Klarna leads buy now, pay later in the UK, with Afterpay and PayPal Pay Later far behind.
United Kingdom · payments
Most used payment providers in UK online shops
PayPal and Stripe lead payment providers in online shops in the United Kingdom, with Square third and Klarna fourth, far behind.
- Online shops
- ~420,000
- Leader
- PayPal
- Then
- Stripe and Square
- Cash on delivery
- Rare
September 2026
Opayo and Worldpay sit fifth and sixth, each on few UK shops, far behind Square.
Only a minority of PayPal shops in the UK advertise, so advertising cuts the leader's list hard.
Payment providers ranked by online shops
A shop can offer several payment providers.
- 01PayPal · digital wallet~93,000
- 02Stripe~64,000
- 03Square~17,000
- 04Klarna · buy now, pay later provider~14,000
- 05Opayo~4,200
- 06Worldpay~2,700
- 07Afterpay · buy now, pay later provider~2,600
- 08Nets~1,900
- 09PayPal Pay Later · buy now, pay later provider~1,900
- 10Braintree~1,300
- 11Alma · buy now, pay later provider~1,200
- 12Revolut Pay · digital wallet~1,000
- 13GoCardless~740
- 14Viva.com~530
- 15Mollie~460
- 16Elavon~400
- 17Adyen~380
- 18Realex Payments~360
- 19Revolut Banklink · bank payment button~300
- 20Trustly~300
On Shopify shops
On WooCommerce shops
On Magento shops
What this means
What to do with it.
PayPal and Stripe overlap on many UK shops, so the sharper lists are the shops with one of them but not the other, plus the Square and Klarna shops. PayPal shops run on Shopify first, then WooCommerce and Magento.
Target Stripe and Square shops in the UK that offer no Klarna or Afterpay, since installment options reach only a share of shops with an identified provider.
Reach PayPal shops on Shopify first, then WooCommerce and Magento; Shopify at the top makes the UK a Shopify app market before anything else.
Prioritize PayPal shops that advertise, a minority of the leader's list, and deliver them matched to a company and a named contact.
Common questions
- Which payment provider do most online shops in United Kingdom offer?
- PayPal, offered by ~93,000 UK online shops. Stripe is second with ~64,000.
- How many UK online shops offer Stripe?
- ~64,000 online shops in United Kingdom offer Stripe, the second most common payment provider in the country.
- Is Square common in United Kingdom?
- Square is the third most common payment provider in UK online shops, with ~17,000 shops offering it.
- Can I get the list of UK 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
- Offered at checkout is not the option buyers pick most.
- Many UK shops show no identified provider, and not identified does not mean absent.
Start with your target
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