Shopify company profile
- CEO
- Tobias Lutke
- Employees
- 7,600
- Headquarters
- 151 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 2L8, CA
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Application
- IPO date
- 20 May 2015
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- CA82509L1076
Website:shopify.com
About the company
Shopify Inc. functions as a premier commerce technology company, providing an extensive platform and associated services to empower businesses worldwide. Its reach extends across Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America. The company's robust platform equips merchants to effectively display, organize, market, and sell their merchandise through a multitude of sales avenues. These include digital storefronts accessible via web and mobile, traditional brick-and-mortar stores, temporary pop-up locations, integrated social media channels, proprietary mobile applications, embeddable "buy buttons," and established online marketplaces. Beyond sales, the platform streamlines crucial business operations such as product and inventory management, order and payment processing, fulfillment and shipping logistics, attracting new customers and fostering client relationships, product sourcing, analytical reporting, financial administration encompassing cash, payments, and transactions, and facilitating access to working capital. Additionally, Shopify offers supplementary services like the sale of custom website themes and applications, alongside domain name registration. Its merchant-focused solutions also cover payment acceptance, efficient shipping and order fulfillment, and aid in securing necessary operating funds. Founded in 2004 under the initial name Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc., the company officially rebranded to Shopify Inc. in November 2011. Its global headquarters are located in Ottawa, Canada.
Employees
Shopify had about 7,600 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 6.2% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Shopify
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 64.4% of Shopify's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,828 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Common questions about Shopify
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