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STORES Stores in Japan

Updated May 2 2025

There are 18,917 live STORES stores in Japan.

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

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STORES Growth in Japan

  • STORES stores in Japan decreased -2.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • STORES stores in Japan decreased -2% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

Here is STORES's quarter-over-quarter growth in Japan.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
11,480
2021 Q1
16,407
2021 Q2
17,093
2021 Q3
19,237
2021 Q4
20,410
2022 Q1
20,906
2022 Q2
20,995
2022 Q3
20,453
2022 Q4
20,429
2023 Q1
20,896
2023 Q2
20,434
2023 Q3
20,230
2023 Q4
19,925
2024 Q1
19,660
2024 Q2
10,087
2024 Q3
15,246
2024 Q4
19,468
2025 Q1
19,334
2025 Q2 (to date)
18,917
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q202,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,00020,00022,000

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

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

Top Categories For STORES Stores In Japan

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for STORES stores in Japan.

  • 1.5% of STORES stores in Japan sell Apparel products.
  • 1.3% of STORES stores in Japan sell Food & Drink products.
  • 0.8% of STORES stores in Japan sell Arts & Entertainment products.

Social Media Usage On STORES Stores In Japan

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 55.2% of STORES stores in Japan.
  • Facebook is used by 28.7% of STORES stores in Japan.
  • Twitter is used by 25.1% of STORES stores in Japan.
Type
Stores
Instagram
10,436
Facebook
5,421
Twitter
4,752
YouTube
499
Tiktok
26
Facebook Group
9
Pinterest
3
WhatsApp
1

Contact Information On STORES Stores In Japan

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

  • 4% of STORES stores in Japan have an email on their website
  • 2% of STORES stores in Japan provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
788
Phone
329

Provinces With The Most STORES Stores In Japan

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 STORES stores in Japan. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 822 STORES stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
  • 152 STORES stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 134 STORES stores in Japan are based in Kanagawa.
Province
Stores
822
152
134
84
84
67
60
47
44
41
37
33

Cities With The Most STORES Stores in Japan

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

  • 17,105 STORES stores in Japan are based in Unknown.
  • 131 STORES stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
  • 107 STORES stores in Japan are based in Osaka.

Number of Employees for STORES stores in Japan

  • 100.0% of STORES stores in Japan have Unknown employees.

Here is the breakdown of STORES stores in Japan by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
18,917
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For STORES Stores In Japan

  • 0.2% of STORES stores in Japan ship by Japan Post.
  • 0.1% of STORES stores in Japan ship by Yamato Transport.
  • 0.0% of STORES stores in Japan ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for STORES stores in Japan.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
30
Yamato Transport
14
Fedex
5
USPS
4
UPS
3
Sagawa Express
2

Top-level Domain Distribution For STORES Stores In Japan

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

  • 67.6% of STORES stores in Japan have a .jp domain.
  • 14.7% of STORES stores in Japan have a .shop domain.
  • 14.3% of STORES stores in Japan have a .com domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for STORES stores in Japan.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.jp
12,794
.shop
2,772
.com
2,707
.net
639
.or.jp
1
.website
1
.co.jp
1
.live
1
.biz
1
.jp.shop.com.net

Top STORES Stores In Japan

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
PÂTISSERIE ASAKO IWAYANAGI
99,076
2018/04/20
épine
115,786
2017/04/28
Treat ürself
treaturself.shop
260,852
2024/11/15
humanbug.shop
humanbug.shop
304,812
2024/11/15
Atlantis Vintage Tokyo
306,977
2021/06/25

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