Most shops in Germany with a payment provider offer PayPal, so on its own it hardly narrows a list.
digital wallet · Germany
Online shops offering PayPal in Germany
PayPal is the most offered payment provider in online shops in Germany, well ahead of Sofort, Klarna and Stripe.
- Online shops in Germany
- ~180,000
- Rank among payment providers
- Most common of 15
- Most seen on
- WooCommerce
September 2026
Fewer than half of PayPal shops in Germany advertise now, so ad activity is the filter that does the work.
Payment providers in Germany
Where PayPal sits among the payment providers German shops offer.
Platforms where PayPal shows up most
- 01WooCommerce
- 02Shopify
- 03Shopware
PayPal elsewhere in Europe
- 01United Kingdom~93,000
- 02France~56,000
- 03Italy~53,000
- 04Netherlands~33,000
- 05Switzerland~32,000
- 06Spain~30,000
- 07Austria~25,000
- 08Poland~19,000
- 09Belgium~15,000
- 10Greece~15,000
What this means
What to do with it.
PayPal in Germany is close to the whole market, so treat it as a base and narrow by what else the shop does. Ad activity cuts it to the shops investing in buyers; platform, WooCommerce, Shopify or Shopware, tells you the integration. The shops that offer PayPal but none of Sofort, Klarna or Stripe are the ones with room for a second provider.
Target PayPal shops in Germany that advertise now and do not yet offer Klarna or Sofort, and lead with the second-provider gap.
Treat PayPal as a baseline in Germany and segment by platform instead; WooCommerce, Shopify and Shopware lead its list.
Use PayPal in Germany as the base list and add ad activity, platform and a company match to turn it into a working set.
Common questions
- How many online shops in Germany offer PayPal?
- ~180,000 online shops in Germany offer PayPal. It is the most common payment provider in the country.
- Which payment provider do German online shops offer most?
- PayPal leads in Germany with ~180,000 shops, followed by Sofort and Klarna.
- Which ecommerce platform do PayPal shops in Germany run?
- Most PayPal shops in Germany run WooCommerce, then Shopify.
- Can I get the list of German online shops that offer PayPal?
- Yes. Send us the segment you want, for example PayPal shops in Germany that advertise now, and we return the matched companies with the people to reach.
Keep in mind
- Offered at checkout is not the option buyers pick most.
- Offering PayPal says little about shop size, so pair it with ad activity or platform before outreach.
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Target the German shops that offer PayPal
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