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Acquired · Shopify · Numbers

Numbers

Every reported figure in the Shopify file, each carrying its source line and the date the figure was captured. Hover any evidence bullet for the citation link.

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Reported figures

Gross Merchandise Volume (2024)

2 yr

~$280B

Shopify processes ~$280B in transactions annually — comparable to Amazon third-party marketplace in scale

[Shopify FY2024 earnings] · as of 2024-12

Merchants on platform (2024)

3 yr

~2M+

across 175+ countries; each merchant is an integration point for payments, inventory, shipping, and marketing tools

[Shopify disclosures 2024] · as of 2024

Shopify IPO price (2015)

11 yr

$17/share

stock hit $176 by 2021 (10x); briefly most valuable company in Canada. Stock fell 80% in 2022 as e-commerce reverted post-COVID.

[Acquired Shopify IPO episode] · as of 2015-05

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Most figures here are 18 months or older — useful for the structural read but verify before quoting in real-time analysis.

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