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WooCommerce Stores in South Africa

Updated Jul 4 2025

There are 56,941 live WooCommerce stores in South Africa.

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

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WooCommerce Growth in South Africa

  • WooCommerce stores in South Africa decreased -0.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q2.
  • WooCommerce stores in South Africa increased 4% year-over-year in 2025 Q2.

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

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
18,411
2020 Q2
19,853
2020 Q3
22,318
2020 Q4
9,790
2021 Q1
28,064
2021 Q2
29,140
2021 Q3
29,799
2021 Q4
31,012
2022 Q1
32,645
2022 Q2
33,505
2022 Q3
34,749
2022 Q4
33,106
2023 Q1
32,931
2023 Q2
39,686
2023 Q3
47,820
2023 Q4
51,426
2024 Q1
53,517
2024 Q2
54,765
2024 Q3
55,198
2024 Q4
56,388
2025 Q1
56,102
2025 Q2
57,004
2025 Q3 (to date)
56,941
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 South Africa

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

  • 13.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Home & Garden products.
  • 11.3% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa sell Business & Industrial products.
  • 8.4% 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 44.1% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Instagram is used by 39.2% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
  • Twitter is used by 10.9% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa.
Type
Stores
Facebook
25,086
Instagram
22,334
Twitter
6,198
YouTube
5,713
LinkedIn
5,366
WhatsApp
3,782
Tiktok
2,285
Facebook Group
568

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
Type
Stores
Phone
41,199
Email
38,761

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.

  • 2,429 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Gauteng.
  • 1,689 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Western Cape.
  • 532 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.

  • 51,997 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Unknown.
  • 1,306 WooCommerce stores in South Africa are based in Cape Town.
  • 980 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

  • 98.0% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have Unknown employees.
  • 0.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.4% 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.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
55,806
1 - 9
397
10 - 24
203
25 - 49
162
50 - 99
122
100 - 249
120
250 - 999
79
1000 - 4999
37
5000+
15

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.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
588
Fedex
176
Fastway
155
USPS
75
Aramex
35
DHL
34
DSV
20
Royal Mail
19
DPD
9
Canada Post
5

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.

  • 88.7% of WooCommerce stores in South Africa have a .co.za domain.
  • 7.3% 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-level Domain
Stores
.co.za
50,497
.com
4,163
.org.za
961
.org
307
.africa
176
.net
117
.online
109
.store
73
.co
62
.shop
56

Top WooCommerce Stores In South Africa

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
mg.co.za
9,889
2016/12/30
Writers Write
13,368
2019/11/01
African Snakebite Institute
14,833
2017/09/29
drizzleanddip.com
14,850
2016/12/30
Big 5 Safari
18,231
2016/12/30

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