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The State of Zen Cart in 2025

Updated Apr 18 2025

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Zen Cart usage.

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Zen Cart Growth

At present, there are 9,195 live stores running on the Zen Cart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Zen Cart.

  • Zen Cart stores increased 4.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • Zen Cart stores increased 41% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2023 Q4
6,434
2024 Q1
6,239
2024 Q2
6,744
2024 Q3
8,193
2024 Q4
7,393
2025 Q1
8,774
2025 Q2 (to date)
9,195
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 Zen Cart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Zen Cart Stores

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 15.0% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Instagram is used by 8.5% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Twitter is used by 8.4% of Zen Cart stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
1,376
Instagram
785
Twitter
776
YouTube
428
Pinterest
313
WhatsApp
209
LinkedIn
134
Facebook Group
38
Tiktok
36
Yelp
7
Snapchat
2

Contact Information On Zen Cart Stores

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

  • 28% of Zen Cart stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 24% of Zen Cart stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
2,550
Email
2,214

Top Categories For Zen Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Zen Cart.

  • 22.3% of Zen Cart stores sell Apparel products.
  • 7.6% of Zen Cart stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 7.1% of Zen Cart stores sell Sports products.

Top Countries For Zen Cart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Zen Cart.

  • 12.1% of Zen Cart stores are in United States
  • 5.5% of Zen Cart stores are in United Kingdom
  • 4.5% of Zen Cart stores are in Colombia
  • 3.1% of Zen Cart stores are in China
Country
Stores
410
283
214
170
124
120
119

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For Zen Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of Zen Cart stores by the number of employees.

  • 98.9% of Zen Cart stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.6% of Zen Cart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of Zen Cart stores have 100 - 249 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
9,090
1 - 9
57
10 - 24
13
25 - 49
10
50 - 99
6
100 - 249
14
250 - 999
3
5000+
2

Number Of Products Sold For Zen Cart Stores

Here is the breakdown of Zen Cart stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 24.7% of Zen Cart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 12.1% of Zen Cart stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 10.0% of Zen Cart stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
2,273
10 - 24
347
25 - 49
646
50 - 99
208
100 - 249
918
250 - 999
1,112
1000 - 4999
576
5000 - 9999
162
10000 - 24999
152
25000 - 99999
83

Top Technologies on Zen Cart Stores

We're tracking 158 different technologies that have 15,562 collective installs on Zen Cart stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 20.6% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 20.1% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Google Adsense is used by 16.8% of Zen Cart stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Zen Cart stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Zen Cart Stores

  • UPS is used by 8.0% of Zen Cart stores.
  • USPS is used by 6.1% of Zen Cart stores.
  • Fedex is used by 4.5% of Zen Cart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Zen Cart stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
738
USPS
561
Fedex
415
Royal Mail
179
China Post
143
DHL
129
Australia Post
54
Canada Post
47
La Poste
30
TNT
27

Zen Cart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Zen Cart stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

  • 57.6% of Zen Cart stores have a .com domain.
  • 4.8% of Zen Cart stores have a .co.uk domain.
  • 4.5% of Zen Cart stores have a .com.co domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
5,300
.co.uk
439
.com.co
410
.net
378
.shop
361
.com.au
183
.de
165
.ru
115
.cz
114
.it
103

Top Zen Cart Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Zen Cart, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Model Rockets & How
14,076
2016/12/30
www.uksoccershop.com
15,617
2016/12/30
www.brassknucklescompany.com
19,170
2016/12/30
CEL.ro
23,664
2016/12/30
LeatherCult
24,010
2016/12/30

New Zen Cart Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.southshorepizza.net
470,850
2025/04/18
www.pronamed.cl
664,063
2025/04/18
AirsoftParts.ca, Airsoft Parts Canada
1,299,517
2025/04/18
www.mepc.jp
1,301,208
2025/04/18
www.r2calcioit.com
1,898,416
2025/04/18

Stores Switching to Zen Cart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zen Cart has taken 1,432 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
1,393
12
3

Here are the top stores that have switched to Zen Cart from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
www.uksoccershop.com
15,617
Custom Cart
2025/02/26
BetterLength
36,303
Custom Cart
2025/02/19
PlanetJune by June Gilbank
54,256
Custom Cart
2025/02/19
LICENSEPLATES.TV
82,605
Custom Cart
2025/02/19
worldwidejanitor.com
129,403
Custom Cart
2025/02/19

Stores Switching from Zen Cart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Zen Cart has lost 123 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top Zen Cart stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Hydro Environment
59,525
WooCommerce
2025/02/18
Flooring Supply Shop
97,148
Custom Cart
2025/04/13
njoy.us
160,183
Shopify
2025/03/23
Gobel Power
288,968
Custom Cart
2025/02/03
www.hollywoodhistoryonline.com
469,348
WooCommerce
2025/02/12

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