Financial technology company Stripe has reported higher pre-tax profits and revenues for the year to the end of December 2025 on the back of securing new orders.
Profit on ordinary activities before tax at Stripe Payments International Holdings Limited, the parent company for its business in EMEA and APAC, rose to $445.6m from $101.9m the previous year.
Revenues for the year jumped by 33% to $6.79 billion from $5.12 billion in 2024.
Stripe – which was founded by John and Patrick Collison – specialises in payment processing but has been rapidly growing into other areas of financial services and digital transactions.
In its results statement today, the company said that cost of sales increased by 26% to $5.3 billion, driven by increased processing fees in line with volume growth, while administrative expenses were up 21% to $1.2 billion.
It noted that both metrics grew more slowly than revenue, which it said reflected continued operating efficiency and improving unit economics.
Last year, businesses running on Stripe generated $1.9 trillion in total volume, up 34% from 2024, and equivalent to roughly 1.6% of global GDP.
In the Collison brothers’ annual letter to staff, they said that Stripe remained robustly profitable, allowing them to continue investing heavily in product development – with more than 350 product updates last year – as well as acquisitions.
“All in all, 2025 was a strong year for the internet economy, and we’re delighted to see so many of Stripe’s customers do so well,” they added.
They said that many more new companies joined Stripe last year than ever before, with 57% based outside the US.
“This new cohort is by far the highest performing and fastest moving we’ve ever seen, growing around 50% faster than the 2024 cohort,” the Collisons added.