Levels of PCI Compliance

by Hannah Grace Holladay / May 16th, 2023

There are 4 levels of PCI compliance, based on number of transactions processed within a year. The levels are as follows:

  • PCI Merchant Level 1: Merchants with over 6 million transactions a year, across all channels, or any merchant that has had a data breach
  • PCI Merchant Level 2: Merchants with between 1 million and 6 million transactions annually, across all channels
  • PCI Merchant Level 3: Merchants with between 20,000 and 1 million online transactions annually
  • PCI Merchant Level 4: Merchants with fewer than 20,000 online transactions a year or any merchant processing up to 1 million regular transactions per year
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