About how many commercial and corporate barter exchange companies operate worldwide today?
Answerabout 400 companies
Most modern barter is run through organized exchange networks rather than one-off swaps.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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6 sourced facts about bartering and trade exchange, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
In what year was Switzerland's WIR Bank, a barter-currency system for businesses, founded?
Answer1934
WIR Bank was created after the Great Depression left many Swiss businesses short on cash.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Within its first year in 2016, how many users did the barter/trade app Bunz attract?
Answerover 75,000 users
Bunz let city dwellers trade items directly through a mobile app instead of using cash.
Source: Wikipedia (2016) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
About how many Argentinians used the barter currency 'Crédito' during the 2001-2003 economic crisis?
Answeran estimated 2.5 million people
During Argentina's economic collapse, barter networks helped people get by without cash.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
About how much total trading value has the barter network Bartercard processed?
Answerover $10 billion
Bartercard, founded in Australia, built a large card-based business trading network.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
In what year did the National Equitable Labour Exchange, an early organized barter scheme, open in London?
Answer1832
Early 19th-century labor exchanges let workers trade goods valued by the hours of labor they took to make.
Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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