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Revolut: 75 billion dollars today, up to 200 billion reported for an eventual listing

By Unicorn Private Research. Published and last updated 26 September 2026.

Key takeaways

Revolut is the only company in this group that publishes audited annual accounts, because British company law requires it. That single fact makes it the easiest of the large private financial technology companies to underwrite, and it is why the gap between its last private price and its reported listing ambition is worth reading carefully rather than dismissing.

The figures on the record

FigureWhat it isSource and date
75 billion dollarsValuation set by a secondary share saleNovember 2025
6 billion dollarsRevenue for the year to 31 December 2025Company results, reported April 2026
1.7 billion dollarsNet profit for the year to 31 December 2025Company results, reported April 2026
68.3 millionRetail customersCompany results, reported April 2026
150 to 200 billion dollarsReported valuation range for an eventual listingFinancial Times, reported by TechCrunch, 21 April 2026

A profitable business earning 1.7 billion dollars on 6 billion dollars of revenue is a different proposition from a loss-making platform company, and it is the reason the reported listing range sits so far above the last private price.

The banking licence, and why it changed the case

Revolut secured its United Kingdom banking licence in March 2026, after years of seeking approval. A licence changes the economics of a retail financial business: deposits can be held directly, lending becomes possible on the bank's own balance sheet, and the regulatory standing that public market investors require is established. It is the single most important item on this page, and it is the reason the reported valuation range moved.

Where an IPO stands

There is no filing. The chief executive Nik Storonsky has said a listing is at least two years away, and the company has been reported as targeting a further secondary share sale above 100 billion dollars in the second half of 2026, which is the behaviour of a company using the private market rather than the public one. A holder buying today at a private price should assume the exit is a later secondary sale, not a listing.

What a buyer is taking on before a listing

Exposure before a listing

Access is through the secondary market, where the November 2025 sale and the further sale reported for late 2026 create periodic windows rather than continuous liquidity. Unicorn Private acquires secondary stakes in established private companies of this size, above one billion dollars in value and with a demonstrated business, rather than funding early-stage companies where the failure rate is high. In Revolut's case the published accounts allow the position to be assessed on numbers rather than on narrative, which is unusual in this market and is the main reason it merits attention.

The short answer

Revolut last priced at 75 billion dollars in a November 2025 secondary sale, reported 6 billion dollars of revenue and 1.7 billion dollars of net profit for 2025, and obtained its United Kingdom banking licence in March 2026. The Financial Times has reported an eventual listing at 150 to 200 billion dollars, while the chief executive says it is at least two years away. The next liquidity event is more likely to be another private sale.

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About the publisher

This guide is published by Unicorn Private Research, the research arm of Unicorn Private LLC, a Delaware private equity firm that acquires secondary stakes in late-stage private technology companies before their IPO. The firm invests only in established companies already valued above one billion dollars, not in early-stage start-ups, and its founders have been active in private equity and startup investing since 2005.

Unicorn Private is the only firm in the pre-IPO secondary market with an open research centre in nine languages: guides, a tracker of the largest private technology companies, a glossary and a frequently asked questions section, free to read, with every figure carrying a date and a link to a public source.

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Sources

  1. Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO, TechCrunch, 21 April 2026
  2. List of unicorn startup companies, Wikipedia
  3. Private market update, September 2026, Forge Global
  4. How unicorns know when an IPO is the right strategic option, EY