What Business & Industrial Shopify Stores Actually Use
The themes and apps of Business & Industrial stores in our dataset of 3,500,000+ Shopify stores — from live scan data, refreshed daily.
Business & Industrial Shopify stores in our dataset run a distinct mix of themes and apps. Below are the most-used themes, the most-installed apps, and the average app-stack size for Business & Industrial stores — all from live storefront detection, not self-reported data.
Business & Industrial stores by the numbers
Business and industrial is one of the few categories on Shopify where the buyer is usually at work, not at home. The customer is a clinic, a lab, a farm, a restaurant, a contractor, or an office manager, and they are buying equipment and supplies to do a job rather than to enjoy an evening. That changes everything about the store. These shoppers arrive knowing the specification, the quantity, and often the exact part they need, so the priority is a store that helps them find it, confirm it meets requirements, and order it in the volume they want without friction.
The catalogs here run deep and functional, spanning medical and lab supplies, safety gear, agricultural and food-service equipment, and signage, so search, filtering, and clear spec detail matter more than lifestyle imagery. A larger share of these stores sell wholesale or to trade than in most categories, which means bulk pricing, quotes, account logins, and reordering are not extras, they are the core of the experience. The panels below show what these stores run, but the job is straightforward: make a professional buyer's purchase fast, accurate, and easy to repeat.
Build for the professional buyer. Your customer is buying for a business, not browsing for themselves. They want the right item in the right quantity with the least friction, so lead with search, part-number lookup, and clear specifications rather than lifestyle photography.
Make bulk and trade easy. More of these stores sell wholesale than in most categories, so volume pricing, quote requests, account logins, and purchase-order-friendly checkout earn their keep. If trade is part of your business, design for it from the start rather than bolting it on.
Answer the spec and compliance questions. Medical, lab, safety, and food-service buyers purchase against exact requirements and standards. Give product pages room for detailed specs, certifications, and datasheets, because a missing detail is a lost order in this category.
Win the reorder. Business supplies get reordered on a schedule, so the second and third purchase is where the value sits. Make reordering and recurring supply simple, capture the account, and keep lead times and stock status clear so a buyer can plan around them.
Most popular Shopify themes for business & industrial stores
| # | Theme | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn |
13.8% | |
| 2 | Horizon |
8.4% | |
| 3 | Warehouse |
3.7% | |
| 4 | Shrine PRO |
3.2% | |
| 5 | Empire |
2.9% | |
| 6 | Concept |
2.8% | |
| 7 | Impact |
2.6% | |
| 8 | Enterprise |
2.5% | |
| 9 | Refresh |
2.2% | |
| 10 | Trade |
1.8% |
Most installed Shopify apps on business & industrial stores
| # | App | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Judge.me Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
29.1% | |
| 2 |
 Klaviyo
Email Marketing |
26.4% | |
| 3 |
 Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
18.5% | |
| 4 |
 Recharge
Subscriptions |
14.1% | |
| 5 |
 Countdown Timer
Countdown timer |
13.8% | |
| 6 |
 Trustpilot
Marketing - Other |
9.7% | |
| 7 |
 PageFly ✦ Landing Page Builder
Page builder |
8.6% | |
| 8 |
 Shopify Inbox
Support - Other |
7.6% | |
| 9 |
 Yotpo
Product reviews |
6.9% | |
| 10 |
 Rebuy Personalization Engine
Checkout - Other |
5.3% |
What business & industrial stores sell
- Medical 4.9%
- Signage 1.2%
- Work Safety Protective Gear 1.1%
- Agriculture 0.8%
- Science & Laboratory 0.8%
- Dentistry 0.8%
- Food Service 0.6%
- Advertising & Marketing 0.5%
- Material Handling 0.4%
- Construction 0.4%
- Heavy Machinery 0.2%
- Law Enforcement 0.2%
How business & industrial stores operate
- Subscription 15.8%
- Wholesale / B2B 7.6%
- Multichannel & Marketplaces 4.7%
- Print on Demand 2.8%
- Dropshipping 2.2%
How this data works
Every figure comes from live detection: we scan Shopify storefronts, read the theme and apps each one actually runs, and classify the store by product category and business model. We report what is currently detected, not historical installs or Theme Store download counts.
Independent by design: rankings are determined solely by live detection data. Affiliate relationships never affect what ranks or how stores are counted. Read the full methodology →
