Credit and Charge Card Figures (2009)
- The number of adults with a credit or charge card decreased to 30.3 million in 2009 from a peak of 31.6 million in 2005. This represented 62% of the adult population.
- 20.2 million credit or charge card holders used their cards regularly at least once a month, down from 20.5 million in 2008.
- Each personal cardholder has 2.1 credit or charge cards.
- Credit and charge cards were used to make 2.0 billion purchases in the UK to a value of £139.0 billion.
- Credit and charge card purchase volumes are projected to increase to 3.0 billion by 2019, with spend in that year of £196 billion.
