FounderDuels

Alibaba Group vs Shopify

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Alibaba Group is the older of the two, founded in 1999 — 7 years before Shopify.

Founded
1999
2006
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Binjiang District, China
Ottawa, Canada
Industry
e-commerce
e-commerce
Employees
251,462
8,300
Legal form
joint-stock company
corporation
Listed on
New York Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Alibaba Group and Shopify.