Adyen
Payments and financial technology platform · Netherlands
Adyen runs one in-house payments platform, with its own banking licences, that lets large companies and software platforms accept online and in-store payments in many countries and earns a small fee on the volume it processes.
What makes it different
It holds its own banking licences in the EU, US and UK.
84%Full-stack share of volumeFY2025
Settling funds itself instead of through partner banks lets one platform handle payments, accounts, cards and loans.
How big it is
How big is Adyen?
€1.4TProcessed volumeFY2025
€2.4BNet revenueFY2025
4,771EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
A small fee on every payment it processes.
- Digital€1.3B
- Unified Commerce€765M
- Platforms€264M
How the business works
One platform, own licences, fee per transaction.
- 1Single in-house platform
- 2Own banking licences
- 3Small fee per payment
Because gateway, risk, acquiring and settlement sit on one stack, every new customer adds volume without new systems, which is why more than half of net revenue turns into EBITDA.
Who owns it
- Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited6.39%
- T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.4.93%
- BlackRock, Inc.4.75%
CEO: Pieter van der Does
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 2006Adyen founded in Amsterdam
- 2017European banking licence
- 6-13Listed on Euronext Amsterdam
- 2021US Federal Foreign Branch licence
- 2023Margin falls as hiring continues
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Adyen's own reports.
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What Adyen tracks17 metrics
Processed volume
Take rate
Point-of-sale volume
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Europe, Middle East and Africa
North America
Asia-Pacific
The full timeline18 moments
2023
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2026
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