The State of VTEX in 2026

VTEX is the first and only fully integrated commerce, marketplace and OMS solution that offers fastest time-to-revenue and no upgrades.

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

• VTEX growth
• Social media usage on VTEX stores
• Contact information on VTEX stores
• Top categories for VTEX stores
• Top countries for VTEX stores
• Number of employees for VTEX stores
• Number of products sold for VTEX stores
• Top VTEX technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by VTEX stores
• VTEX store top-level domain distribution
• Top VTEX stores
• New VTEX stores
• Stores switching to VTEX from other platforms
• Stores switching from VTEX to other platforms

VTEX Growth

At present, there are 5,911 live stores running on the VTEX platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running VTEX.

• VTEX stores decreased -0.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.
• VTEX stores increased 1% year-over-year in 2026 Q3.

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

It's hard to know exactly when a VTEX store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On VTEX 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 55.4% of VTEX stores.
• Facebook is used by 35.2% of VTEX stores.
• LinkedIn is used by 25.3% of VTEX stores.

Contact Information On VTEX 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.

• 43% of VTEX stores provide a phone number on their website
• 41% of VTEX stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For VTEX Stores

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

• 18.4% of VTEX stores sell Apparel products.
• 13.1% of VTEX stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 6.1% of VTEX stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Countries For VTEX Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using VTEX.

• 45.9% of VTEX stores are in Brazil
• 8.2% of VTEX stores are in Colombia
• 7.4% of VTEX stores are in Argentina
• 5.2% of VTEX stores are in Chile

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

Number Of Employees For VTEX Stores

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

• 72.5% of VTEX stores have Unknown employees.
• 5.6% of VTEX stores have 250 - 999 employees.
• 3.7% of VTEX stores have 5000+ employees.

Number Of Products Sold For VTEX Stores

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

• 15.6% of VTEX stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
• 10.2% of VTEX stores sell 1000 - 4999 different products.
• 9.5% of VTEX stores sell 100 - 249 different products.

Top Technologies on VTEX Stores

We're tracking 232 different technologies that have 28,164 collective installs on VTEX stores.

• Google Tag Manager is used by 70.9% of VTEX stores.
• Facebook Pixel is used by 48.1% of VTEX stores.
• reCAPTCHA is used by 47.0% of VTEX stores.

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

Top Shipping Carriers Used By VTEX Stores

• Correios is used by 4.1% of VTEX stores.
• Correos is used by 1.0% of VTEX stores.
• UPS is used by 0.8% of VTEX stores.

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

VTEX Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for VTEX 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.

• 36.1% of VTEX stores have a .com domain.
• 35.7% of VTEX stores have a .com.br domain.
• 4.7% of VTEX stores have a .com.ar domain.

Top VTEX Stores

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

New VTEX Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to VTEX From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, VTEX has taken 56 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Stores Switching from VTEX To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, VTEX has lost 326 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Get more insights on VTEX stores

Our search interface is easy to use and helps you find the VTEX stores that are relevant to you.

You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:

• Social Media accounts
• Email address
• Phone numbers
• Country
• Third-party technologies
• Creation date
• Platform
• Top-level domains
• Domain status
• Domain type

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