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WooCommerce Stores in the United Kingdom

Updated Jan 31 2025

There are 172,777 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 -1.0% 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)
172,777
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 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.

  • 13.6% 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.

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 48.3% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Instagram is used by 43.2% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
  • Twitter is used by 26.7% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom.
Type
Stores
Facebook
83,451
Instagram
74,685
Twitter
46,134
YouTube
22,755
LinkedIn
20,625
Pinterest
9,424
Tiktok
6,507
WhatsApp
3,800

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.

  • 65% 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
112,922
Email
109,021

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.

  • 31,517 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in England.
  • 2,367 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Scotland.
  • 1,323 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Wales.
Country
Stores
31,517
2,367
1,323
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.

  • 142,068 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Unknown.
  • 7,511 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in London.
  • 800 WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom are based in Manchester.
City
Stores
142,068
7,511
457
382
360
331
328
258
227
209
198

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

  • 97.3% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have Unknown employees.
  • 1.5% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% 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
168,086
1 - 9
2,580
10 - 24
881
25 - 49
502
50 - 99
303
100 - 249
229
250 - 999
109
1000 - 4999
72
5000+
15

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In the United Kingdom

  • 8.6% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom ship by Royal Mail.
  • 1.4% 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
14,826
UPS
2,494
Fedex
1,739
USPS
900
DHL
149
Canada Post
46
Correos
40
Australia Post
40
China Post
35
DPD
32

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.

  • 67.7% of WooCommerce stores in the United Kingdom have a .co.uk domain.
  • 20.5% 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
116,886
.com
35,489
.uk
6,918
.org.uk
4,411
.org
2,090
.shop
1,445
.net
929
.co
451
.store
379
.uk.com
279

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
588
2016/12/30
Motor Sport Magazine
1,918
2020/01/10
The Santa Barbara Independent
2,119
2019/03/22
World Travel Guide
2,614
2016/12/30
Country and Town House
3,077
2022/03/11

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