POS terminals in Poland, by year 2000-2023

In 2023, there were over 1.3 million point-of-sale (POS) terminals as payment processing devices reported in Poland.

Contactless payments in Poland

Over five years, the number of contactless payments has steadily increased from 396.9 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 1.02 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. A very similar situation applied to non-cash payments. Between 2015 and 2020, there was an increase in this type of payment. In the fourth quarter of 2015, the number of transactions amounted to approximately 673 million. By the fourth quarter of 2020, transactions grew to over 1.45 billion. The share of contactless payments in in Poland's total number of non-cash card payments reached over 96 percent in the second half of 2021.

POS card payments in Poland

From 2009, the number of POS terminals being payment processing devices was steadily growing. At the end of 2020, over one million of them had been recorded. Another increase was seen in the number of card payments at POS terminals. In 2020, there were over one million POS terminals with a total number of 5.8 billion payments. There was also a significant increase in the value of transactions at POS terminals with some fluctuation during this time. In the fourth quarter of 2015, the value of transactions amounted to approximately 47.8 billion zloty. By the fourth quarter of 2020, it had increased to over 94 billion zloty.

Total number of POS terminals reported in Poland from 2000 to 2023

Characteristic	POS terminal number	Year-on-year percentage change (%)
2023	1,333,654	8.6
2022	1,227,626	9.3
2021	1,123,060	9.3
2020	1,027,490	13.3
2019	906,564	15.2
2018	786,845	24.3
2017	632,955	19.2
2016	530,865	14.1
2015	465,457	16.9
2014	398,175	22
2013	326,346	9.4
2012	298,346	11.6
2011	267,407	5.8
2010	252,652	9.6
2009	230,576	8.6
2008	212,338	13.8
2007	186,610	5.7
2006	176,475	6.4
2005	165,924	15.8
2004	143,230	7.9
2003	132,700	18.5
2002	112,021	-0.8
2001	112,897	28
2000	88,175	-

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July 2024

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Poland

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

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The percentage changes have been calculated by Statista; The source significantly changed its database in November 2023. This may mean methodology changes, or not all EU-27 countries reporting the same figures.

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