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Apparel stores on Shopify

Updated Dec 1 2023

There are 538,477 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:

  • 20.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Clothing Accessories products
  • 11.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Women's Clothing products
  • 8.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell Casual Apparel products

Here are the the top Apparel subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
27,410
8,552
7,925
5,728
2,026
1,812

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 13.5% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Apparel category have increased 42% year-over-year in 2023 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
6,459
2017 Q2
4,784
2017 Q3
5,171
2017 Q4
6,125
2018 Q1
6,525
2018 Q2
13,605
2018 Q3
10,122
2018 Q4
8,047
2019 Q1
10,131
2019 Q2
10,856
2019 Q3
11,797
2019 Q4
10,801
2020 Q1
12,283
2020 Q2
19,484
2020 Q3
20,895
2020 Q4
21,593
2021 Q1
20,629
2021 Q2
17,378
2021 Q3
18,907
2021 Q4
16,880
2022 Q1
14,446
2022 Q2
16,767
2022 Q3
25,666
2022 Q4
21,299
2023 Q1
29,577
2023 Q2
35,617
2023 Q3
57,392
2023 Q4 (to date)
55,178
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 54.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Facebook is used by 37.9% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Pinterest is used by 11.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
292,807
Facebook
203,929
Pinterest
59,842
Tiktok
58,323
Twitter
42,042
YouTube
36,044
LinkedIn
22,310
Facebook Group
7,402
WhatsApp
4,051
Snapchat
3,062
Yelp
284

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

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

  • 49.3% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have an email on their website
  • 23.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
265,552
Phone
126,535

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Apparel Category

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

  • 59.3% 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 Canada
  • 5.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category are in Australia
Country
Stores
319,417
27,994
27,484
21,097
7,035
6,378
5,266
4,822
4,559

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.

  • 96.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Shopify Fulfillment Network Shopify app.
  • 23.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Geolocation Shopify app.
  • 22.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have installed the Product Reviews 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 595 different technologies that have 5,507,733 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Apparel category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • Shopify Fulfillment Network is used by 96.2% 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
535,816
534,185
416,351
402,976
345,980
339,414
317,694
264,782

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.

  • 18.7% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 16.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 15.5% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
100,861
10 - 24
88,947
25 - 49
79,959
50 - 99
78,674
100 - 249
83,261
250 - 999
69,404
1000 - 4999
25,077
5000 - 9999
2,944
10000 - 24999
1,766
25000 - 99999
581

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 26.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The debut theme is used by 10.1% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
  • The spotlight theme is used by 3.6% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category.
Theme Name
Stores
dawn
140,581
debut
54,175
spotlight
19,298
impulse
19,112
refresh
15,324
brooklyn
14,449
minimal
13,893
craft
12,387
prestige
11,531
sense
10,112

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.

  • 77.2% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .com domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .shop domain.
  • 2.4% of Shopify stores in the Apparel category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
415,546
.shop
15,298
.co.uk
12,993
.store
12,328
.com.au
11,539
.co
10,301
.ca
7,031
.net
6,475
.in
5,899
.us
3,417

Top Stores In The Apparel Category

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Gymshark
52
2016/12/30
Steve Madden
74
2019/03/29
New Era Cap
103
2016/12/30
KICKS CREW
123
2018/08/31
motelrocks.com
130
2019/05/03

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New Stores In The Apparel Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Apparel stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Crocodile Sri Lanka
240,714
2023/12/01
Palace Skateboards USA
1,668,304
2023/12/01
Experienced Apparel
1,675,872
2023/12/01
Center Podium
1,703,591
2023/12/01
The Volunteer Club
1,728,252
2023/12/01

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