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Updated 2026-06-01

European spend management: who's winning, by country

Pleo, Spendesk, Payhawk, Moss, Qonto — country-by-country market share, in plain English.

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Pleo, Spendesk, Payhawk, Moss, Qonto — country-by-country market share, in plain English.

  • Pleo leads Nordics and UK SMB; Spendesk leads France mid-market.
  • Payhawk leads multi-entity mid-market across Western Europe.
  • Moss leads DACH; Qonto leads pan-European business banking for the long tail.

UK

Pleo and Spendesk lead, with Capital on Tap and Tide owning the small-business credit segment.

France

Spendesk is the home-team champion; Mooncard owns the URSSAF-compliance niche; Qonto leads the SMB banking layer.

DACH

Moss and Pliant lead on real credit; Pleo and Payhawk lead on spend management; Datev integrations are the deciding factor in most deals.

Nordics

Pleo (founded in Copenhagen) leads; Holvi serves Finnish freelancers; Juni serves ecommerce.

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