PayPal customer statistics 2026
- PayPal is linked to 159 companies in the Embedded Finance Index through their public disclosures and PayPal's own customer lists (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- PayPal ranks #3 of 528 PSP providers by number of linked companies (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Companies link to PayPal most often for PSP (153), FX / Payouts (15) and Lending (10) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known segment, 31% are in Vertical SaaS (50 of 159) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known segment, 17% are in Horizontal SaaS (27 of 159) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known segment, 14% are in Marketplace (23 of 159) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known headquarters, 49% are headquartered in the US (74 of 152) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known headquarters, 23% are headquartered in the EU (35 of 152) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- Of the companies linked to PayPal with a known headquarters, 9% are headquartered in APAC (14 of 152) (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- About 55% of the companies linked to PayPal also use Stripe (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- About 15% of the companies linked to PayPal also use Adyen (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- About 10% of the companies linked to PayPal also use Authorize.net (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- About 10% of the companies linked to PayPal also use Checkout.com (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
- About 10% of the companies linked to PayPal also use Klarna (Embedded Finance Index, October 2026).
How to cite these statistics
Embedded Finance Index, October 2026, published by Apideck. https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/statistics/vendors/paypal. Figures are recomputed as dossiers are added; quote the month alongside the number.