Shopify store count, October 2026
How many Shopify stores are there?
As of October 4, 2026, StoreRadar has detected 2,741,012 Shopify stores, and 1,998,236 of them publish a contact email. Other trackers publish between 1.5 million and 7 million, because they count different things: domains, live stores or recently verified websites. Shopify itself does not publish a store count.
Need the stores themselves? Browse the list of Shopify stores by country and industry, or read what is in the database.
Published Shopify store counts
Every figure is the source's own claim, with the date it applies to. Nobody audits these numbers, us included.
| Source | Count | What it counts | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| StoreRadar (this site) | 2,741,012 | Shopify stores detected through DNS, SSL and platform monitoring | October 4, 2026 |
| Store Leads | 3,108,807 | Live Shopify stores in its database | Report updated September 25, 2026 |
| BuiltWith | 6,994,533 | Live domains using Shopify, including redirects and secondary domains | Dataset dated July 26, 2026 (read September 1, 2026) |
| Wappalyzer | 1,500,000 | Live websites where it detected Shopify | Read October 2, 2026 |
| Shopify | No store count | "Millions of merchants from more than 175 countries" (2025 annual report) | December 31, 2025 |
Why the counts differ
- Domains or stores. BuiltWith counts domains, so a store with a .com, a .co.uk and a redirect counts three times. Store Leads and StoreRadar count stores.
- Merchants or stores. Shopify counts merchants, and one merchant can run several stores, or a store that never launched.
- Freshness. Wappalyzer's lists default to websites it re-checked in the last three months. A store that closed last month can still sit in a database until its next crawl.
- Detection. Headless Shopify stores and stores behind custom domains are easy to miss, so every method undercounts somewhere.
Shopify stores by country
The 10 largest countries in the StoreRadar data. Country is inferred from each store's domain, checkout and language signals, not a verified address, and a store can count in more than one country, so these do not add up.
| Country | Shopify stores |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,440,873 |
| France | 117,608 |
| United Kingdom | 86,877 |
| Spain | 85,690 |
| Germany | 84,734 |
| Australia | 64,092 |
| India | 52,343 |
| Canada | 50,839 |
| Netherlands | 39,974 |
| Italy | 36,247 |
Where can I get the list of Shopify stores?
- The list of Shopify stores: browse by country and industry, with a free sample per segment.
- The Shopify store database: every store as one CSV for $149, once, with what each field means.
- New Shopify stores this week: the stores we first detected in the last 7 days.
- BuiltWith alternatives for finding Shopify stores: the other tools, with dated prices.
Everything you need to know
Short answers on how many Shopify stores exist and how they are counted.
How many Shopify stores are there in 2026?
StoreRadar has detected 2,741,012 Shopify stores as of October 4, 2026. Other trackers publish between 1.5 million and 7 million because they count different things: Store Leads reports 3,108,807 live stores, BuiltWith 6,994,533 domains. Shopify itself only says it has millions of merchants.
Why do Shopify store counts differ so much?
Each source counts a different unit. BuiltWith counts domains, so one store with three domains counts three times. Store Leads and StoreRadar count stores. Wappalyzer counts websites it re-verified recently. Shopify counts merchants, and one merchant can run several stores.
How many Shopify stores are in the United States?
Country is inferred, not declared, so treat any country count as an estimate. StoreRadar's per-country pages give the current figure for each country, with how many stores list a contact email.
Where can I download a list of Shopify stores?
StoreRadar sells every Shopify store it tracks as a one-time $149 CSV, with a free 1,000-row sample. Store Leads, StoreInspect and StoreCensus sell searchable subscriptions, and BuiltWith sells a one-time Shopify domain file.
Want the stores, not just the count?
Browse the list by country and industry, with a free sample for every segment.