Why Magento and EAA
Magento (now Adobe Commerce) runs a large share of Europe's mid-size and enterprise webshops — exactly the e-commerce category the European Accessibility Act regulates without a micro-enterprise exemption. Since June 2025 an inaccessible Magento store is a legal exposure in every EU market, and B2B buyers increasingly cascade EN 301 549 requirements into supplier contracts. The scale differs from WordPress or Wix: Magento stores have more custom theming, more extensions, and more complex transactional flows — which means more surface area for failures, but also more budget to fix them properly.
No Size Exemption
Unlike service providers, e-commerce falls under the EAA regardless of company size. Even a two-person Magento shop must comply.
Theme Inheritance Risk
Most stores run heavily customised descendants of Luma — accessibility bugs baked into the parent theme replicate on every page.
Extension Wild West
Checkout upgrades, search, reviews and wishlists often come from third-party vendors with unknown accessibility quality. Each one needs an audit.