Shopify is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Shopify is the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail POS (point-of-sale) systems. The platform offers retailers a suite of services, including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools. As of 2024, Shopify hosts 5.6 million active stores across more than 175 countries. According to the company's yearly financial report for 2023, its total revenue reached $7.1 billion, and Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) increased 20% to $235.9 billion over the prior year.[4] Shopify is the second largest publicly traded Canadian company.