Stripe Statistics (2026): Revenue, Market Share & Growth Rate

Highlights. In one year, Stripe processes over $1.9 trillion in global payments, up 34% year-over-year (YoY).

1.14 million active websites globally use Stripe.
In 2025, Stripe had an estimated net revenue of $6.9 billion, up 36% YoY.
As of February 2026, Stripe is valued at $159 billion.
Stripe processes the equivalent of 1.6% of the world’s gross domestic product.
Stripe holds a 16.8% market share in payment processing software.

Bar Graph: Payment Processors by Number of Websites Globally including Stripe (1.34 million live websites) according to BuiltWith.com

Stripe User Statistics

Stripe is used by businesses in 51 countries and supports over 135 currencies and over 120 payment methods, including card, bank transfer, digital wallet, and buy now, pay later.

An estimated average of 1,000 companies join Stripe each day.
1.14 million active websites globally used Stripe as of June 2026.
5.40 million websites globally have historically used Stripe as of June 2026.
594,708 active websites in the U.S. used Stripe in June 2026, or 52.2% of all active websites using Stripe.
1 in 10 people worldwide transacted with a business using Stripe in 2022.
In 2025, 80% of the largest technology companies in America used Stripe.

10 Major Companies Using Stripe
Ranking	Company	2026 Revenue (in billions)
1	Walmart	$713.2
2	Amazon	$742.8
3	Apple	$451.4
4	Samsung	$235.7
5	AliExpress	$148.4
6	Target	$104.8
7	Wayfair	$12.7
8	Chewy	$12.6
9	ASOS	$3.34
10	Etsy	$2.86

Stripe User Growth Statistics

Stripe is one of the fastest-growing online payment processors.

More than 100 companies process over $1 billion per year on Stripe as of 2023.
From 2018 to 2022, the number of companies handling $1 billion or more through Stripe grew more than 50% each year.
In 2023, Stripe added capabilities for over 50 new payment methods worldwide, including Cash App Pay.
In 2022, over 1,000 new companies joined Stripe every day, an increase of 19% over the previous year.
57% of the businesses that joined Stripe in 2025 were based outside of the United States.
60% of the technology companies that went public in 2021 were Stripe customers.
Over the course of 2021, over 100 businesses per day surpassed $1 million in sales using Stripe.
In 2021, the number of Stripe customers based in Latin America grew by 518%; the number of APAC Stripe customers grew by 106%.

Bar Graph: Stripe Global Payment Volume from 2015 ($10 billion) to 2025 ($1.9 trillion) according to CB Insights and Stripe

Stripe Payment Volume Statistics

Stripe’s global payment volume growth peaked during the pandemic, but continues to grow.

Stripe processed over $1.9 trillion in payments in 2025, up 34% from 2024.
In 2024, Stripe processed a global payment volume of $1.4 trillion, an increase of 38% from 2023.
From 2019 to 2025, Stripe’s global payment volume grew by 1,168%.
Stripe’s largest yearly increase in payment volume was in 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it jumped by 133% from $150 billion to $350 billion.
Globally, over 100 of Stripe’s customers use the platform to process more than $1 billion a year.
Stripe services handle over 500 million API requests every day.

Bar Graph: Stripe Valuation from 2018 ($20 billion) to 2026 ($159 billion) according to Sacra, CNBC, and Crunchbase

Stripe Valuation Statistics

Stripe’s valuation reached a record high in 2026, surpassing its previous record set in 2025.

In February 2026, Stripe was valued at $159 billion, making it the 5th most valuable privately held company in the world.
In 2021, Stripe was valued at $95 billion, 31.6% higher than its 2024 valuation.
In 2025, Stripe’s valuation surpassed its 2021 high, reaching $106.7 billion.
Stripe internally cut its 2021 valuation by 28% to $74 billion in July 2022, then a further 14.9% to $63 billion in January 2023.
Since its initial 2011 valuation of $20 million, Stripe’s valuation has grown by 794,900%.
Stripe achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in 2014, just 3 years after its 2011 launch.

Bar Graph: Stripe Global Gross Revenue from 2020 ($1.6 billion) to 2025 ($6.9 billion) according to FTCintelligence & Forbes

Stripe Revenue Statistics

Stripe primarily generates revenue by charging for each transaction processed, as well as through a variety of additional services and revenue streams.

From 2024 to 2025, Stripe’s gross revenue increased by 35.9% from $5.1 billion to $6.9 billion.
In 2024, gross revenue increased by 34%; in 2023, revenue increased by 25%; in 2022, by 28%.
In 2021, after deducting fees paid to partners such as Visa and Chase, Stripe recorded a net revenue of nearly $2.5 billion.
Stripe charges a standard rate of 2.9% of the transaction + 30 cents, earning it over $2.9 billion on every $100 billion in transactions processed.
Stripe also offers a payment service called Checkout with a rate of 0.4% per transaction and a $2.00 cap per invoice.

Pie Chart: Payment Processing Software Market Share including PayPal, Stripe (16.8%), Shopify Pay, Amazon Pay, and Other, according to Datanyze

PayPal still leads in payment processing software, but Stripe is far ahead of its other competitors in market share.

In the U.S. payment processing market, Stripe holds a 16.8% market share.
PayPal leads the industry with a 31.4% market share.
Stripe competitors PayPal Pay in 4, Shopify Pay, and Amazon Pay hold 20.4%, 15.1%, and 2.91% market shares, respectively.
The global payment processing solutions market is expected to grow from $103.2 billion in 2023 to $160.0 billion in 2028.

Bar Graph: Stripe Funding Rounds from 2014 ($150 million) to 2024 ($694 billion) according to Sacra and Crunchbase

Stripe Funding Statistics

Stripe has raised money through nearly annual funding rounds since its founding.

As of 2026, Stripe has raised a total of $9.81 billion in funding from 127 investors over the course of 24 rounds.
In 2023 alone, Stripe raised over $6.87 billion in funding, accounting for 70.0% of the total it has raised since the company was founded.
Stripe’s second-largest funding round in 2024 raised $694 million.
The company’s first funding round in 2011 raised $2 million from 6 investors, including Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

Stripe Management Statistics

Stripe has expanded both its services and offices to several continents.

Stripe operates out of 30 offices worldwide, including 9 in North America and 11 in Europe.
Stripe has over 8,200 employees around the world.
In November of 2022, Stripe laid off 14% of its employees and acknowledged misjudging the growth of the internet economy.

Stripe’s 10 Most Recent Acquisitions
Company	Date	Purchase Amount (millions)
PartyDAO	Feb 13, 2026	Undisclosed
Metronome	Jan 15, 2026	Undisclosed
Valora	Dec 10, 2025	Undisclosed
Orum.io	Jul 20, 2025	Undisclosed
Privy	Jun 11, 2025	Undisclosed
Bridge	Oct 12, 2025	$1.1 billion
Lemon Squeezy	Jul 26, 2024	Undisclosed
Okay	May 31, 2023	Undisclosed
OpenChannel	Dec 6, 2021	Undisclosed
Recko	Oct 20, 2021	Undisclosed

Stripe Investment Statistics

In addition to its acquisitions, Stripe has invested extensively in many companies.

Stripe has made a total of 83 investments, most recently in CoPlane, which raised $14 million.
Stripe has been the lead investor in 34 (or 41.0%) of its investments, most recently in PostHog, which raised $70 million.
Stripe has made 14 diversity investments, most recently in women-founded Vengo AI, which raised $300,000.
As of December 2024, Stripe had acquired a total of 18 companies, the most recent being Orum.io in June 2025.

Stripe’s 10 Most Recent Investments
Company	Date	Total Amount Raised (in millions)
CoPlane	Nov 25, 2025	$14.0
MGBSP Services	Oct 31, 2025	Undisclosed
Circuit & Chisel	Sep 22, 2025	$19.2
Zipline AI	Aug 19, 2025	$7
Ramp	Jul 30, 2025	$500
Remark	Jul 1, 2025	$16
PostHog	Jun 9, 2025	$70
MGBSP Services	Apr 3, 2025	Undisclosed
Ramp	Mar 3, 2025	$150
InCorp Chain	Jan 7, 2025	$10

Stripe Competitor Statistics

Although PayPal still dominates the payment processing market, Adyen and Square are closer competitors to Stripe in terms of business model.

PayPal services are used by 13.7 million websites worldwide; PayPal services are used by 1,100% more websites than Stripe.
In 2026, Stripe’s competitors, Square and Adyen, were valued at $41.0 billion and $30.4 billion, respectively, compared to Stripe’s $159 billion valuation.
In 2025, Stripe recorded a net revenue of $6.9 billion, 158% more than Adyen’s net revenue of $2.67 billion.
Stripe has raised $9.81 billion in investments; in comparison, Adyen has raised $266 million.

Bar Graph: Stripe Competitor Valuations including Stripe ($159.0 billion), PayPal, Ayden, and Square, according to Crunchbase and Stock Analysis

Stripe Black Friday Statistics

Stripe processed massive volumes of payments on Black Friday/Cyber Monday of 2025 (BFCM 2025), all with minimal downtime.

During BFCM 2025, Stripe processed over 578 million transactions totaling $40 billion.
Stripe’s uptime during BFCM 2025 was over 99.9999%.
During BFCM 2025, Stripe received over 152,000 requests per minute at peak volume.
In just a minute of BFCM 2025 downtime, Stripe would have lost over $6.9 million worth of transactions.
Over 150,000 businesses had their best day on Stripe during BFCM 2025.
During BFCM 2024, Stripe handled over 465 million transactions, totaling $31 billion.

Stripe Atlas Statistics

Stripe Atlas, launched in 2016, is a service for incorporating a company that aims to make the process as simple as possible. Startups can incorporate with Atlas for an initial cost of $500.

In 2025, Stripe Atlas was used to start 23,000 companies, accounting for 1 in 4 new C Corporations in Delaware.
By 2023, over 50,000 companies in total had been started through Stripe Atlas, up 233% from 15,000 companies in 2020.
43% of Stripe Atlas users are starting a business for the first time; 25% wouldn’t have started a company without Atlas.
Businesses have been started with Stripe Atlas in 169 countries.
Stripe Atlas businesses collectively generate over $5 billion in yearly revenue.
As of 2021, businesses started with Stripe Atlas raised a lifetime total of $4.1 billion in capital investments.
In 2021, Stripe Atlas businesses employed 99,000 people, and planned to hire 120,000 more.

Stripe Climate Initiative Statistics

In 2020, Stripe launched Stripe Climate, a service that allows Stripe customers to direct a portion of their proceeds to climate initiatives such as carbon capture.

Stripe Climate began with 25 beta users and a $1 million investment from Stripe itself.
In 2021, over 15,000 companies from over 40 countries purchased carbon removal through Stripe Climate.
In 2021, Stripe invested $2 million in 4 new carbon removal technologies and pledged a further $4 million in purchase commitments.
Introduced in 2023, Climate Orders allows businesses to pre-order a specific number of carbon removal tons in the Stripe Dashboard to meet their climate targets.

Stripe Capital Statistics

In 2019, Stripe launched Stripe Capital, a lending service for small businesses focused on convenience and speed.

Businesses that financed with Stripe Capital grew their revenue 114% faster than those that didn’t.
Businesses that processed under $100,000 annually saw a revenue growth of 140% after borrowing from Stripe Capital.
Only 5.5% of Stripe Capital users had previously taken out a loan from a traditional lender.

The following data and insights were compiled by the Capital One Shopping team based on publicly available data.

Stripe Statistics