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WooCommerce Stores in Nigeria

Updated Nov 15 2024

There are 15,378 live WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.

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

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WooCommerce Growth in Nigeria

  • WooCommerce stores in Nigeria increased 7.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • WooCommerce stores in Nigeria increased 43% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
4,785
2020 Q2
5,408
2020 Q3
6,152
2020 Q4
1,421
2021 Q1
8,472
2021 Q2
8,890
2021 Q3
10,335
2021 Q4
11,701
2022 Q1
12,543
2022 Q2
13,191
2022 Q3
13,926
2022 Q4
13,686
2023 Q1
13,268
2023 Q2
14,160
2023 Q3
15,232
2023 Q4
16,069
2024 Q1
16,431
2024 Q2
16,700
2024 Q3
15,950
2024 Q4 (to date)
15,378
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 Nigeria

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

  • 9.9% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 9.5% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria sell Apparel products.
  • 8.3% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria sell Jobs & Education products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

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 43.4% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
  • Facebook is used by 37.6% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
  • Twitter is used by 29.1% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
Type
Stores
Instagram
6,668
Facebook
5,775
Twitter
4,468
YouTube
1,814
LinkedIn
1,532
WhatsApp
1,526
Tiktok
410
Pinterest
316

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

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

  • 75% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria provide a phone number on their website
  • 71% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
11,465
Email
10,930

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

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

  • 1,287 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Lagos.
  • 228 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Federal Capital Territory.
  • 58 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Rivers.
Province
Stores
1,287
58
58
20
17
14
11
10
9
7

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in Nigeria

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

  • 13,636 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Unknown.
  • 1,129 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Lagos.
  • 199 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Abuja.
City
Stores
13,636
1,129
199
77
62
54
9
9
9
8
8
8

Top WooCommerce Apps in Nigeria

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

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 Nigeria

  • 98.3% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have Unknown employees.
  • 0.5% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Employees
Stores
Unknown
15,120
1 - 9
77
10 - 24
44
25 - 49
32
50 - 99
21
100 - 249
37
250 - 999
27
1000 - 4999
15
5000+
5

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria ship by UPS.
  • 0.5% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria ship by Fedex.
  • 0.2% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria ship by USPS.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
195
Fedex
72
USPS
35
DHL
22
Australia Post
3
Royal Mail
3
Purolator
2
Canada Post
2
La Poste
1
Fastway
1

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

.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.

  • 44.6% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have a .com domain.
  • 30.9% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have a .com.ng domain.
  • 13.0% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have a .ng domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
6,860
.com.ng
4,750
.ng
2,006
.org
823
.org.ng
326
.net
128
.store
64
.edu.ng
64
.co
48
.shop
36

Top WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Nigerian Exchange Group
33,868
2021/04/23
NIBSS
46,737
2016/12/30
VG Stores Nigeria
56,864
2018/07/27
Shoprite NG
67,566
2023/03/03
Afrimash.com
70,046
2016/12/30

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