Experts say these 21 e-commerce and retail players are the most likely IPO in 2021 after a year that saw online shopping undergo 10 years worth of growth in 90 days

A number of major companies could IPO next year (pictured: Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker, Kalyan Krishnamurthy of Flipkart, Andrew Bialecki of Klaviyo, and Patrick Collison of Stripe).Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Money Sharma/Getty Images; Barry Chin/Getty Images; Phillip Faraone/Getty Images; Yuqing Liu/Business Insider

• An explosion in online shopping and the possibility of loosened restrictions could make 2021 a major year for e-commerce initial public offerings.
• Business Insider interviewed three experts in the e-commerce space to get a sense of which companies in the direct to consumer and business-to-business space could go public.
• From Stripe to Flipkart to Mytheresa, here are the e-commerce players that could go public next year.

2020 has been a huge year for e-commerce. The coronavirus pandemic has fostered soaring online sales, as customers avoid stores. A spate of e-commerce brands have posted recent initial public offerings, including shopping app Wish and food delivery company Doordash.

E-commerce platform Shopify estimated that retail e-commerce saw a decade's worth of growth in 90 days "at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 could be even bigger for the online retail space, as e-commerce brands turn to IPOs to build up - or salvage - their business.

Global X research analyst Pedro Palandrani previously told Business Insider that "e-commerce is just getting started," and will likely continue to soar even after COVID-19 vaccines become available.