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Describe a market, customer segment or business idea. Semantil finds relevant companies, explains why they match and saves the results for comparison, follow-up or export. It also tells you what the data cannot confirm.

Companies, counts and saved lists — based on 130M+ searchable websites. Each answer states what the data supports and what it cannot verify.
You asked

“Which UK fashion brands run on Shopify, and where do they sell abroad?”

Semantil found

2,294brands · 260 show signs of selling abroad · saved as a reusable list

Countries they sell to (detected)
United States 161
Ireland 85
Germany 72
Australia 68

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ShopRank From ShopRank to Semantil

Semantil extends the crawl and data operations developed through ShopRank since 2017.

ShopRank focuses on online stores. Semantil applies that foundation to broader company and market discovery. Built by ShopRank’s founder.

ShopRank data is used by

Klarna Alibaba CDiscount ING Zoho

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You do not need to know how to query a database. Describe what you are trying to learn; Semantil finds the relevant companies, shows what stands out and keeps the results ready for further work.

1Your question
2How many match
3What stands out
4Companies behind it
5What to do next
Explore an idea

See what already exists before you invest.

Find similar businesses, see how they work and identify the questions that still need a real-world test.

“I want to start an outdoor gear repair club with workshops, memberships and refurbished products. Find similar businesses in several countries and show how their business models differ.”
Similar businesses · business models · what to check next
Map a market

See how many companies are in a market and where they are.

Count the companies found, group them by country or type, and inspect the businesses behind the numbers.

“How many companies make or sell outdoor saunas in Europe, and which countries have the most?”
How many companies · where they are · what they do
Find companies

Describe the companies you want to reach.

Explain what a good match looks like, check why each company fits, then save or export the results.

“Find independent cosmetics manufacturers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that sell abroad.”
Matching companies · why they fit · saved list
Compare groups

Find what makes one group different.

Bring customers, competitors or another company list and compare it with other companies in the Semantil index.

“Among Shopify stores, which store sizes and product categories are more common among stores using Klaviyo than among those that do not?”
What stands out · supporting data · similar companies

What Semantil adds to a ChatGPT answer or database export.

A general AI can suggest examples. A company database can export rows. Semantil shows how many companies match, why they match and lets you inspect the companies behind the answer.

Who are the electronics manufacturing (EMS) companies in Spain?

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ChatGPTA few examples

Here are some electronics manufacturing (EMS) companies in Spain:

This list may not be exhaustive. Let me know if you'd like more details on any of these companies.

Five names you mostly knew. No total, no way to check, and out of date in a month.
Company databaseRows by industry code
Rows 1–25 · Filter: NACE C26.1, Spain
An industry code isn't a market. You filter thousands of rows by hand.
SemantilCompanies in the index, counted and saved

Electronics manufacturing (EMS) companies in Spain

248companies

How the market splits
Design & manufacturing services 128
Design, components & automation 60
Product design & PCB manufacturing 47

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Every company in the market, how it splits, saved as a list you keep working on.

Which payment methods do French online stores show?

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ChatGPTA few examples

French online stores commonly accept these payment methods:

These are general observations and may not reflect current market data.

A paragraph of general knowledge. No numbers, nothing to check.
Company databaseRows by country
Rows 1–25 · Filter: Country = FR
Export every French store, then count payment methods yourself.
SemantilCompanies in the index, counted and saved

Payment methods in French online stores

263,529online stores in France · payment method detected on 136,627

Payment methods detected
PayPal 98,080
Visa 86,629
Mastercard 86,267
Apple Pay 72,227
American Express 53,042

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The whole market in one view, with coverage stated. Every bar opens into the companies behind it.

Which Shopify stores in Canada did Semantil first see this year?

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ChatGPTA few examples

Here are some Shopify stores in Canada that launched recently:

I don't have access to real-time data, so some of these may be outdated.

A few well-known brands. No total, no dates, nothing you can save.
Company databaseRows by platform
Rows 1–25 · Filter: Platform = Shopify, Country = CA
A platform export gives you rows. The year-by-year picture you build yourself.
SemantilCompanies in the index, counted and saved

Shopify stores in Canada first seen in 2026

12,413first seen in 2026 · of 104,031 Shopify stores in Canada

Shopify stores in Canada by year first seen
2026 · this year 12,413
2025 13,759
2024 10,296
2023 7,785
2022 6,200

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Counted, split by year, saved as a list you keep working on.

Where do German online stores sell abroad?

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ChatGPTA few examples

German online stores commonly sell to these countries:

These are general observations and may not reflect current market data.

Guesses about neighboring countries. No numbers, nothing to check.
Company databaseRows by country
Rows 1–25 · Filter: Country = DE
There is no column for where a store sells abroad. You work it out store by store.
SemantilCompanies in the index, counted and saved

Where German online stores sell abroad

29,904stores with signs of selling abroad · of 324,787

Countries they sell to (detected)
Austria 14,634
Switzerland 9,827
France 8,005
United Kingdom 6,427
Netherlands 6,418

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29,904 stores with a signal, split by destination. Every bar opens into companies.

Which UK fashion brands run on Shopify, and where do they sell abroad?

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ChatGPTA few examples

Here are some UK fashion brands on Shopify:

I can't verify which countries they ship to. Let me know if you'd like more details on any of these brands.

Five names you mostly knew. Nothing about where they sell.
Company databaseRows by platform
Rows 1–25 · Filter: Platform = Shopify, Country = GB
Platform filter, yes. "Fashion brand" isn't a field, and selling abroad isn't a column.
SemantilCompanies in the index, counted and saved

UK fashion brands on Shopify

2,294brands · 260 show signs of selling abroad

Countries they sell to (detected)
United States 161
Ireland 85
Germany 72
Australia 68

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2,294 brands found by what they are and what they run on, in one list.

Use Semantil from Claude, Codex or Cursor. MCP setup guide ↗

Start with a group of companies. See what sets them apart.

Take a group of companies you can describe, such as stores using one technology, or a public list like a Y Combinator batch. Semantil compares the group with the rest of the market, or with a second group, and shows which countries, business segments, technologies and company sizes appear more often inside it. Bring your own list too: export a sample of your customers from your CRM as a CSV. Semantil shows what stands out about them compared with the rest of the market, then finds similar companies and keeps the accounts you already have out of the results.

Among Shopify stores, which store sizes and product categories are more common among stores using Klaviyo than among those that do not?

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SemantilGroup vs. market

Shopify stores using Klaviyo, compared with all other Shopify stores

271,788stores with Klaviyo · 2,084,063 other Shopify stores

What appears more often
SignalKlaviyo storesOther Shopify storesMore often
Top 1% of stores by size3.4%0.3%10.0×
Top 1–5% by size7.5%2.0%3.7×
Supplements & wellness1.9%0.7%2.6×
Sports nutrition0.7%0.3%2.4×
Natural & organic beauty0.9%0.4%2.2×

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The biggest difference is store size; supplement, nutrition and natural beauty brands also appear more often. Shares are of all stores in each group, including stores where a field is unknown.
SemantilList vs. list

Y Combinator companies from the 2025 batch, compared with the 2015 batch

442companies in 2025 · 158 in 2015

What appears more often in the 2025 batch
SignalYC 2025YC 2015Difference
1–10 employees87.1%18.4%+68.8 pp
Hosted on Vercel37.3%3.2%+34.2 pp
AI consulting & automation11.5%2.5%+9.0 pp
Radix UI components7.5%1.3%+6.2 pp
Built with Next.js11.1%5.1%+6.0 pp

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Ten years on, YC companies are much smaller teams, more often AI businesses, and built on newer web tools.

See what every answer is based on.

Semantil researches markets using its own index of websites. It finds relevant companies, counts and groups them, explains why they match, and tells you what the data cannot confirm. The index contains 130.84M searchable websites and has been built since 2017. Use Semantil to explore an idea, understand a market, find companies or compare groups. It works in the browser, through a REST API and as an MCP server for AI agents. Company records can also include the basic contact details a company publishes on its own website: a company email such as info@ or sales@, a phone number, or both, when available. Each contact includes its source page and observation date. For named people and their work contact details, use a provider that specializes in contact data.

Websites
Websites observed1.17BEvery website (domain) Semantil has ever checked, live or not.
Searchable websites130.84MWebsites you can search right now.
Websites with known technologies135M+At least one technology recognized on the site.
Technologies we recognize16,863Different technologies, from Shopify to Klaviyo.
Websites sorted into a business segment69.6M30K+ business segments. 8.49M of these websites are online stores, the rest are other businesses.
Websites with segment, country and technology57M+We know all three for these websites.
Countries250We know the country for 73% of websites (95.9M). Most: United States, Germany, United Kingdom.
Languages69We know the language for 92% of websites. About half are English.
Online stores · 8.49M verified active stores
Checked in the last 30 days8.48MStores we re-visited within a month.
With a product category7.52MWhat the store sells, in 14K+ detailed categories.
With signs of sales8.49MObservable signs of an active selling operation.
With an estimated size8.39MModelled size band, from small to top 1%.
Different technology set-ups3.48MDifferent combinations of technologies in use.
Matched to a company register1.35MStore linked to a national company or VAT register.
What we see on store pages
Shop platforms487Main platform known for every store.
Payment methods84Detected on the pages of 3.34M stores.
Shipping carriers396Seen on the pages of 1.21M stores.
Countries stores sell to250Foreign-market signals found on 325K stores.
First seenback to 2013When we first saw a website. Public archives from 2013, Semantil crawl since 2017.
How it runs
Own index1.17B → 130.84MWebsites observed, and websites you can search. Built and crawled by Semantil since 2017.
Own search engine<100 msTypical answer across 130.84M websites; 8 ms median for text search, measured on production. Benchmark against Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and Typesense →
Evidence per recordevery fieldEvery record carries the date we last checked it. Contact details carry the page and the sentence they came from. Every company in a market answer carries why it matched: the words on its site, its segment, or both.
Freshness100% in 30 days8.48M of 8.49M stores re-visited within the last 30 days; new data release about monthly. Each record includes its own observation dates.

Index figures updated 2026-09-20.

Companies, not people: Semantil can include a company email such as info@ or sales@ and a phone number published on the company’s own website, when available. Each contact includes its source page and observation date. Personal mailboxes and personal names are excluded.

How Semantil is built →All fields and what they mean →

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