Square ranks third in Ireland, ahead of Klarna and far ahead of Revolut Pay.
Ireland · payments
Most used payment providers in Irish online shops
PayPal and Stripe lead payment providers in Ireland by a wide margin, with Square a distant third and Klarna the only instalment option that stands out.
- Online shops
- ~38,000
- Leader
- PayPal
- Then
- Stripe and Square
- Cash on delivery
- Rare
September 2026
Klarna is the only buy now, pay later provider that stands out, so instalment competition is thin.
Cash on delivery is almost absent in Irish shops, so online checkout is the norm.
Payment providers ranked by online shops
A shop can offer several payment providers.
- 01PayPal · digital wallet~9,800
- 02Stripe~8,300
- 03Square~2,000
- 04Klarna · buy now, pay later provider~1,500
- 05Revolut Pay · digital wallet~460
- 06Realex Payments~290
On WooCommerce shops
On Shopify shops
On Magento shops
What this means
What to do with it.
The majority of Irish shops with a named provider offer PayPal, so PayPal alone is not a filter; narrow to shops that offer PayPal without Stripe, or Stripe without PayPal, to find single-provider setups. PayPal shops run on Shopify first, then WooCommerce and Magento, and fewer than half of them advertise.
Target Irish shops that offer PayPal or Stripe but no Klarna; the instalment slot is open on most of them.
Work Shopify shops first, then WooCommerce and Magento; that is the platform order behind PayPal in Ireland.
Start Irish lists from Square and Klarna shops, which are small and specific, and use PayPal only to confirm a working checkout.
Common questions
- Which payment provider do most online shops in Ireland offer?
- PayPal, offered by ~9,800 Irish online shops. Stripe is second with ~8,300.
- How many Irish online shops offer Stripe?
- ~8,300 online shops in Ireland offer Stripe, the second most common payment provider in the country.
- Is Square common in Ireland?
- Square is the third most common payment provider in Irish online shops, with ~2,000 shops offering it.
- Can I get the list of Irish online shops by payment provider?
- Yes. Pick the payment provider and the cut you want, for example shops that advertise now or sit above a turnover line, and we return the matched companies with the people to reach.
Keep in mind
- PayPal or Stripe named on a shop's site does not show which one buyers use most, or how much goes through either.
- A shop with no identified provider may still take cards; the missing name is a gap, not a finding.
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