Full list of Apple Pay partners now stands at 58

When Apple first introduced Apple Pay this past summer, it said that the service would initially be available at 220,000 merchant locations spread out across 18 retail companies.

On Thursday, Apple revealed that the number of retail companies planning to support Apple Pay at checkout now stands at 39. Meanwhile the number of apps planning to support Apple Pay currently stands at 24. Accounting for some crossover, Apple Pay will be supported in some form or another by 58 distinct brands.

The current and list of Apple Pay retail partners is as follows, with recent additions in bold:

Apple Pay support at launch:

• Aeropostale

• BJ's Wholesale Club

• Champs, Chevron

• ExtraMile

• Champs

• Foot Locker

• Footaction

• House of Hoops

• Kids Foot Locker

• Ladies Foot Locker

• Office Depot

• Urban Outfitters

• Sports Authority

• RadioShack

• SIX:02

• RUN by Foot Locker

• Texaco

• Wegmans

• Apple

• Babies"R"Us

• Bloomingdales

• Macy's

• McDonalds

• Petco

• Panera Bread

• Subway

• Toys"R"Us

• Unleashed

• Whole Foods

• Nike

• Walgreens

• Duanereade

• Disney Store

• PetSmart

Support later this year

• Anthropologie

• Free People

• Urban Outfitters

• Sephora

• Staples

• Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Apple on Thursday also announced an increase in the number of apps with built-in Apple Pay functionality.

The full list of apps that will support Apple Pay reads as follows (new additions are in bold):

Support at launch

• Chairish

• Houzz

• Instacart

• Lyft

• HotelTonight

• SPRING

• Staples

• Fancy

• Apple Store app

• Disney Store

• Groupon

• MLB.com

• OpenTable

• Panera Bread

• Target

• Uber

• Sephora

• Starbucks

Support later this year

• Airbnb

• Eventbrite

• JackThreads

• Levis

• StubHub!

• Ticketmaster

• Tickets.com

• Disney Store

• Sephora

• Starbucks