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The State of Squarespace in 2024

Updated Mar 15 2024

Squarespace provides a platform for easily creating and hosting websites. Launched in 2004, it powers several million websites but only a few of them are stores using the Squarespace ecommerce features.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Squarespace usage.

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Squarespace Growth

At present, there are 290,756 live stores running on the Squarespace platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Squarespace.

  • Squarespace stores increased 11.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Squarespace stores increased 70% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q2
12,748
2020 Q3
19,573
2020 Q4
28,364
2021 Q1
67,748
2021 Q2
147,737
2021 Q3
129,597
2021 Q4
178,705
2022 Q1
262,757
2022 Q2
258,120
2022 Q3
266,892
2022 Q4
273,831
2023 Q1
279,781
2023 Q2
284,439
2023 Q3
295,071
2023 Q4
299,113
2024 Q1 (to date)
290,756
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 Squarespace store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Squarespace Stores

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 73.1% of Squarespace stores.
  • Facebook is used by 43.1% of Squarespace stores.
  • Twitter is used by 12.7% of Squarespace stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
212,599
Facebook
125,357
Twitter
36,952
YouTube
33,722
Pinterest
19,172
Tiktok
17,608
LinkedIn
8,821
Facebook Group
3,654
Yelp
2,158
WhatsApp
472
Snapchat
394

Contact Information On Squarespace Stores

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

  • 56% of Squarespace stores have an email on their website
  • 31% of Squarespace stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
162,451
Phone
90,770

Top Categories For Squarespace Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Squarespace.

  • 15.0% of Squarespace stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 8.6% of Squarespace stores sell Food & Drink products.
  • 8.2% of Squarespace stores sell People & Society products.

Top Countries For Squarespace Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Squarespace.

  • 74.5% of Squarespace stores are in United States
  • 7.8% of Squarespace stores are in United Kingdom
  • 5.4% of Squarespace stores are in Australia
  • 4.3% of Squarespace stores are in Canada
Country
Stores
216,650
15,767
12,505
2,792
1,557
1,527
1,324
998

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

Number Of Employees For Squarespace Stores

Here is the breakdown of Squarespace stores by the number of employees.

  • 99.4% of Squarespace stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.3% of Squarespace stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of Squarespace stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
289,010
1 - 9
855
10 - 24
365
25 - 49
182
50 - 99
118
100 - 249
98
250 - 999
74
1000 - 4999
40
5000+
14

Number Of Products Sold For Squarespace Stores

Here is the breakdown of Squarespace stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 57.3% of Squarespace stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 8.2% of Squarespace stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 5.0% of Squarespace stores sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
166,704
10 - 24
23,845
25 - 49
14,625
50 - 99
2,349
100 - 249
7,251
250 - 999
2,076
1000 - 4999
205
5000 - 9999
34
10000 - 24999
25
250000+
20

Top Technologies on Squarespace Stores

We're tracking 308 different technologies that have 350,148 collective installs on Squarespace stores.

  • Google Adsense is used by 19.8% of Squarespace stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 19.5% of Squarespace stores.
  • Facebook Pixel is used by 18.0% of Squarespace stores.

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

Technology
Stores
30,949
9,280
6,333

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Squarespace Stores

  • USPS is used by 3.6% of Squarespace stores.
  • UPS is used by 1.6% of Squarespace stores.
  • Royal Mail is used by 1.3% of Squarespace stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Squarespace stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
10,552
UPS
4,721
Royal Mail
3,749
Fedex
2,611
Australia Post
2,149
Canada Post
978
Correos
129
New Zealean Post
128
PostNord
82
DHL
75

Squarespace Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Squarespace stores. 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.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

  • 76.6% of Squarespace stores have a .com domain.
  • 4.0% of Squarespace stores have a .org domain.
  • 3.5% of Squarespace stores have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
222,648
.org
11,765
.co.uk
10,200
.com.au
8,628
.net
5,724
.ca
4,753
.co
4,045
.art
1,431
.co.nz
1,368
.de
1,065

Top Squarespace Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Squarespace, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Trevor Noah
773
2018/10/12
Santa Monica Pier
1,281
2020/10/02
Chelsea Market
1,507
2019/12/20
Armchair Expert
1,896
2018/01/05
Andy's Frozen Custard
2,195
2018/05/18

New Squarespace Stores

Here are the 5 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Joe's Barber Shop
131,554
2024/03/15
Michigan Dutch Barns
349,387
2024/03/15
Blonden Salon
2,389,835
2024/03/15
My Garden Blooms
2,959,123
2024/03/15
Panen338
2,971,397
2024/03/15

Stores Switching to Squarespace From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Squarespace has taken 1,188 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to Squarespace from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
The Chef's Press
55,515
Custom Cart
2024/01/04
Backporch Coffee Roasters
78,979
Custom Cart
2024/03/13
Bearhawk Aircraft
82,277
WooCommerce
2024/03/01
Elawa Farm Foundation
89,340
GoDaddy Online Store
2024/03/05
Indie Flea
107,819
Custom Cart
2024/01/25

Stores Switching from Squarespace To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Squarespace has lost 4,952 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top Squarespace stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Poppy Official Site
5,365
Shopify
2024/03/06
Pinewood
6,169
Shopify
2024/02/26
Biscuit Head
12,415
Shopify
2024/02/13
Papa Haydn
14,971
Shopify
2024/03/05
Longhorn Ballroom
30,855
Spree Commerce
2024/02/27

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