⚡ Payments in the United Kingdom

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 9.3% of websites from the United Kingdom.

Statistics based on 160K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top payment services on websites in the United Kingdom in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal, which dominates the market with a substantial 65.2% share.
It is followed by Shop Pay with 30.2% and Stripe with 21.1%.

PayPal 65.2%
Shop Pay 30.2%
Stripe 21.1%
Visa 11.4%
Mastercard 11.4%
Klarna 10.8%
Google Pay 10.5%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 6.8%
Apple Pay 6.5%
American Express 5.3%
Arcot 4.5%
Worldline 4.3%
Wirecard 4%
Opayo 3.2%
Recharge 2.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in the United Kingdom than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

6. Klarna ^(-1)
8. PayPal Enterprise Payments ^(-2)
11. Arcot ^(-2)
13. Wirecard ^(-1)
14. Opayo ^(-28)
15. Recharge ^(-3)
16. Afterpay ^(-1)
18. Adyen ^(-1)
19. Worldpay ^(-26)
23. Clearpay ^(-36)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 101 payment services used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal San Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details. $$$	65.2%
2	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	30.2%
3	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	21.1%
4	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	11.4%
5	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	11.4%
6	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	10.8%
7	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices. Free	10.5%
8	PayPal Enterprise Payments San Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites. $$$	6.8%
9	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices. Free	6.5%
10	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	5.3%
11	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	4.5%
12	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	4.3%
13	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	4%
14	Opayo Atlanta, Georgia, United States A payment gateway serving merchants in the UK and Ireland.	3.2%
15	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs. $99+/month	2.2%
16	Afterpay Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A buy-now-pay-later payment service that lets shoppers split purchases into installment plans at checkout both online and in stores without interest if payments are made on time. $$$	2.1%
17	Amazon Pay Seattle, Washington, United States Lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts. Free$0.30+	1.7%
18	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	1.4%
19	Worldpay Cincinnati, Ohio, United States A merchant services and payment processing provider serving over one million merchants globally.	1.3%
20	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	1.3%
21	Authorize.net San Francisco, California, United States A payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants. $25+/month	1.1%
22	Square Oakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services. Free$49+/month	1.1%
23	Clearpay Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A payment service that lends customers a fixed amount of credit to make purchases instantly and then pay for them in 4 automatic, interest-free installments.	1.1%
24	Revolut London, United Kingdom A digital financial platform that offers personal and business accounts, multi-currency spending, debit cards, international transfers, and investment options.	0.9%
25	Mollie Ansterdam, Netherlands A Netherlands-based payment platform for in-person payments, subscriptions, and financing.	0.9%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

🗃️ 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 160,968 websites from the United Kingdom.
We currently track the presence of 136 payment services across the web.
Of these, 101 were detected on websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.