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Shopware Stores in Germany

Updated Dec 13 2024

There are 21,505 live Shopware stores in Germany.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopware stores in Germany.

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Shopware Growth in Germany

  • Shopware stores in Germany decreased -4.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Shopware stores in Germany decreased -13% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is Shopware's quarter-over-quarter growth in Germany.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
288
2021 Q1
6,571
2021 Q2
16,752
2021 Q3
16,930
2021 Q4
16,911
2022 Q1
16,532
2022 Q2
16,946
2022 Q3
17,107
2022 Q4
25,205
2023 Q1
25,158
2023 Q2
25,911
2023 Q3
25,983
2023 Q4
25,220
2024 Q1
24,005
2024 Q2
23,028
2024 Q3
22,478
2024 Q4 (to date)
21,505
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopware store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Shopware Stores In Germany

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopware stores in Germany.

  • 2.7% of Shopware stores in Germany sell Home & Garden products.
  • 1.6% of Shopware stores in Germany sell Apparel products.
  • 1.4% of Shopware stores in Germany sell Food & Drink products.

Social Media Usage On Shopware Stores In Germany

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Facebook is used by 26.6% of Shopware stores in Germany.
  • Instagram is used by 25.3% of Shopware stores in Germany.
  • YouTube is used by 10.7% of Shopware stores in Germany.
Type
Stores
Facebook
5,714
Instagram
5,445
YouTube
2,302
LinkedIn
957
Pinterest
930
Twitter
894
Tiktok
265
WhatsApp
204

Contact Information On Shopware Stores In Germany

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 75% of Shopware stores in Germany provide a phone number on their website
  • 61% of Shopware stores in Germany have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
16,040
Email
13,156

Provinces With The Most Shopware Stores In Germany

It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.

Here is the province distribution of Shopware stores in Germany. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 347 Shopware stores in Germany are based in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • 259 Shopware stores in Germany are based in Bavaria.
  • 225 Shopware stores in Germany are based in Baden-Württemberg.

Cities With The Most Shopware Stores in Germany

Here is the city distribution of Shopware stores in Germany. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 19,747 Shopware stores in Germany are based in Unknown.
  • 117 Shopware stores in Germany are based in Berlin.
  • 85 Shopware stores in Germany are based in Hamburg.
City
Stores
19,747
117
85
53
31
21
19
18
18

Number of Employees for Shopware stores in Germany

  • 96.6% of Shopware stores in Germany have Unknown employees.
  • 1.8% of Shopware stores in Germany have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.7% of Shopware stores in Germany have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopware stores in Germany by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
20,776
1 - 9
390
10 - 24
143
25 - 49
76
50 - 99
53
100 - 249
39
250 - 999
16
1000 - 4999
7
5000+
5

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopware Stores In Germany

  • 6.3% of Shopware stores in Germany ship by UPS.
  • 4.0% of Shopware stores in Germany ship by DHL.
  • 0.6% of Shopware stores in Germany ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopware stores in Germany.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
1,354
DHL
852
Fedex
126
DPD
118
GLS Parcel
66
USPS
26
PostNord
7
Correos
4
Australia Post
3
Polish Post
3

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopware Stores In Germany

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Shopware stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 90.0% of Shopware stores in Germany have a .de domain.
  • 6.1% of Shopware stores in Germany have a .com domain.
  • 1.2% of Shopware stores in Germany have a .shop domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopware stores in Germany.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.de
19,362
.com
1,309
.shop
260
.eu
186
.net
96
.store
31
.info
26
.org
23
.online
16
.shopware.store
11

Top Shopware Stores In Germany

Here are the top stores in Germany ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
discount.de
11,532
2016/12/30
mauser.com
12,534
2017/10/27
Wallpaper from the 70s
12,720
2016/12/30
ZWIESEL GLAS
15,716
2020/05/29
Die Welt der Kunst
18,025
2019/02/08

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