Vodafone
Telecommunications · United Kingdom
Vodafone sells mobile and fixed connectivity to about 300 million customers in Europe and Africa, plus business services, IoT and mobile money through Vodacom and M-Pesa.
What makes it different
Vodafone runs a mobile money service in Africa.
29.3MActive M-Pesa users in Vodacom internationalFY2026
M-Pesa lets customers send and spend money from a phone, and it already brings in nearly a third of service revenue in Vodacom's international markets.
How big it is
How big is Vodafone?
€40.5BRevenueFY2026
279MMobile customersFY2026
91KEmployeesFY2026
How it makes money FY2026
Mostly service fees.
- Service revenue83%€33.5B
- Equipment revenue12%€4.8B
- Other revenue and interest5%€2.2B
How the business works
Run networks. Grow Africa. Sell the rest.
- 1Mobile and fixed networks
- 2Africa and mobile money
- 3Weaker markets and stakes
Spain, Italy and VodafoneZiggo have been sold to leave fewer, stronger markets and fund share buybacks.
Who owns it
- Emirates Telecommunications Group (e&)17.005026%
- BlackRock, Inc.6.5%
- Norges Bank3.0004%
CEO: Margherita Della Valle
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 2000Verizon Wireless is formed with Bell Atlantic
- 2014Sale of the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless
- 2024Vodafone Spain sold to Zegona
- 2025Vodafone Italy sold to Swisscom for €7.9 billion
- 2025Vodafone UK and Three UK merge into VodafoneThree
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Vodafone's own reports.
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What Vodafone tracks25 metrics
Mobile customers
Fixed broadband customers
FinTech users
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Germany
UK
Africa
The full timeline10 moments
2013
2022
2026
Vodafone vs Deutsche Telekomside by side
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