Rex
2,868,442
2026/02/13
ceruzzi
3,000,247
2026/02/13

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