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Water Sports stores on Shopify

Updated Dec 5 2025

There are 6,122 live Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

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

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The most popular subcategories under Water Sports are:

  • 51.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell Swimming products
  • 32.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell Surfing products

Here are the the top Water Sports subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
3,141
1,983

Growth of Water Sports Stores On Shopify

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

  • Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have decreased -21.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q3.
  • Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have increased 18% year-over-year in 2025 Q3.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
106
2017 Q2
69
2017 Q3
68
2017 Q4
119
2018 Q1
96
2018 Q2
177
2018 Q3
120
2018 Q4
96
2019 Q1
101
2019 Q2
106
2019 Q3
113
2019 Q4
82
2020 Q1
106
2020 Q2
150
2020 Q3
153
2020 Q4
180
2021 Q1
203
2021 Q2
163
2021 Q3
174
2021 Q4
112
2022 Q1
90
2022 Q2
116
2022 Q3
166
2022 Q4
107
2023 Q1
138
2023 Q2
173
2023 Q3
168
2023 Q4
183
2024 Q1
206
2024 Q2
237
2024 Q3
213
2024 Q4
217
2025 Q1
255
2025 Q2
246
2025 Q3
252
2025 Q4 (to date)
197
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 Water Sports Category

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

  • Instagram is used by 67.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Facebook is used by 48.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • YouTube is used by 24.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
4,120
Facebook
2,962
YouTube
1,499
Tiktok
729
LinkedIn
636
Twitter
572
Pinterest
465
WhatsApp
78
Facebook Group
61
Yelp
10
Soundcloud
4
Snapchat
4
Applemusic
2

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

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

  • 68.6% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have an email on their website
  • 48.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
4,202
Phone
2,936

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • 39.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in United States
  • 14.1% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in Australia
  • 8.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in United Kingdom
  • 5.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in Canada
Country
Stores
864
325
151
147
135
87

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

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Water Sports Category

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

  • 19.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 17.8% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 16.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports 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 Water Sports Category

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

We're tracking 387 different technologies that have 62,091 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Arrive is used by 94.8% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

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

Technology
Stores
6,086
5,806
4,394
4,153
4,050

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

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

  • 19.6% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 17.1% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 13.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,202
10 - 24
1,046
25 - 49
825
50 - 99
741
100 - 249
817
250 - 999
820
1000 - 4999
406
5000 - 9999
54
10000 - 24999
20
25000 - 99999
6

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Water Sports 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 474 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The trademark theme is used by 14.8% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.7% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • The debut theme is used by 5.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
903
dawn
596
debut
338
impulse
256
rise
179
venture
157
horizon
123
ride
121
prestige
116
symmetry
115

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports 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.

  • 68.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .com domain.
  • 7.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .com.au domain.
  • 3.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
4,160
.com.au
429
.co.uk
208
.co.nz
104
.ca
97
.co
95
.shop
91
.de
87
.eu
62
.store
52

Top Stores In The Water Sports Category

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Billabong
499
2018/10/12
Quiksilver
661
2017/10/27
SwimOutlet.com
772
2016/12/30
Rip Curl
1,551
2019/07/19
World Surf League
2,039
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Water Sports stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Platform 5 Padel
2,310,966
2025/12/05
Parisi Sub
3,605,692
2025/12/05
Son of the beach Surfboards
6,763,025
2025/12/05
GG SWIM
6,924,957
2025/12/05
Jacks Wax Surf Wax
7,414,217
2025/12/05

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