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Shopify stores in South Africa

BootLeads tracks 20,927 active Shopify stores associated with South Africa.

Country is estimated from public storefront details such as the store address, domain and currency. It may differ from where the business is registered.

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Active stores
20,927
Public storefronts in this report
New in the last 30 days
1,381
First found by BootLeads, not launch dates
Share of Shopify
0.8%
Of all active Shopify stores
Median products
31
96% of stores have this data

Key findings

  • 10% of stores ran Meta ads in the last 30 days, 2 points above Shopify overall.
  • The median store prices its products at $35.19 on average, 12% below the overall platform median.
  • The median store lists 31 products, 11% below the overall platform median.
  • Apparel & Accessories is the most common related category in this report.

What this market looks like

Regions and categories

Where Shopify stores in South Africa are, and what they sell.

Top states and provinces

  • Gauteng 9,674 · 46%
  • Western Cape 6,340 · 30%
  • Kwazulu-Natal 2,161 · 10%
  • Eastern Cape 642 · 3%
  • Mpumalanga 443 · 2%
  • North West 401 · 2%

62% of these stores have a category, and a store can be listed under more than one.

Catalog and prices

Catalog size and average product price for Shopify stores in South Africa.

Catalog size

of the 96% with this data

Median 31 products. The middle half of stores list 8 to 131.

  • 1-9 5,676 · 28%
  • 10-49 6,437 · 32%
  • 50-199 4,213 · 21%
  • 200-999 2,579 · 13%
  • 1k-4.9k 942 · 5%
  • 5k+ 221 · 1%

96% of these stores price in ZAR. Extreme values are left out, and the average price is each store's own average across its products.

Examples of Shopify stores in South Africa

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A handful of stores with complete data, picked again every week. This is not a ranking.

Store Category Products Avg. price
Broadway Jewellers – Broadwayjewellers.co.zabroadwayjewellers.co.za Watches 889 $167.83
Lunealunea.co.za Skincare 16 $29.75
https://restassuredcpap.co.za/ – Restassured CPAPrestassuredcpap.co.za Health 10 $33.06
GREEK-INSPIRED JEWELRY |EVIL EYE & MEANINGFUL PIECES- STYLED BY ANTHEA – Styled By Anthea Jewelrywww.styledbyanthea.com Fashion Jewelry 95 $165.34
Oztrail Camping & Outdoor Gear – Oztrail Online Storeoztrailstore.co.za Outdoor Recreation 218 $93.70
Western Aluminium & Steel – Western Aluminium & Steelwww.westernaluminium.co.za Hand Tools 18 $1067.52
Mark of Legend - Handmade Leather Masterpiecesmarkoflegend.co.za Handbags & Backpacks 50 $59.31
Soviet Denim: Online Footwear, Accessories and Apparel Storesovietdenim.com Men's Clothing 361 $20.85

How these stores run

Apps and technology

Apps, themes and payment methods on Shopify stores in South Africa.

Apps

  • Judge.me Product Reviews App 19%
  • Shopify Inbox 14%
  • Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS 7%
  • Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 5%
  • Conversion Bear Trust Badges 4%
  • Microsoft Clarity: AI Insights 3%

Shares are of all stores in this report, and a store can use several apps. A tool we did not detect may still be installed.

Marketing

Social profiles, ads and contact details for Shopify stores in South Africa.

Public reach

Social profiles
56% vs 55% on Shopify
Linked from the storefront
Meta ads
10% vs 8% on Shopify
Running ads in the last 30 days
Contact details
56% vs 51% on Shopify
Email, phone or WhatsApp

Shares are of all stores in this report. Contact details come from public storefronts and are not verified.

Site speed

72.9% of the stores with complete Chrome data pass Core Web Vitals, 9 points below Shopify overall. Chrome reports data for 31.0% of this report.

Typical store

Median of each store's 75th percentile, August 2026

LCP
1.65 s
Good ≤ 2.5 s
INP
100 ms
Good ≤ 200 ms
CLS
0
Good ≤ 0.1
TTFB
561 ms
Server response

From the Chrome UX Report: real Chrome visits on all devices, for each site as a whole. It is not a traffic estimate. Visits come from Chrome users everywhere, not only in this country. Compare all platforms

Languages and domains

Store languages, domain age and catalog activity for Shopify stores in South Africa.

Store languages

  • English 16,944 · 81%
  • French 305 · 1%
  • German 214 · 1%
  • Italian 195 · 1%
  • Dutch 112 · 1%

A registration year is when the domain was bought, not when the business opened.

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Questions about this report

How many Shopify stores are associated with South Africa?

BootLeads tracks 20,927 active Shopify stores associated with South Africa.

How does BootLeads assign a store to South Africa?

Country is estimated from public storefront details such as the store address, domain and currency. It may differ from where the business is registered.

Can I search and export the stores in this report?

Yes. Search the stores one by one in BootLeads and export their contact, catalog, social and technology data.

About this data

  • Counts cover active public Shopify storefronts. Password-protected stores are searchable but left out of this report.
  • “New in the last 30 days” is when BootLeads first found a store, not when it launched.
  • Product and price figures use stores with product data and leave out extreme values.
  • Country is estimated from public storefront details such as the store address, domain and currency. It may differ from where the business is registered.
  • 62% of stores in this report have a category, and a store can have more than one.
  • Site speed comes from August 2026 Chrome UX Report data: real Chrome visits on all devices, for each site as a whole. It is not a PageSpeed Insights score.
  • Stores are re-checked on a rolling basis, so figures move a little every day.

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