The Top 50 Ecommerce Startups by Search Growth (Q1 2025)

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By Louise Linehan

Content Marketer at Ahrefs

February 28, 20253 min read
We’ve analyzed 150K websites to find out which ecommerce startups have seen substantial search growth this year.

When we see organic traffic growing, it's a good sign that customer interest is building and brand strategy is hitting the mark.

If you want a playbook for growth, our list of the top ecommerce companies can show you whose strategies to unpick.

And if you’re looking for a source of alternative data to back up your investing decisions, this is a good one to keep in your back pocket.

Using Ahrefs API, we calculated the percentage growth of organic traffic to each ecommerce startup between February 2024 and February 2025.

Special thanks to Xibeijia Guan, Ahrefs’ Data Scientist, for help pulling this data together.

Here’s the full list:

Top 50 fastest growing ecommerce companies

Rank
Company Name
Organic traffic % growth (12mo)
Total Funding (USD)
1
3,891%
$5.2M
2
2,446%
$3.6M
3
2,434%
$62.8M
4
2,335%
$16M
5
1,030%
$8M
6
806%
$6.2M
7
767%
$1.7M
8
596%
$70K
9
592%
$130K
10
590%
$115K
11
581%
$18.6M
12
544%
$4.1M
13
523%
$135K
14
511%
$10.7M
15
482%
$235M
16
468%
$160K
17
463%
$1.6B
18
456%
$1.8M
19
442%
$35.5M
20
436%
$270M
21
411%
$1.1M
22
392%
$500K
23
387%
$9.9M
24
359%
$3M
25
356%
$300K
26
352%
$170K
27
341%
$120M
28
341%
$1.7M
29
338%
$208K
30
338%
$3.4M
31
329%
$1.5M
32
324%
$105.5M
33
320%
$6.8M
34
320%
$1.4M
35
319%
$740K
36
319%
$380M
37
311%
$2.1M
38
306%
$2.5M
39
289%
$54.2M
40
287%
$20K
41
282%
$1.8M
42
281%
$22M
43
280%
$125K
44
280%
$70M
45
270%
$2.3M
46
264%
$430K
47
261%
$1.4M
48
241%
$50.3M
49
239%
$104K
50
234%
$35M

The top 5 ecommerce startups

Here are the top 5 ecommerce startups with the greatest organic traffic growth over the last year (data comes from Ahrefs’ Site Explorer).

1. Thatch

  • Year founded: 2018
  • Location: San Francisco, California, United States
  • Estimated revenue: $2.3M
  • Total funding: $5.2M
  • Organic traffic growth (12mo): 3,891%

Thatch is an online marketplace that lets travel creators sell custom travel guides and itineraries. It helps creators set up personalized storefronts, publish digital travel guides, and connect with other travelers, taking a 10% cut of any sales.

2. Elmut

  • Year founded: 2018
  • Location: Paris, France
  • Estimated revenue:
  • Total funding: $3.6M
  • Organic traffic growth (12mo): 2,446%

Elmut is a food subscription service for household pets, focusing on cooking and delivering fresh, home-cooked meals for dogs and cats. Elmut meals are cooked with human-grade ingredients and tailored to a pet’s specific needs, including breed, age, weight, and health concerns.

3. Wrogn

  • Year founded: 2014
  • Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Estimated revenue: $28M
  • Total funding: $62.8M
  • Organic traffic growth (12mo): 2,434%

Wrogn is an apparel brand focused on contemporary men’s casual wear, footwear, and accessories. The company, co-created by cricket star, Virat Kohli, has expanded rapidly since forming in 2014, and secured a new round of ($9M) funding only last month.

4. Virgio

  • Year founded: 2022
  • Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Estimated revenue: $1.73M
  • Total funding: ₹1.4B/$16M
  • Organic traffic growth (12mo): 2,335%

Virgio is an ecommerce startup focused on producing and selling sustainable, circular women’s fashion—from dresses made of recycled bottles, to Peta cruelty-free co-ords. According to Forbes, India, Virgio is “the fastest-growing sustainable fashion brand in India” as of December 2024.

5. Bezel

  • Year founded: 2021
  • Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Estimated revenue:
  • Total funding: $8M
  • Organic traffic growth (12mo): 1,030%

Bezel is an online marketplace enabling users to buy and sell luxury, authenticated watches from brands like Cartier, Rolex, and Patek, via a website and mobile app. Founded by an ex-Google employee, Bezel has over $500 million in listings and supports users with features like custom inventory management systems and concierge services.

Final thoughts

Understanding how trending ecommerce companies handle their search strategies can give you ideas on how to grow your own business, and even make smarter investment decisions.

These are the fastest-growing ecommerce companies so far in 2025—but there’ll no doubt be new startups emerging as the year goes on. Check back on this list for quarterly updates.

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