Survey Results: Which POS Systems Are Winning in 2025?

More than 250 POS companies have confirmed installations among restaurant groups and chains operating five or more locations in the U.S. and Canada. RestaurantData’s Spring 2025 survey covered 3,150 chains and 286,894 restaurant locations. The verified restaurant-company, location, ownership, and technology relationships underlying this research are maintained in Atlas by RestaurantData.

Survey period: Spring 2025, following the Fall 2024 baseline survey. Data reflects reported installations among chains with five or more units in the U.S. and Canada. Editorial update, August 11, 2026: interpretation, Atlas, Dictionary, Research Center, and structured-data context were added; the historical survey figures were retained.

How to Interpret the POS Rankings

This report measures POS installations reported across the surveyed population of multi-unit restaurant companies. It does not represent every restaurant in the United States and Canada, and it should not be interpreted as vendor revenue, financial performance, or a recommendation of one platform over another.

• Location installations: surveyed restaurant locations associated with the listed POS system during the research period.
• Percentage share: the provider’s reported locations divided by the 286,894-location survey base.
• Chain-count growth: change in the number of surveyed chains associated with the provider compared with the Fall 2024 survey; it is not growth in installations, sales, or total market size.
• In-House / Proprietary: a technology category used for restaurant companies operating internally developed or controlled POS systems, not a commercial POS provider.
• Mixed-provider environments: retained when a company used multiple systems or was moving between providers during the survey period.

The Restaurant Data Dictionary standardizes the meaning of point-of-sale system, POS coverage, technology stack, provider change, company record, unit count, last verified date, and related RestaurantData research terms.

Key Findings

Aloha / NCR remained the largest installed system, with 65,079 locations and 22.68% of the locations represented in the survey.

In-House / Proprietary systems ranked second, accounting for 57,591 locations, or 20.07% of the surveyed location base. This category is concentrated among several of the industry’s largest restaurant companies.

Micros / Oracle recorded the largest reported chain-count increase among the leading providers, rising 58% from the Fall 2024 survey. HungerRush increased 55%, QU increased 48%, Toast increased 47%, and Positouch increased 41%.

The market remains fragmented below the largest providers. The survey identified more than 250 POS companies with installations among restaurant groups and chains, while the 29 systems listed below account for the largest reported location totals.

Survey Results: Top POS Companies in the U.S. and Canada

Reported chain-count increases were recorded for Aloha, Micros, PAR, Toast, QU, Revel, HungerRush, Square, Positouch, and Givex. Shift4 is the parent company of Revel, Positouch, and Givex.

Some restaurant groups use more than one POS provider, and some were changing systems during the survey period. RestaurantData accounted for reported migrations and mixed-provider environments when compiling chain counts and location totals.

Source: RestaurantData.com Spring 2025 POS Survey · 3,150 chains with 5+ units · U.S. & Canada · 286,894 total locations · Chain count growth % vs. Fall 2024 survey

* Chain count growth % reflects the increase in the number of surveyed chains associated with the provider versus the Fall 2024 survey. Shift4 is the parent company of Revel, Positouch, and Givex. Global Payments includes consolidated Heartland and Xenial data. Percentage shares are calculated against the 286,894-location survey base; displayed percentages may not total exactly because of rounding. This survey is informal and non-scientific.

Survey Methodology

The survey covered 3,150 chains with five or more units. Response status across the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 survey periods was classified as follows:

• No Change in POS: 2,363 chains maintained the same POS system across both surveys.
• New Responses: 209 chains that did not respond previously provided responses this time.
• No Response: 303 chains did not respond to either survey. Of those non-responding groups, 95% operated fewer than 20 locations.
• POS Changes: 275 chains reported a different POS system compared to the previous survey.

Updates in This Survey

Included:

• Expanded the In-House Proprietary category.
• Heartland and Xenial were consolidated under Global Payments.
• Panasonic and IQ Touch merged into Panasonic.

Excluded:

• Hardware data.
• The “Various” and “Register” categories were removed or consolidated because they did not identify a specific full-service POS platform.

What Followed This Survey

At the time of publication, the next survey was scheduled for Fall 2025. For the more recent research cycle, including newly confirmed installations, completed provider changes, phased conversions, and verification dates, see Restaurant POS Systems by Chain: New Installations and Provider Changes.

Related Restaurant POS Research

Compare these Spring 2025 findings with the Fall 2024 Top 30 Restaurant POS Companies survey, which provides the baseline used for the chain-count comparisons in this report.

The Top 25 POS Systems in Quick Service and Fast Casual Restaurants examines installations within counter-service concepts operating five or more locations.

For a geographic comparison, the Restaurant POS Market Share by Metro—Top Five U.S. Cities report examines provider installations across New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston.

Disclaimer: The information provided herein is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. We are not investment advisors, broker-dealers, or fiduciaries, and no part of this survey should be interpreted as a recommendation or endorsement of any security, investment strategy, or financial instrument. This survey is purely informal and non-scientific, designed to gather and share general insights without any guarantee of accuracy, completeness, or reliability. It is conducted in an impartial and unbiased manner, and neither Restaurantdata nor any officers or employees hold any ownership interest in, or maintain any financial position with, any publicly traded companies referenced herein. Participants should conduct their own due diligence and consult with a qualified investment professional before making any financial decisions.