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Gifts & Special Events stores on Shopify

Updated Nov 28 2025

There are 52,931 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
11,651

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 -8.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category have increased 77% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
573
2017 Q2
362
2017 Q3
402
2017 Q4
530
2018 Q1
520
2018 Q2
1,078
2018 Q3
747
2018 Q4
572
2019 Q1
719
2019 Q2
645
2019 Q3
703
2019 Q4
655
2020 Q1
795
2020 Q2
1,362
2020 Q3
1,113
2020 Q4
1,555
2021 Q1
1,580
2021 Q2
1,191
2021 Q3
1,370
2021 Q4
1,568
2022 Q1
990
2022 Q2
1,004
2022 Q3
1,595
2022 Q4
1,183
2023 Q1
1,462
2023 Q2
1,466
2023 Q3
1,605
2023 Q4
1,779
2024 Q1
2,025
2024 Q2
1,940
2024 Q3
1,957
2024 Q4
2,408
2025 Q1
2,989
2025 Q2
2,802
2025 Q3
3,461
2025 Q4 (to date)
3,173
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 58.3% 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 15.8% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
30,835
Facebook
21,462
Pinterest
8,352
Tiktok
7,225
YouTube
4,451
Twitter
3,505
LinkedIn
2,148
WhatsApp
1,040
Facebook Group
422
Snapchat
136
Yelp
81
Soundcloud
8
Discord
4

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.

  • 66.5% 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
35,181
Phone
21,973

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.

  • 43.9% 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
  • 6.6% 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
23,248
3,475
3,170
1,863
1,473
1,185
692

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.

  • 20.5% 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 520 different technologies that have 483,299 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
52,758
50,849
36,697
33,447
33,033

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
7,236
10 - 24
6,857
25 - 49
6,923
50 - 99
7,721
100 - 249
9,429
250 - 999
9,498
1000 - 4999
3,227
5000 - 9999
369
10000 - 24999
210
25000 - 99999
148

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 23.4% 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 6.0% of Shopify stores in the Gifts & Special Events category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
12,361
dawn
5,809
debut
3,155
rise
2,450
horizon
1,496
ride
1,303
spotlight
1,189
terrain
1,169
minimal
1,132
origin
996

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
34,886
.co.uk
3,064
.com.au
2,213
.de
1,282
.ca
1,210
.shop
971
.nl
642
.net
641
.co
596
.store
584

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
GODIVA Chocolates
669
2017/03/24
Uncommon Goods
875
2016/12/30
FABERGÉ
987
2016/12/30
FiftyFlowers
1,041
2016/12/30
Archie McPhee
1,096
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
Thiemo
3,398,053
2025/11/28
WeihnachtsWahl
3,762,001
2025/11/28
La Fleur Florist
3,879,115
2025/11/28
Crimson Sparkler
3,997,227
2025/11/28
Tiquer
5,081,269
2025/11/28

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