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Gifts & Special Events stores on Shopify

Updated Dec 5 2025

There are 53,146 live Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

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The most popular subcategories under Gifts & Special Events are:

  • 22.0% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell Flowers products
  • 6.4% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell Cards & Greetings products

Here are the the top Gifts & Special Events subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
11,702

Growth of Gifts & Special Events Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have increased 3.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have increased 75% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
574
2017 Q2
366
2017 Q3
405
2017 Q4
532
2018 Q1
518
2018 Q2
1,074
2018 Q3
753
2018 Q4
575
2019 Q1
719
2019 Q2
645
2019 Q3
709
2019 Q4
656
2020 Q1
789
2020 Q2
1,359
2020 Q3
1,114
2020 Q4
1,552
2021 Q1
1,581
2021 Q2
1,198
2021 Q3
1,367
2021 Q4
1,566
2022 Q1
981
2022 Q2
995
2022 Q3
1,588
2022 Q4
1,175
2023 Q1
1,460
2023 Q2
1,466
2023 Q3
1,606
2023 Q4
1,796
2024 Q1
2,035
2024 Q2
1,941
2024 Q3
1,951
2024 Q4
2,380
2025 Q1
2,966
2025 Q2
2,776
2025 Q3
3,405
2025 Q4 (to date)
3,512
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 Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • Instagram is used by 58.2% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Facebook is used by 40.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Pinterest is used by 15.7% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
30,939
Facebook
21,504
Pinterest
8,350
Tiktok
7,264
YouTube
4,464
Twitter
3,497
LinkedIn
2,169
WhatsApp
1,049
Facebook Group
416
Snapchat
134
Yelp
79
Soundcloud
8
Discord
5

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • 66.4% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have an email on their website
  • 41.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
35,314
Phone
22,080

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • 43.8% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in United States
  • 11.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in Australia
  • 6.0% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in Canada
Country
Stores
23,289
3,467
3,179
1,877
1,489
1,197
684

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

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • 20.6% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 18.1% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have installed the Shopify Inbox Shopify app.
  • 12.2% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS 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 Gifts & Special Events Category

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

We're tracking 517 different technologies that have 485,216 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.7% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Arrive is used by 96.1% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.

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

Technology
Stores
52,972
51,055
36,855
33,559
33,172

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 17.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 17.8% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 14.6% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell 50 - 99 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
7,251
10 - 24
6,913
25 - 49
6,946
50 - 99
7,757
100 - 249
9,465
250 - 999
9,521
1000 - 4999
3,251
5000 - 9999
376
10000 - 24999
207
25000 - 99999
152

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Gifts & Special Events 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 23.2% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 11.0% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • The debut theme is used by 5.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
12,332
dawn
5,833
debut
3,151
rise
2,449
horizon
1,638
ride
1,302
impulse
1,192
spotlight
1,180
minimal
1,130
origin
999

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Gifts & Special Events 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.

  • 65.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .com domain.
  • 5.8% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .co.uk domain.
  • 4.2% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .com.au domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
35,023
.co.uk
3,093
.com.au
2,210
.de
1,288
.ca
1,215
.shop
966
.net
650
.nl
637
.co
596
.store
577

Top Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top 5 Gifts & Special Events stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
UrbanStems
548
2016/12/30
GODIVA Chocolates
618
2017/03/24
Uncommon Goods
762
2016/12/30
Ten Thousand Villages
856
2016/12/30
Archie McPhee
952
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Gifts & Special Events Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Gifts & Special Events stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
arteenflores.com.mx
3,156,601
2025/12/05
Clotoo
3,404,045
2025/12/05
Vtaux
3,514,338
2025/12/05
Ornix
3,688,367
2025/12/05
Indian Giftz
3,791,998
2025/12/05

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