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title: "Helcim: search popularity worldwide"
description: "A Canadian payment processor for small businesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/helcim"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Helcim: search popularity worldwide

A Canadian payment processor for small businesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Helcim
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among payment processors**: 0.09%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payment processors | 10 | 0.09% | 27.1K |
| Payment gateways | 6 | 0.11% | 27.1K |

- [Payment processors](/demand/global-en/categories/payment-processors)
- [Payment gateways](/demand/global-en/categories/payment-gateways)

## Top payment processors in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Helcim was mentioned in four out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in both Google AI Overviews. Helcim is the fourth most recommended of the 15.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stripe | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Square | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| PayPal | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Helcim | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Shopify Payments | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Adyen | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| GoCardless | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Shopify POS | 8th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Revolut | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Airwallex | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Worldline | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Wise | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Braintree | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Checkout.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mollie | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about payment processors

- Asked ChatGPT "Which payment processor should I use?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. PayPal
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best payment processors?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. PayPal, 4. Helcim, 5. Shopify Payments, 6. Adyen, 7. Shopify POS
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best payment processor for card and bank payments?": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. Helcim, 4. GoCardless
- Searched Google, AI Overview "payment processor": 1. Stripe, 2. PayPal, 3. Square, 4. Helcim
- Searched Google, AI Overview "online payment processing": 1. Stripe, 2. PayPal, 3. Square, 4. Helcim

Not named in any answer: Revolut, Airwallex, Worldline, Wise, Braintree, Checkout.com and Mollie.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Helcim changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Helcim worldwide rose from 22.2K to 27.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Helcim’s share of searches among payment processors worldwide held steady, from 0.07% to 0.09%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Helcim fell from 5th to 6th among payment gateways worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for payment processors worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Revolut gained share of searches among payment processors worldwide, from 13.2% to 15.6%.
- In September 2026, PayPal lost share of searches among payment processors worldwide, from 73.2% to 71.5%.
- Stripe’s share of searches among payment processors worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 10.8% to 10.3% in September 2026.
- In September 2026, Checkout.com rose from 15th to 13th among payment processors worldwide.
- In September 2026, Adyen rose from 5th to 4th among payment processors worldwide.
- In September 2026, Shopify POS rose from 12th to 11th among payment processors worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for payment gateways worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Braintree worldwide rose 352.1% over 12 measured months, from 7K to 31.6K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Helcim worldwide rose 22.1% over 12 measured months, from 22.2K to 27.1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Square worldwide fell 19.4% over 12 measured months, from 1.6K to 1.3K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Authorize.net worldwide fell 18.3% over 12 measured months, from 16.4K to 13.4K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Worldpay worldwide fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 74K to 60.5K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for PayPal worldwide fell 18.1% over 12 measured months, from 24.9M to 20.4M in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Payment processors | 22.2K | 0.07% | 10 |
| Nov 2025 | Payment processors | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 |
| Dec 2025 | Payment processors | 18.1K | 0.06% | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | Payment processors | 22.2K | 0.07% | 10 |
| Feb 2026 | Payment processors | 22.2K | 0.08% | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | Payment processors | 27.1K | 0.09% | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | Payment processors | 27.1K | 0.1% | 9 |
| May 2026 | Payment processors | 22.2K | 0.08% | 10 |
| Jun 2026 | Payment processors | 22.2K | 0.08% | 10 |
| Jul 2026 | Payment processors | 27.1K | 0.1% | 9 |
| Aug 2026 | Payment processors | 27.1K | 0.1% | 10 |
| Sep 2026 | Payment processors | 27.1K | 0.09% | 10 |
| Oct 2025 | Payment gateways | 22.2K | 0.08% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Payment gateways | 18.1K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Payment gateways | 18.1K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Payment gateways | 22.2K | 0.08% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Payment gateways | 22.2K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Payment gateways | 27.1K | 0.11% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Payment gateways | 27.1K | 0.11% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Payment gateways | 22.2K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Payment gateways | 22.2K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Payment gateways | 27.1K | 0.11% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Payment gateways | 27.1K | 0.11% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Payment gateways | 27.1K | 0.11% | 6 |

## How are Helcim’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Helcim’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “helcim”

## Which payment processors compete with Helcim?

- [PayPal](/demand/global-en/brands/paypal)
- [Revolut](/demand/global-en/brands/revolut)
- [Stripe](/demand/global-en/brands/stripe)
- [Adyen](/demand/global-en/brands/adyen)
- [Airwallex](/demand/global-en/brands/airwallex)
- [GoCardless](/demand/global-en/brands/gocardless)
- [Worldline](/demand/global-en/brands/worldline): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/helcim-vs-worldline
- [Wise](/demand/global-en/brands/wise): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/helcim-vs-wise
- [Braintree](/demand/global-en/brands/braintree): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/braintree-vs-helcim
- [Shopify POS](/demand/global-en/brands/shopify-pos): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/helcim-vs-shopify-pos
- [Shopify Payments](/demand/global-en/brands/shopify-payments): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/helcim-vs-shopify-payments
- [Checkout.com](/demand/global-en/brands/checkout-com)
- [Mollie](/demand/global-en/brands/mollie)
- [Square](/demand/global-en/brands/square)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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