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Shopify Stores in France

Updated May 10 2024

There are 76,818 live Shopify stores in France.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in France.

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Shopify Growth in France

Shopify's worldwide quarter-over-quarter growth has been quite impressive over the last few years, and that trend is visible within most countries.

  • Shopify stores in France increased 8.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
  • Shopify stores in France increased 41% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.

Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in France.

Quarter
Active Stores
2019 Q1
18,113
2019 Q2
22,434
2019 Q3
26,822
2019 Q4
31,950
2020 Q1
30,981
2020 Q2
38,704
2020 Q3
37,579
2020 Q4
43,993
2021 Q1
43,302
2021 Q2
47,844
2021 Q3
45,762
2021 Q4
45,733
2022 Q1
42,675
2022 Q2
44,245
2022 Q3
49,089
2022 Q4
55,386
2023 Q1
62,550
2023 Q2
62,808
2023 Q3
65,523
2023 Q4
71,708
2024 Q1
79,400
2024 Q2 (to date)
76,818
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 Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For Shopify Stores In France

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in France.

  • 5.3% of Shopify stores in France sell Apparel products.
  • 1.8% of Shopify stores in France sell Beauty & Fitness products.
  • 1.7% of Shopify stores in France sell Home & Garden products.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In France

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.

  • Instagram is used by 44.4% of Shopify stores in France.
  • Facebook is used by 24.3% of Shopify stores in France.
  • Tiktok is used by 12.9% of Shopify stores in France.
Type
Stores
Instagram
34,132
Facebook
18,650
Tiktok
9,891
YouTube
6,336
Pinterest
6,292
LinkedIn
3,634
Twitter
3,088
Snapchat
850

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In France

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

  • 53% of Shopify stores in France have an email on their website
  • 26% of Shopify stores in France provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
40,434
Phone
20,236

Shopify Plus Stores In France

There are 889 Shopify Plus stores in France. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.

Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In France

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 Shopify stores in France. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 27,029 Shopify stores in France are based in Île-de-France.
  • 6,954 Shopify stores in France are based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
  • 6,525 Shopify stores in France are based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in France

Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in France. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 13,541 Shopify stores in France are based in Paris.
  • 10,404 Shopify stores in France are based in Unknown.
  • 1,313 Shopify stores in France are based in Marseille.
City
Stores
13,541
10,404
1,313
1,200
955
698
690
496
452
284

Top Shopify Apps in France

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in France.

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 Shopify stores in France

  • 96.5% of Shopify stores in France have Unknown employees.
  • 1.6% of Shopify stores in France have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.7% of Shopify stores in France have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in France by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
74,115
1 - 9
1,219
10 - 24
540
25 - 49
309
50 - 99
171
100 - 249
332
250 - 999
88
1000 - 4999
29
5000+
15

Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In France

  • 2.0% of Shopify stores in France ship by UPS.
  • 1.6% of Shopify stores in France ship by La Poste.
  • 1.0% of Shopify stores in France ship by USPS.

Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in France.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
1,535
La Poste
1,259
USPS
747
Fedex
737
Mondial Relay
420
Royal Mail
208
DHL
177
Correos
172
Canada Post
126
Australia Post
111

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In France

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Shopify stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 59.7% of Shopify stores in France have a .com domain.
  • 29.7% of Shopify stores in France have a .fr domain.
  • 2.6% of Shopify stores in France have a .shop domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in France.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
45,825
.fr
22,832
.shop
2,002
.store
1,621
.co
751
.net
582
.eu
421
.org
214
.de
212
.paris
184

Top Shopify Stores In France

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Vogue France
756
2016/12/30
Wethenew
3,471
2017/10/27
www.louisxiii-cognac.com
4,032
2016/12/30
Typology
4,464
2019/01/25
Manucurist
4,511
2019/06/21

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