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WooCommerce Stores in Japan

Updated Apr 25 2025

There are 8,540 live WooCommerce stores in Japan.

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

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WooCommerce Growth in Japan

  • WooCommerce stores in Japan increased 1.0% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • WooCommerce stores in Japan increased 1% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
3,089
2020 Q2
3,684
2020 Q3
3,950
2020 Q4
4,112
2021 Q1
4,366
2021 Q2
4,672
2021 Q3
4,830
2021 Q4
6,183
2022 Q1
6,689
2022 Q2
6,528
2022 Q3
6,839
2022 Q4
6,723
2023 Q1
6,976
2023 Q2
7,420
2023 Q3
7,831
2023 Q4
8,131
2024 Q1
8,328
2024 Q2
8,536
2024 Q3
8,443
2024 Q4
8,707
2025 Q1
8,452
2025 Q2 (to date)
8,540
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 Q12025 Q201,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000

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 Japan

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

  • 1.7% of WooCommerce stores in Japan sell Food & Drink products.
  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in Japan sell Autos & Vehicles products.
  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in Japan sell Apparel products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce 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 37.1% of WooCommerce stores in Japan.
  • Facebook is used by 28.4% of WooCommerce stores in Japan.
  • Twitter is used by 25.1% of WooCommerce stores in Japan.
Type
Stores
Instagram
3,168
Facebook
2,424
Twitter
2,142
YouTube
1,148
LinkedIn
247
Pinterest
187
Tiktok
152
WhatsApp
85

Contact Information On WooCommerce 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.

  • 63% of WooCommerce stores in Japan provide a phone number on their website
  • 40% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
5,391
Email
3,442

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

  • 558 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.
  • 109 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 108 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Kanagawa.
Province
Stores
558
109
108
87
60
51
43
42
42
22
21
20

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in Japan

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

  • 7,265 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Unknown.
  • 71 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Osaka.
  • 67 WooCommerce stores in Japan are based in Tokyo.

Top WooCommerce Apps in Japan

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

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 Japan

  • 97.7% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have Unknown employees.
  • 0.8% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have 10 - 24 employees.
  • 0.7% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have 1 - 9 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
8,343
1 - 9
61
10 - 24
69
25 - 49
21
50 - 99
14
100 - 249
11
250 - 999
13
1000 - 4999
6
5000+
2
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Japan

  • 2.0% of WooCommerce stores in Japan ship by Japan Post.
  • 1.2% of WooCommerce stores in Japan ship by Yamato Transport.
  • 0.8% of WooCommerce stores in Japan ship by Fedex.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Japan Post
175
Yamato Transport
105
Fedex
66
Sagawa Express
46
UPS
21
USPS
18
DHL
5
China Post
4
Australia Post
3
Correos
2

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In Japan

.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.

  • 50.6% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have a .jp domain.
  • 23.9% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have a .com domain.
  • 17.6% of WooCommerce stores in Japan have a .co.jp domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.jp
4,318
.com
2,039
.co.jp
1,507
.net
154
.org
62
.shop
59
.life
45
.live
44
.store
41
.tokyo
30
.jp.com.co.jp.net

Top WooCommerce Stores In Japan

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
JOBS IN JAPAN
14,915
2018/01/05
Chrome World
18,118
2020/09/25
www.japancardirect.com
28,176
2019/04/19
サムライミュージアム|SAMURAI MUSEUM
30,052
2018/03/02
Anime Art Magazine
34,027
2021/02/19

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