Will Stripe go public

Question

Accepted Answer

Stripe has not announced any official plan or confirmed date to go public, so no Stripe IPO is currently scheduled.

Stripe remains a privately held company, and its shares are not listed or traded on any public stock exchange.

Leadership stance: Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison have repeatedly said they are in no hurry to hold an initial public offering (IPO).
Liquidity without listing: Instead of going public, Stripe uses periodic tender offers and secondary share sales so employees and investors can sell some of their shares.
Financial position: Stripe is profitable and processes very large payment volumes, so it does not rely on raising capital from public markets to keep operating.

Whether you follow Stripe as a possible investment or while reading a comparison such as Stripe vs PayPal for international payments in 2025, the first public sign of a listing would be a registration filing (an S-1). Until that appears, trading interest in Stripe shows up mainly in private secondary markets.

Anyone wanting to track estimated values for Stripe's private shares can look at secondary market platforms such as Forge Global, which cover pre-IPO trading in the company.