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.

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.

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 increase in number of chains using the provider vs. Fall 2024 survey. Shift4 is the parent company of Revel, Positouch, and Givex. Global Payments includes consolidated Heartland and Xenial data. 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’s Next

RestaurantData will continue the Fall and Spring survey cycle. The next survey is scheduled for Fall 2025 and will measure provider changes, chain adoption, and location installations against the Spring 2025 results.

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.

RestaurantData’s metro research includes the Top Five U.S. Restaurant POS Markets and a separate analysis of Atlanta, Washington, Phoenix, Miami, Detroit, and Riverside.

For information on current chain-level POS tracking, provider changes, and available company records, see the Restaurant POS Data and Chain Installations page.

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