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As of 4 November 2026, 48,613 companies in Australia run a Shopify store: 27,249 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 136 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 48,613
- Hiring now
- 136 · 71 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- General consumer goods ecommerce · 15,120
- Top city
- Melbourne · 499
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 55,063
- Pure online shops
- 27,249 · 56%
Shopify stores in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General consumer goods ecommerce | 15,120 | 31% |
| Fashion & apparel ecommerce | 7,686 | 16% |
| Health, beauty & food ecommerce | 4,518 | 9% |
| Food production, wholesale & retail | 3,338 | 7% |
| Trade & technical equipment ecommerce | 2,408 | 5% |
| Vehicle & parts retail | 1,723 | 4% |
| Food & beverage production | 1,655 | 3% |
| Jewellery & watch ecommerce | 1,532 | 3% |
| Pet supplies ecommerce | 1,505 | 3% |
| Handmade craft makers | 1,361 | 3% |
| Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing | 1,226 | 3% |
| Textiles clothing & bedding | 1,027 | 2% |
| Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce | 895 | 2% |
| Consumer goods manufacturing | 863 | 2% |
| Print signage packaging production | 667 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 29,177 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 15,792 · 16 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,679 · 24 |
| 51-200 employees | 702 · 40 |
| 201-500 employees | 160 · 28 |
| 501-1000 employees | 50 · 11 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 45 · 11 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 499 | 1% |
| Petrie Terrace | 434 | 1% |
| Perth | 335 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 251 | 1% |
| Dandenong | 192 | 0% |
| Sydney | 167 | 0% |
| Burleigh Heads | 134 | 0% |
| Moorabbin | 95 | 0% |
| Alexandria | 94 | 0% |
| Brookvale | 85 | 0% |
| Brisbane | 84 | 0% |
| Adelaide Bc | 80 | 0% |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Online shop | 32,318 | 66% |
| Manufacturer | 8,382 | 17% |
| Service | 4,224 | 9% |
| Retail | 1,687 | 3% |
| Wholesale | 1,024 | 2% |
| Public & non-profit | 520 | 1% |
| Hospitality | 380 | 1% |
| Other | 53 | 0% |
| Unknown | 25 | 0% |
The biggest Shopify stores in Australia
The largest ecommerce stores on this platform in the country, by headcount; marketplaces and portals left out.
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What Shopify stores in Australia add on top
Payment providers and marketing tools found on these stores' pages and DNS.
The stack of shopify stores in Australia
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other platforms and segments in Australia
Ecommerce in Australia, the whole market →
Every company using Shopify in Australia, not only ecommerce →
WooCommerce stores in Australia · 13,589 →
Wix stores in Australia · 3,173 →
Squarespace stores in Australia · 1,865 →
BigCommerce stores in Australia · 533 →
OpenCart stores in Australia · 457 →
Magento stores in Australia · 405 →
Webador stores in Australia · 182 →
PrestaShop stores in Australia · 162 →
Webflow stores in Australia · 86 →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 25,206 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 11,025 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 7,092 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 4,884 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 4,749 →
Vehicle & parts retail · 2,300 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 2,233 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 2,232 →
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48,613 companies in Australia run a Shopify store: 27,249 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 136 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/australia/on-shopify)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Shopify stores in Australia: questions
How many Shopify stores are there in Australia?
48,613 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
How do you know a store runs Shopify?
From the store's own pages and DNS: the platform's scripts, assets, checkout or hosting fingerprints. A store is counted once, on the platform we detected.
Can I get the list?
Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.
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