Here are a few of the most interesting Visa statistics and facts I was able to dig up including revenue totals and employee counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Visa Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 1958
- Headquarters: Foster City, CA
- Founder(s): Dee Hook
- Current Chief Executive: Alfred Kelly
Visa Revenue Totals
Visa annual total volume:
- 2020: $11.347 trillion
- 2019: $11.599 trillion
- 2018: $11.2 trillion
- 2017: $10.3 trillion
- 2016: $8.1 trillion
- 2015: $7.3 trillion
- 2014: $7.1 trillion
- 2013: $6.7 trillion
- 2012: $6.2 trillion
Total annual Visa transactions:
- 2020: 185.362 billion
- 2019: 180.585 billion
- 2018: 124.3 billion
- 2017: 111.2 billion
- 2016: 83.2 billion
- 2015: 70.9 billion
- 2014: 64.9 billion
- 2013: 58.4 billion
- 2012: 53.3 billion
Visa annual revenue:
- 2020: $21.846 billion
- 2019: $22.977 billion
- 2018: $20.609 billion
- 2017: $18.358 billion
- 2016: $15.082 billion
- 2015: $13.880 billion
- 2014: $12.702 billion
- 2013: $11.778 billion
- 2012: $10.421 billion
- 2011: $9.188 billion
- 2010: $8.065 billion
Visa annual net income:
- 2020: $10.866 billion
- 2019: $12.080 billion
- 2018: $10.301 billion
- 2017: $6.699 billion
- 2016: $5.991 billion
- 2015: $6.328 billion
- 2014: $5.438 billion
- 2013: $4.980 billion
- 2012: $2.144 billion
- 2011: $3.650 billion
- 2010: $2.966 billion
Visa Statistics
Average amount of transactions Visa process daily:
Last updated 5/25/19
Number of countries and territories Visa has customers in:
Last updated 9/14/18
Number of Visa cards in use (by year):
- 2018: 3.3 billion cards
- 2017: 3.2 billion cards
- 2016: 2.5 billion cards
Average number of transactions processed annually through VisaNet:
Last updated 9/14/18