Klarna was founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden with the aim of making it easier for people to shop online. In the last 19 years, technology has evolved, excited and transformed the world around us, yet our mission is to reimagine how consumers spend and save in their daily lives. We help people save time and money and reduce financial worry.
Klarna is the leading global payments and shopping service, providing smarter and more flexible shopping and purchase experiences to 85 million active consumers across more than 600,000 merchants in 26 countries. Klarna offers direct payments, pay after delivery options and instalment plans in a smooth one-click purchase experience that lets consumers pay when and how they prefer to.
When the company acquired SOFORT in 2014 the Klarna Group was formed. Klarna is backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Silver Lake, Bestseller Group, Dragoneer, Permira, Visa, Ant Group and Atomico.
Statistics
Klarna is a part of The Klarna Group.
Total active consumers: 85,000,000
Total number of merchants: 600,000
Number of transactions per day: 2,500,000
Number of employees: 3,800