Buy Now, Pay Later: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts from 2025 to 2027 the US Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market in nominal US dollars. The total market is also provided for 2019-2024.

BNPL installment loans were designed as no-interest or low-interest options for consumers to pay for purchases in four equal payments over six weeks. In their original iteration, they were short term loans for small dollar purchases. Originally called point of sale (POS) installment loans, BNPL has become the standard term as the category has evolved and expanded with additional no-interest/low-interest payment products.

Freedonia quantifies trends in various measures of growth and volatility. Growth calculated as a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) employs, by definition, only the first and last datapoints over a period. The CAGR is used to describe forecast growth, defined as the expected trend beginning in the base year and ending in the forecast year. Readers are encouraged to consider historical volatility when assessing particular annual values along the forecast trend, including in the forecast year.

A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.
 

Related NAICS Codes

Table of Contents

• Scope
• Market Size & Forecast
• Growth Drivers
• BNPL Use & Usage Frequency
• The BNPL User Risk Connection
• The BNPL vs. Credit Card Riddle
• The BNPL Mobile Connection
• BNPL Usage Factors
• BNPL User Interest in Broader Provider Offerings
• Why Holdouts Do Not Use BNPL

• Market Leaders

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Resources

• Figure 1 | US BNPL Payment Value, 2019 – 2027 (US$ bil)
• Table 1 | US BNPL Payment Value: Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna, PayPal, Sezzle, and Zip; 2019 – 2025 (US$ bil)
• Table 2 | BNPL Payment Value Forecast, 2025 – 2027 (US$ bil)
• Table 3 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to the Buy Now, Pay Later Market