WooCommerce Stores in South Africa

There are 58,131 live WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

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

• WooCommerce growth in South Africa
• Top categories for WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Social media usage on WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Contact information on WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Provinces with the most WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Cities with the most WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Top WooCommerce apps in South Africa
• Number of employees for WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Top-level domain distribution for WooCommerce stores in South Africa
• Top WooCommerce stores in South Africa

WooCommerce Growth in South Africa

• WooCommerce stores in South Africa increased 5.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q1.
• WooCommerce stores in South Africa decreased -2% year-over-year in 2026 Q1.

Here is WooCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in South Africa.

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 South Africa

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

• 13.1% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
• 11.2% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Business & Industrial products.
• 8.0% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Apparel products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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 42.4% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
• Instagram is used by 39.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
• YouTube is used by 10.4% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

• 72% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa provide a phone number on their website
• 68% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have an email on their website

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

• 2,231 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
• 1,550 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
• 483 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in South Africa

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

• 53,580 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
• 1,188 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
• 882 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Johannesburg.

Top WooCommerce Apps in South Africa

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

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 South Africa

• 98.1% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
• 0.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have 10 - 24 employees.

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

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

• 1.0% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by UPS.
• 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by Fedex.
• 0.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa ship by Fastway.

Here are the top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

.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.

• 87.1% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
• 8.6% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .com domain.
• 1.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .org.za domain.

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

Top WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

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