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Square Online Stores in the United Kingdom

Updated Dec 20 2024

There are 7,939 live Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.

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Square Online Growth in the United Kingdom

  • Square Online stores in the United Kingdom decreased -0.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Square Online stores in the United Kingdom increased 90% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is Square Online's quarter-over-quarter growth in the United Kingdom.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
1
2019 Q2
125
2019 Q3
234
2019 Q4
408
2020 Q1
695
2020 Q2
1,402
2020 Q3
2,014
2020 Q4
3,230
2021 Q1
4,425
2021 Q2
3,276
2021 Q3
3,254
2021 Q4
3,599
2022 Q1
6,399
2022 Q2
6,573
2022 Q3
6,894
2022 Q4
6,671
2023 Q1
6,671
2023 Q2
4,358
2023 Q3
4,191
2023 Q4
7,452
2024 Q1
7,708
2024 Q2
7,588
2024 Q3
7,971
2024 Q4 (to date)
7,939
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 Square Online store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.

  • 8.1% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom sell Food & Drink products.
  • 3.2% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom sell Home & Garden products.
  • 3.1% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Social Media Usage On Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

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.

  • Instagram is used by 55.3% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Facebook is used by 46.8% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Twitter is used by 9.9% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.
Type
Stores
Instagram
4,389
Facebook
3,715
Twitter
784
Pinterest
222
YouTube
163
Snapchat
52
LinkedIn
14
WhatsApp
1

Contact Information On Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 69% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom provide a phone number on their website
  • 57% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
5,476
Email
4,544

Countries With The Most Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

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

Here is the country distribution of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 548 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in England.
  • 64 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in Scotland.
  • 41 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in Wales.
Country
Stores
548
41

Cities With The Most Square Online Stores in the United Kingdom

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

  • 7,335 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in Unknown.
  • 93 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in London.
  • 18 Square Online stores in the United Kingdom are based in Manchester.

Number of Employees for Square Online stores in the United Kingdom

  • 99.8% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have Unknown employees.
  • 0.1% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
7,922
1 - 9
5
10 - 24
4
25 - 49
3
50 - 99
3
1000 - 4999
2

Top Shipping Carriers For Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

  • 8.6% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
  • 0.4% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom ship by UPS.
  • 0.2% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Royal Mail
680
UPS
28
Fedex
13
USPS
5
ORLEN
1
DHL
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 37.8% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have a .site domain.
  • 33.3% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
  • 23.5% of Square Online stores in the United Kingdom have a .com domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Square Online stores in the United Kingdom.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.site
3,000
.co.uk
2,643
.com
1,869
.uk
108
.org
58
.shop
37
.net
31
.co
31
.org.uk
27
.store
14

Top Square Online Stores In the United Kingdom

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
EBONIX
47,641
2020/02/28
Violet Cakes
79,252
2022/07/22
Film East
125,741
2020/07/31
Barber Barber
138,442
2020/04/10
Pavilion Bakery
165,797
2023/08/04

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