How many online stores are there worldwide?
Internet hard Data from 2024
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The answer
26,000,000 stores
Roughly 26M.
There are roughly 26 million online stores worldwide, though fewer than a million generate more than $1,000 a year in sales. Setting one up takes minutes; getting anybody to visit it is the entire business.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Statista / e-commerce platform aggregate data |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | stores |
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