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WooCommerce Stores in Nigeria

Updated Dec 13 2024

There are 16,327 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 2.4% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • WooCommerce stores in Nigeria increased 5% 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)
16,327
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.
  • 9.6% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria sell Apparel products.
  • 8.3% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria sell People & Society 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 42.9% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
  • Facebook is used by 36.1% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
  • Twitter is used by 28.2% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria.
Type
Stores
Instagram
7,006
Facebook
5,897
Twitter
4,606
YouTube
1,906
WhatsApp
1,610
LinkedIn
1,566
Tiktok
479
Pinterest
305

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.

  • 74% 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
12,109
Email
11,579

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.

  • 1,259 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Lagos.
  • 226 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Federal Capital Territory.
  • 58 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Rivers.
Province
Stores
1,259
58
55
19
17
13
12
10
8
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.

  • 14,620 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Unknown.
  • 1,106 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Lagos.
  • 197 WooCommerce stores in Nigeria are based in Abuja.
City
Stores
14,620
1,106
197
72
63
52
9
9
9
8
8
7

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

  • 98.4% 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
16,063
1 - 9
80
10 - 24
46
25 - 49
30
50 - 99
20
100 - 249
35
250 - 999
29
1000 - 4999
18
5000+
6

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

  • 1.2% 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
193
Fedex
78
USPS
39
DHL
22
Australia Post
6
Canada Post
3
Royal Mail
3
Purolator
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.

  • 43.6% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have a .com domain.
  • 31.9% of WooCommerce stores in Nigeria have a .com.ng domain.
  • 13.1% 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
7,112
.com.ng
5,204
.ng
2,139
.org
886
.org.ng
353
.net
129
.store
65
.edu.ng
64
.co
48
.shop
34

Top WooCommerce Stores In Nigeria

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Nigerian Exchange Group
34,769
2021/04/23
NIBSS
47,465
2016/12/30
VG Stores Nigeria
57,732
2018/07/27
Shoprite NG
63,053
2023/03/03
Afrimash.com
70,746
2016/12/30

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