Bancontact
Bancontact is a Belgian payment method that enables real-time online bank transfers and card payments.
It offers redirection to the customer's banking interface or QR code scanning, supports contactless card and mobile payments, provides merchants with real-time confirmation and lower transaction fees than traditional cards, allows refunds for up to 365 days, and carries no chargeback risk.
According to our data, Bancontact ranks 25th among the online payment services we track.
It has 0.7% of the online payment market share and is detected on 0.05% of all websites.
It appears on 1.2% of all websites in Belgium, 0.8% in the Netherlands, and 0.09% in Germany.
- 🏠 Website
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Online Payments
- Rank: 25
- Market share: 0.7%
🏆 Bancontact Awards
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Belgium in the Online Payments category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the Netherlands in the Online Payments category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in France in the Online Payments category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Germany in the Online Payments category.
⚡ Sites Using Bancontact
We have data on 2,056 websites that use the Bancontact online payment service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Bancontact is loaded.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #9,183 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 2 | #18,096 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 3 | #22,892 | Belgium | Flemish | |
| 4 | #26,739 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 5 | #28,693 | Belgium | Flemish | |
| 6 | #29,492 | Belgium | Dutch | |
| 7 | #31,128 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 8 | #32,080 | France | French | |
| 9 | #32,225 | Belgium | Flemish | |
| 10 | #32,810 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 11 | #33,101 | Belgium | Flemish | |
| 12 | #34,313 | Turkey | English | |
| 13 | #35,998 | Belgium | Dutch | |
| 14 | #36,897 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 15 | #38,591 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 16 | #39,739 | France | French | |
| 17 | #40,007 | Japan | American English | |
| 18 | #41,142 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 19 | #42,540 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 20 | #46,240 | Belgium | French |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Bancontact:
- are located in the Netherlands
- have content in Dutch
- use the .nl domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Bancontact are from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
- Netherlands 43.9%
- Belgium 19.7%
- Germany 12.1%
- United States 10.9%
- France 4.7%
- United Kingdom 2.3%
- Spain 0.9%
- Sweden 0.8%
- Austria 0.5%
- Other 4.2%
Most Bancontact users speak Dutch, English, or German.
- Dutch 46.2%
- English 32.4%
- German 10.4%
- French 8.6%
- Italian 0.7%
- Spanish 0.5%
- Turkish 0.3%
- Polish 0.1%
- Swedish 0.1%
- Other 0.7%
The Bancontact online payment service is especially popular on .nl, .com, and .be top-level domains.
- .nl 31.6%
- .com 28.3%
- .be 17.2%
- .de 8.7%
- .fr 3.5%
- .eu 3.1%
- .co.uk 0.8%
- .se 0.7%
- .net 0.6%
- Other 5.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Bancontact include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty.
- Online Shopping 54%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.7%
- Fashion/Beauty 7.5%
- Business 6.6%
- Travel 2.8%
- Internet Services 1.9%
- Games 1.6%
- Health 1.5%
- Sports 1.5%
- Other 9.9%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Bancontact from?
Bancontact is from Brussels, Belgium.
Which country uses Bancontact the most?
The majority of Bancontact users are from the Netherlands.
Who uses Bancontact?
According to our data, Bancontact is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as loaded.com,
q-park.nl, and
standaardboekhandel.be.
Is Bancontact used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by evisa.gov.tr.
How does Bancontact stack up against the competition?
Bancontact is a fairly popular online payment service, ranking ahead of 113 other online payment services we track.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,009,087 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.