Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR

What this company does

Shift4 provides a full suite of integrated payment products and services used across multiple channels, including in-store, online, mobile and tablet-based channels, comprising end-to-end payment processing, merchant acquiring services, a proprietary omni-channel gateway, complementary third-party software integrations, eCommerce capabilities, integrated and mobile POS solutions, security and risk management solutions, and reporting and analytical tools. Shift4 powers billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in virtually every industry. Its merchant base is diversified, with no single merchant accounting for more than 3% of its total revenue in recent years. The company built its Shift4 Model on a three-pillar foundation: payments platform, technology solutions, and sales and distribution. Its payments platform and technology solutions are delivered to merchants through its distribution network, which includes thousands of partners and regional internal sales and support hubs. As of December 31, 2025, it employed approximately 6,300 employees, with approximately 33% based in the United States and 67% based internationally across 59 countries. In the third quarter of 2025, Shift4 acquired Global Blue Group Holding AG, extending its business into tax-free shopping.

Written from the business description in Shift4 Payments, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.