SumUp Surpasses 1 Billion Annual Transactions

This milestone marks a strategic milestone for SumUp, confirming its role as a trusted partner for merchants to help them launch, manage and grow their businesses. This achievement illustrates SumUp’s rapid growth across a variety of markets, where its SMB-centric approach provides entrepreneurs with essential tools to support and grow their businesses.

SumUp’s payments business is just one component of its multi-product ecosystem, which delivers significant value to merchants through solutions that enable their growth and diversify their revenue streams. Over the past decade, SumUp has expanded its offering from simple payments to an integrated “super-app” that includes payments, business accounts and cards, and advanced business management software.

By 2024, over 1 million customers are using the SumUp Pro Account, demonstrating the growing adoption of its multi-product suite. SumUp expects strong growth in the coming years, driven by continued expansion across its 36 markets, as well as strategic M&A opportunities.

With a growing merchant base and a broad ecosystem of solutions, SumUp remains focused on creating sustainable and scalable value, while investing in product innovation and operational efficiencies.

SumUp strategy: Global expansion with tailored solutions

As part of its long-term strategy, SumUp diversifies its offering by regularly launching new products and services that meet the specific needs of businesses around the world. Recently, the fintech introduced licensed banking services in Brazil and expanded its Pro Account and Cash Advance offerings to several other countries.

This expansion into financial services strengthens SumUp’s growth base, with further rollouts planned by the end of 2024 and in 2025.

The launch in Australia also marks a key milestone, opening up international opportunities and expanding the SumUp ecosystem to other markets, with a particular focus on the Americas and Europe.

Multi-faceted growth strategy and M&A

SumUp’s growth is driven by three main pillars: payment processing, software revenue and business account services. While the payments business remains the core driver of the company, the growing demand for its SaaS and financial management solutions demonstrates merchants’ interest in tools that support and enable their growth.

The acquisitions of Fivestars, Goodtill and Tiller Systems demonstrate SumUp’s commitment to building a complete ecosystem that goes well beyond payments. By integrating advanced software solutions and loyalty programs, SumUp now offers merchants an all-in-one financial services platform.

This strategy has proven effective over the past decade, with rapid deployments, seamless integration and the development of leading products that strengthen SumUp’s competitiveness in its key markets.

Profitability at the service of growth

Since Q4 2022, SumUp has been EBITDA positive and has continuously improved its margins throughout 2023.

The company reinvests its profits into the development of its business, ensuring sustainable growth while maintaining profitability. In a constantly changing industry, SumUp’s financial strength also attracts corporate customers, reinforcing its position as a market consolidator.

Towards a possible IPO and long-term vision

While SumUp is often talked about in connection with a potential IPO, the company confirms that an IPO is not a short-term priority. SumUp intends to remain committed to its more than 4 million merchants worldwide by continuing to grow its transaction volume, strengthen its profitability and accelerate its international expansion.

An IPO remains a possibility, but the company is focused on controlled growth, confident in its ability to achieve its goals independently.

Hermione McKee, SumUp’s Chief Financial Officer said: “SumUp is focused on creating sustainable value and exploring diverse strategic options. With positive operating cash flow, we have many opportunities. Our priority is to grow the business and innovate for our merchants over the long term, without rushing into an IPO.”

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