NYSE: MAMastercard Inc Statistics & Facts
Key Mastercard facts
- Founded
- 1966
- Headquarters
- Purchase, New York
- Founders
- Wells Fargo, Crocker National Bank, First Interstate Bancorp, Bank of California
- IPO Date
- 2006-05-25
Mastercard Growth Stats
Mastercard Debit Cards
How many Mastercard debit card holders are there in the world?
There are over 1.5 billion Mastercard debit cards in circulation worldwide. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Debit Cards by Region
How many Mastercard debit cards are in the United States?
There are nearly 300 million Mastercard debit cards in the U.S. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Credit Cards
How many Mastercard credit cards are there in the world?
There are 1.03 billion Mastercard credit cards in the world. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Credit Cards by Region
How many Mastercard credit cards are there in the U.S.?
There are 273 million Mastercard credit cards in the U.S. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Purchase transactions
How many Mastercard transactions are made in a year?
150 billion transactions were made using Mastercard to purchase goods and services in 2022. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Gross Dollar Volume (GDV)
How much money does Mastercard handle?
Mastercard handled a total of $8.177 trillion in 2022. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard GDV by Region
Mastercard statistics breaking down the quarterly gross dollar value (GDV) by region.
$2.68 trillion of the $8.177 trillion Mastercard handled in 2022 was in the US. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard GDV by Card Type
Breaking down Mastercard's GDV into debit and credit categories.
$4.287 trillion of the $8.177 trillion Mastercard handled in 2022 was on debit cards. [1]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Revenue Breakdown
Mastercard Revenue by Region
Mastercard stats breaking down the company's annual revenue by region.
$7.809 billion of Mastercard's $22.237 billion in 2022 revenue came from North America. [4]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Revenue by Segment
How does Mastercard make money?
$14.358 billion of Mastercard's $22.237 billion in 2022 revenue came from its payment network. [4]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Expense Statistics
Mastercard Costs and Expenses
How much does Mastercard spend on operations?
Mastercard's operating expenses in 2022 amounted to $9.973 billion, up from $8.802 billion in 2021. [4]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Expenses by Type
Mastercard statistics breaking down the company's annual costs and expenses by type.
Source:Mastercard
General and administrative
$7.09B
Advertising and marketing
$895.00M
Provision for litigation
$94.00M
Depreciation and amortization
$726.00M
Mastercard spent $895 million on advertising in 2021, up from $657 million in 2020. [5]
Date: Feb 11, 2022
Mastercard Employee Statistics
Mastercard Employees
How many employees does Mastercard have?
29,900 people were employed by Mastercard at the end of 2022, up from 24,000 in 2021. [4]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Employees by Location
How many people work at Mastercard in the U.S.?
34% or about 10,000 of Mastercard's 29,900 employees are located in the US. [4]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Mastercard Miscellaneous Stats and Facts
Mastercard was originally known as the Interbank Card Association (ICA) until the late 1970s. [6]
Last Accessed: Feb 4, 2021
Mastercard introduced Maestro, the first online point-of-sale debit service, in 1991. [6]
Last Accessed: Feb 4, 2021
Mastercard acquired payments platform Nets for $3.19 billion in 2019. [7]
Date: Aug 6, 2019
Sources
1.
Mastercard Q4 2022 Report
https://investor.mastercard.com/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/4Q22-Mastercard-Earnings-Release.pdfDate: Jan 26, 2023
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3.
Visa FY 2021 Annual Report
https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001403161/f4eefdcf-6779-4b32-a56f-6201f3ee3523.pdfDate: Nov 16, 2022
4.
Mastercard 2022 Annual Report
https://investor.mastercard.com/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/MA.12.31.2022-10-K-as-filed.pdfDate: Jan 26, 2023
5.
Mastercard 2021 Annual Report
https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001141391/3b2a73e2-1a81-487d-b732-ccfcc566c566.pdfDate: Feb 11, 2022
6.
Mastercard
https://brand.mastercard.com/brandcenter/more-about-our-brands/brand-history.htmlLast Accessed: Feb 4, 2021
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The Motley Fool
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/08/06/mastercard-credits-key-acquisitions-for-recent-win.aspxDate: Aug 6, 2019
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