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Food stores on Shopify

Updated Jan 23 2026

There are 89,888 live Shopify stores in the Food category.

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

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The most popular subcategories under Food are:

  • 13.1% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell Baked Goods & Desserts products
  • 9.1% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell Candy & Sweets products
  • 8.0% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell Meat & Seafood products

Here are the the top Food subcategories by store count.

Growth of Food Stores On Shopify

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

  • Shopify stores in the Food category have decreased -70.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Food category have increased 78% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
811
2017 Q2
546
2017 Q3
596
2017 Q4
771
2018 Q1
735
2018 Q2
1,820
2018 Q3
990
2018 Q4
926
2019 Q1
1,182
2019 Q2
1,006
2019 Q3
1,136
2019 Q4
1,048
2020 Q1
1,268
2020 Q2
2,953
2020 Q3
2,411
2020 Q4
2,919
2021 Q1
2,997
2021 Q2
2,280
2021 Q3
2,508
2021 Q4
2,026
2022 Q1
1,626
2022 Q2
1,756
2022 Q3
2,379
2022 Q4
1,710
2023 Q1
2,043
2023 Q2
2,172
2023 Q3
2,730
2023 Q4
2,935
2024 Q1
2,940
2024 Q2
3,344
2024 Q3
3,285
2024 Q4
3,891
2025 Q1
4,492
2025 Q2
4,642
2025 Q3
4,984
2025 Q4
6,925
2026 Q1 (to date)
2,070
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 Food Category

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

  • Instagram is used by 61.2% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • Facebook is used by 42.1% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • Tiktok is used by 13.4% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
55,052
Facebook
37,878
Tiktok
12,068
YouTube
10,731
Twitter
7,888
LinkedIn
7,076
Pinterest
5,917
WhatsApp
1,895
Facebook Group
471
Snapchat
222
Yelp
189
Soundcloud
10
Applemusic
4

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Food Category

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

  • 61.7% of Shopify stores in the Food category have an email on their website
  • 46.0% of Shopify stores in the Food category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
55,450
Phone
41,391

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Food Category

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

  • 39.3% of Shopify stores in the Food category are in United States
  • 8.1% of Shopify stores in the Food category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.9% of Shopify stores in the Food category are in India
  • 6.8% of Shopify stores in the Food category are in Canada
Country
Stores
35,288
6,173
6,126
5,045
2,816
2,377
1,975
1,742
1,409

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

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Food Category

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

  • 19.8% of Shopify stores in the Food category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 15.8% of Shopify stores in the Food category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 12.7% of Shopify stores in the Food 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 Food Category

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

We're tracking 629 different technologies that have 793,695 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Food category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.3% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.0% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • Arrive is used by 93.8% of Shopify stores in the Food category.

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

Technology
Stores
89,266
84,310
55,074
51,042
50,836

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Food Category

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

  • 30.3% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 22.1% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 14.7% of Shopify stores in the Food category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
27,268
10 - 24
19,846
25 - 49
13,256
50 - 99
10,042
100 - 249
8,186
250 - 999
5,382
1000 - 4999
1,971
5000 - 9999
275
10000 - 24999
189
25000 - 99999
61

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Food 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 18.0% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 7.4% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
  • The debut theme is used by 6.2% of Shopify stores in the Food category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
16,174
dawn
6,686
debut
5,566
rise
4,675
horizon
3,850
origin
2,527
spotlight
2,223
refresh
1,844
ride
1,622
brooklyn
1,377

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Food 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.

  • 65.7% of Shopify stores in the Food category have a .com domain.
  • 3.9% of Shopify stores in the Food category have a .co.uk domain.
  • 3.8% of Shopify stores in the Food category have a .com.au domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
59,037
.co.uk
3,474
.com.au
3,372
.ca
2,347
.de
1,783
.in
1,732
.shop
1,484
.co
1,132
.fr
1,019
.co.nz
919

Top Stores In The Food Category

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
McCormick
398
2016/12/30
BettyCrocker.com
535
2017/10/27
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
555
2016/12/30
Ben & Jerry’s
577
2016/12/30
Naked Nutrition
653
2020/06/26

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New Stores In The Food Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Food stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Mom chocolate
2,490,174
2026/01/23
Thyme Of Essence
3,407,624
2026/01/23
meubrasilonline.com
3,564,138
2026/01/23
Mama Frog's Seasonings
3,781,278
2026/01/23
El origen del sabor
3,975,588
2026/01/23

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