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WooCommerce Stores in the United Kingdom

Updated Mar 28 2025

There are 170,848 live WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

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

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WooCommerce Growth in the United Kingdom

  • WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom decreased -2.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom decreased -4% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
79,484
2020 Q2
87,680
2020 Q3
95,273
2020 Q4
99,079
2021 Q1
106,530
2021 Q2
130,273
2021 Q3
143,348
2021 Q4
155,904
2022 Q1
165,694
2022 Q2
171,342
2022 Q3
176,843
2022 Q4
176,017
2023 Q1
177,992
2023 Q2
178,973
2023 Q3
180,191
2023 Q4
182,029
2024 Q1
182,090
2024 Q2
181,634
2024 Q3
176,242
2024 Q4
174,570
2025 Q1 (to date)
170,848
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q1020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000

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

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

Top Categories For WooCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 13.7% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.6% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Food & Drink products.
  • 7.1% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom sell Business & Industrial products.
NoneHome & GardenFood & DrinkBusiness & IndustrialApparelBeauty & FitnessPeople & SocietyArts & EntertainmentJobs & EducationHealthSportsAutos & VehiclesComputersTravelPets & AnimalsToys & HobbiesGifts & Special EventsConsumer ElectronicsInternet

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce 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.

  • Facebook is used by 48.1% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Instagram is used by 43.5% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Twitter is used by 26.4% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
Type
Stores
Facebook
82,249
Instagram
74,357
Twitter
45,117
YouTube
22,735
LinkedIn
20,817
Pinterest
9,183
Tiktok
6,755
WhatsApp
3,900

Contact Information On WooCommerce 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.

  • 66% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom provide a phone number on their website
  • 63% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
112,185
Email
108,176

Countries With The Most WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce 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.

  • 30,673 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in England.
  • 2,309 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Scotland.
  • 1,288 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Wales.
Country
Stores
30,673
2,309
1,288
1

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in the United Kingdom

Here is the city distribution of WooCommerce 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.

  • 140,913 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Unknown.
  • 7,316 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in London.
  • 779 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Manchester.
City
Stores
140,913
7,316
450
375
350
327
324
247
222
213
195

Top WooCommerce Apps in the United Kingdom

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Number of Employees for WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom

  • 97.2% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have Unknown employees.
  • 1.5% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.6% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
166,037
1 - 9
2,618
10 - 24
953
25 - 49
516
50 - 99
295
100 - 249
234
250 - 999
111
1000 - 4999
70
5000+
14
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

  • 8.5% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
  • 1.5% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by UPS.
  • 1.0% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Royal Mail
14,592
UPS
2,531
Fedex
1,783
USPS
874
DHL
148
Australia Post
45
Canada Post
42
Correos
39
DPD
31
Polish Post
31

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

  • 67.6% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
  • 20.6% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .com domain.
  • 4.0% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .uk domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.co.uk
115,509
.com
35,189
.uk
6,807
.org.uk
4,378
.org
2,039
.shop
1,444
.net
921
.co
450
.store
393
.uk.com
275
.co.uk.com.uk.org.uk

Top WooCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Days Of The Year
1,621
2016/12/30
Motor Sport Magazine
3,145
2020/01/10
Country and Town House
3,148
2022/03/11
The Santa Barbara Independent
3,308
2019/03/22
Doves Farm
4,472
2016/12/30

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