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Gifts & Special Events stores on Shopify

Updated Feb 13 2026

There are 54,246 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:

  • 22.8% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell Flowers products
  • 6.3% 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
12,372

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 decreased -22.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have increased 67% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
572
2017 Q2
355
2017 Q3
396
2017 Q4
523
2018 Q1
503
2018 Q2
1,060
2018 Q3
743
2018 Q4
561
2019 Q1
715
2019 Q2
626
2019 Q3
690
2019 Q4
639
2020 Q1
790
2020 Q2
1,351
2020 Q3
1,080
2020 Q4
1,512
2021 Q1
1,564
2021 Q2
1,189
2021 Q3
1,323
2021 Q4
1,524
2022 Q1
973
2022 Q2
975
2022 Q3
1,550
2022 Q4
1,140
2023 Q1
1,379
2023 Q2
1,434
2023 Q3
1,573
2023 Q4
1,733
2024 Q1
1,898
2024 Q2
1,920
2024 Q3
1,861
2024 Q4
2,261
2025 Q1
2,716
2025 Q2
2,476
2025 Q3
2,875
2025 Q4
3,771
2026 Q1 (to date)
2,930
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 57.7% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Facebook is used by 39.4% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Pinterest is used by 15.3% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
31,289
Facebook
21,373
Pinterest
8,317
Tiktok
7,690
YouTube
4,505
Twitter
3,378
LinkedIn
2,208
WhatsApp
1,079
Facebook Group
388
Snapchat
114
Yelp
88
Soundcloud
9
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.

  • 65.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have an email on their website
  • 41.4% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
35,724
Phone
22,477

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.

  • 43.1% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in United States
  • 11.7% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category are in United Kingdom
  • 6.4% 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
23,369
3,489
3,278
1,995
1,360
1,324
1,023
760

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.

  • 21.2% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 17.6% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have installed the Shopify Inbox Shopify app.
  • 12.1% 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 530 different technologies that have 495,981 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 99.4% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • Arrive is used by 95.7% 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
54,087
51,894
37,646
34,074
33,807

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.

  • 17.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 17.3% 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 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
7,898
10 - 24
7,035
25 - 49
7,092
50 - 99
7,853
100 - 249
9,409
250 - 999
9,519
1000 - 4999
3,279
5000 - 9999
367
10000 - 24999
211
25000 - 99999
177

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 21.0% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.9% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
  • The rise theme is used by 6.5% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
11,399
dawn
5,346
rise
3,511
debut
3,000
horizon
2,546
ride
1,223
impulse
1,190
spotlight
1,138
origin
1,111
minimal
1,078

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.

  • 65.6% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .com domain.
  • 5.7% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .co.uk domain.
  • 4.1% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have a .com.au domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
35,600
.co.uk
3,070
.com.au
2,229
.de
1,336
.ca
1,234
.shop
1,004
.store
684
.nl
656
.net
637
.co
613

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
259
2016/12/30
Tuckernuck
368
2017/10/27
Archie McPhee
384
2016/12/30
Max Brenner | USA
1,189
2017/10/27
Uncommon Goods
1,475
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
My Store
3,590,147
2026/02/13
BEAR LOVE
3,611,988
2026/02/13
Shop Jiaoshizhaokao.com
3,623,362
2026/02/13
Velvet hearts
3,657,583
2026/02/13
Creations Store
3,757,618
2026/02/13

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