⚡ Payments in the Netherlands

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 Netherlands is a Western European country with a population of over 17.8 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 4.2% of websites from the Netherlands.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is PayPal, which dominates the market with a substantial 61.4% share.
It is followed by Mastercard with 22.7% and Visa with 21.8%.

PayPal 61.4%
Mastercard 22.7%
Visa 21.8%
Bancontact 14.2%
Klarna 13.2%
Google Pay 11.9%
Mollie 11.5%
Shop Pay 10.5%
Apple Pay 10.1%
Stripe 10%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 9.7%
Worldline 7.1%
American Express 7.1%
MultiSafepay 6.5%
Arcot 5.9%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Mastercard ^(-3)
3. Visa ^(-1)
4. Bancontact ^(-21)
5. Klarna ^(-2)
7. Mollie ^(-17)
14. MultiSafepay ^(-32)
17. Adyen ^(-3)
19. Pay.nl ^(-72)
22. PaysafeCard ^(-23)
23. Epoch ^(-28)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 81 payment services used on sites from the Netherlands, 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. $$$	61.4%
2	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	22.7%
3	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	21.8%
4	Bancontact Brussels, Belgium A Belgium-based real-time online bank transfer payment method.	14.2%
5	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	13.2%
6	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment service developed by Google that allows users to make payments using Android phones, tablets, or watches. Free	11.9%
7	Mollie Ansterdam, Netherlands A Netherlands-based payment platform for in-person payments, subscriptions, and financing.	11.5%
8	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A one-tap checkout and payment method developed by Shopify. Free$$$	10.5%
9	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment service by Apple that is supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Free	10.1%
10	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	10%
11	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. $$$	9.7%
12	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	7.1%
13	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	7.1%
14	MultiSafepay Amsterdam, Netherlands An omnichannel payment gateway that allows businesses to accept payments via credit and debit cards, iDeal, Bancontact, SEPA Direct Debit, and bank transfers.	6.5%
15	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	5.9%
16	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	5.2%
17	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	4.2%
18	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	2.1%
19	Pay.nl Enschede, Netherlands A Dutch payment service provider that offers over 40 payment methods. Free€35+/month	1.9%
20	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+	1.9%
21	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	1.2%
22	PaysafeCard London, United Kingdom A prepaid code payment method that allows you to pay online with cash without a bank account or registration. £3+/month	0.9%
23	Epoch Wilson, Wyoming, United States A global payment processor that specializes in high-risk industries, such as adult entertainment, cryptocurrency, online betting, and dating.	0.8%
24	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. $$$	0.8%
25	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	0.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 89,620 websites from the Netherlands.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.