Klarna vs Afterpay

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Klarna runs on 116,156 live Shopify stores and Afterpay on 25,246. Here is how the two buy now, pay later tools compare on real adoption: by country, overlap, and the stores using each.

Klarna vs Afterpay: active Shopify stores Klarna 116,156 Afterpay 25,246
Klarna is installed on 4.6x as many Shopify stores as Afterpay; 7,682 stores use both.

Which is more popular on Shopify, Klarna or Afterpay?

Klarna is more widely used on Shopify than Afterpay: we detect Klarna on 116,156 active stores (15.5% of all stores we track) and Afterpay on 25,246 (3.4%) as of October 2026, a ratio of about 4.6 to 1. 7,682 stores run both at the same time (30.4% of Afterpay stores), which usually means a migration in progress or each tool covering a different job. Afterpay leads in United States, Australia, while Klarna leads everywhere else among the largest Shopify countries. Their biggest markets are United Kingdom for Klarna (20,447 stores) and Australia for Afterpay (8,798). Well-known stores on Klarna without Afterpay include Fender and Gymshark US, while JB Hi-Fi and Comfrt chose Afterpay. Adoption shows what stores actually choose; it does not measure price, features or support quality, so use it alongside a feature comparison.

At a glance

KlarnaAfterpay
Active Shopify stores116,15625,246
Share of all stores15.5%3.4%
Largest marketUnited Kingdom (20,447)Australia (8,798)
Most often used withMeta Pixel (64.6%)Meta Pixel (77.1%)
Stores using both7,682

Klarna vs Afterpay by country

Share of each country's active Shopify stores using each tool, for the largest markets of either.

CountryKlarnaAfterpayLeader
United Kingdom 32.9% (20,447) 2.8% (1,737) Klarna
Germany 61.4% (19,083) 1.1% (353) Klarna
United States 3% (6,844) 3.1% (7,236) Afterpay
France 42.3% (10,931) 1.6% (421) Klarna
Italy 60.1% (10,230) 0.8% (133) Klarna
Australia 3.5% (1,375) 22.5% (8,798) Afterpay
Netherlands 49.4% (9,437) 1.7% (328) Klarna
Spain 50.1% (7,275) 1.1% (165) Klarna
Sweden 65.5% (4,220) 1.9% (121) Klarna
Denmark 41.4% (2,787) 1.5% (101) Klarna
Hong Kong SAR China 13.7% (2,062) 4.4% (658) Klarna
Ireland 56.4% (2,445) 1% (44) Klarna

Top Shopify stores using both Klarna and Afterpay

# Store Country Theme Products Popularity
1 Pilgrim India India · Tauru Focal 229 Top 5k
2 Fashion Nova United States · Vernon Custom 25,000+ Top 10k
3 Cole Haan United States · Greenland Horizon 1,019 Top 50k
4 BloomChic United States · Dover Impulse 12,159 Top 50k
5 The Brick Canada · Toronto Brick 25,000+ Top 50k
6 Micas Hong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Island Impulse 4,143 Top 50k
7 The Animal Rescue Site United States · Seattle Dawn 19,373 Top 50k
8 Life Is Good United States · Hudson Life is Good Base 25,000+ Top 50k
9 The GLD Shop United States · Miami Debut 10,964 Top 50k
10 COMMENSE Hong Kong SAR China · Cheung Sha Wan Impulse 10,415 Top 50k

Top stores using Afterpay but not Klarna

# Store Country Theme Products Popularity
1 JB Hi-Fi Australia · Southbank JB Hi-Fi 25,000+ Top 10k
2 Comfrt United States · Miami Custom 399 Top 10k
3 Alo Yoga United States · Beverly Hills Production (refs/tags/re) 4,442 Top 50k
4 Steve Madden United States · Long Island City Dawn 2,485 Top 50k
5 KITSCH United States · LOS ANGELES Unick 802 Top 50k
6 The Good Guys Discount Warehouses (Australia) Pty Ltd Australia · Southbank Custom 9,025 Top 50k
7 edikted United States · new castle Avex 11,413 Top 50k
8 Mac Duggal United States · Burr Ridge Dawn 3,781 Top 50k
9 Ashley Stewart United States · Secaucus Ella 3,809 Top 50k
10 Smooche United States · West Hollywood Palo Alto 27 Top 50k

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Counts are live Shopify stores where each tool is detected in homepage code. They measure adoption, not quality or price. Methodology.