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As of 4 November 2026, 79,716 companies in United Kingdom run a Shopify store: 46,325 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 341 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 79,716
- Hiring now
- 341 · 168 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- General consumer goods ecommerce · 25,598
- Top city
- London · 2,834
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 156,553
- Pure online shops
- 46,325 · 58%
Shopify stores in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General consumer goods ecommerce | 25,598 | 32% |
| Fashion & apparel ecommerce | 12,494 | 16% |
| Health, beauty & food ecommerce | 7,815 | 10% |
| Food production, wholesale & retail | 5,144 | 6% |
| Trade & technical equipment ecommerce | 3,470 | 4% |
| Handmade craft makers | 3,005 | 4% |
| Jewellery & watch ecommerce | 2,696 | 3% |
| Pet supplies ecommerce | 2,607 | 3% |
| Food & beverage production | 1,881 | 2% |
| Vehicle & parts retail | 1,866 | 2% |
| Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce | 1,811 | 2% |
| Textiles clothing & bedding | 1,777 | 2% |
| Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing | 1,636 | 2% |
| Visual art galleries & prints | 1,293 | 2% |
| Print signage packaging production | 1,240 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 48,096 · 5 |
| 2-10 employees | 24,777 · 36 |
| 11-50 employees | 5,159 · 61 |
| 51-200 employees | 1,210 · 111 |
| 201-500 employees | 272 · 60 |
| 501-1000 employees | 86 · 24 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 91 · 31 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 8 · 4 |
| 10,001+ employees | 17 · 9 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2,834 | 4% |
| Birmingham | 516 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 362 | 0% |
| Manchester | 305 | 0% |
| Bristol | 278 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 252 | 0% |
| Leeds | 245 | 0% |
| Rode | 241 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 233 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 227 | 0% |
| Leicester | 209 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 199 | 0% |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Online shop | 54,939 | 69% |
| Manufacturer | 12,128 | 15% |
| Service | 6,655 | 8% |
| Retail | 2,590 | 3% |
| Wholesale | 1,667 | 2% |
| Public & non-profit | 766 | 1% |
| Hospitality | 675 | 1% |
| Unknown | 149 | 0% |
| Other | 147 | 0% |
The biggest Shopify stores in United Kingdom
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 United Kingdom add on top
Payment providers and marketing tools found on these stores' pages and DNS.
The stack of shopify stores in United Kingdom
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other platforms and segments in United Kingdom
Ecommerce in United Kingdom, the whole market →
Every company using Shopify in United Kingdom, not only ecommerce →
WooCommerce stores in United Kingdom · 58,456 →
Wix stores in United Kingdom · 11,328 →
Squarespace stores in United Kingdom · 2,774 →
OpenCart stores in United Kingdom · 2,488 →
Magento stores in United Kingdom · 2,013 →
Webador stores in United Kingdom · 1,030 →
BigCommerce stores in United Kingdom · 708 →
PrestaShop stores in United Kingdom · 676 →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 76,967 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 28,288 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 17,894 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 13,607 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 10,619 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 7,186 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 6,015 →
Vehicle & parts retail · 5,910 →
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79,716 companies in United Kingdom run a Shopify store: 46,325 pure online shops, the rest manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers selling online; 341 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/united-kingdom/on-shopify)
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- 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 United Kingdom: questions
How many Shopify stores are there in United Kingdom?
79,716 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?
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