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title: "Lightspeed: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Point-of-sale and ecommerce software for retailers, restaurants, and golf courses; Lightspeed Retail was formerly Vend and Lightspeed Restaurant (K-Series) includes the former Kounta. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/lightspeed"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Lightspeed: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Point-of-sale and ecommerce software for retailers, restaurants, and golf courses; Lightspeed Retail was formerly Vend and Lightspeed Restaurant (K-Series) includes the former Kounta. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Lightspeed
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among retail and hospitality POS systems**: 0.74%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retail and hospitality POS systems | 6 | 0.74% | 41.6K |

- [Retail and hospitality POS systems](/demand/global-en/categories/retail-and-hospitality-pos-systems)

## How has branded search demand for Lightspeed changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Lightspeed worldwide fell from 49.4K to 41.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lightspeed’s estimated Share of Search among retail and hospitality POS systems worldwide held steady, from 0.88% to 0.74%.

## How did search popularity change for retail and hospitality POS systems worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Square lost estimated Share of Search among retail and hospitality POS systems worldwide, from 3.2% to 2.7%.
- Shopify’s estimated Share of Search among retail and hospitality POS systems worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 88.9% to 90.1% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Revel Systems worldwide fell 28.7% over 11 measured months, from 6.9K to 4.9K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Lightspeed worldwide fell 15.8% over 11 measured months, from 49.4K to 41.6K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Toast worldwide fell 14.9% over 11 measured months, from 54.3K to 46.2K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 49.4K | 0.88% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 44.1K | 0.79% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 36.6K | 0.66% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 42.9K | 0.76% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 42.5K | 0.75% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 51.7K | 0.9% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 47K | 0.82% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 45.9K | 0.79% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 39.3K | 0.68% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 37.6K | 0.66% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | 41.6K | 0.74% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Retail and hospitality POS systems | — | — | — |

## How is Lightspeed measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Lightspeed’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “download lightspeed pos”
- “how much does lightspeed pos cost”
- “kounta”
- “kounta lightspeed”
- “lightspeed commerce”
- “lightspeed epos”
- “lightspeed epos system”
- “lightspeed hospitality”
- “lightspeed hq”
- “lightspeed kounta”
- “lightspeed point of sale”
- “lightspeed point of sale system”
- “lightspeed pos”
- “lightspeed pos app”
- “lightspeed pos cost”
- “lightspeed pos credit card processing”
- “lightspeed pos demo”
- “lightspeed pos download”
- “lightspeed pos ecommerce”
- “lightspeed pos for restaurants”
- “lightspeed pos gift cards”
- “lightspeed pos hardware”
- “lightspeed pos inventory”
- “lightspeed pos inventory management”
- “lightspeed pos ipad”
- “lightspeed pos price”
- “lightspeed pos pricing”
- “lightspeed pos restaurant”
- “lightspeed pos retail”
- “lightspeed pos software”
- “lightspeed pos system”
- “lightspeed pos system price”
- “lightspeed pos terminal”
- “lightspeed pos website”
- “lightspeed restaurant”
- “lightspeed restaurant app”
- “lightspeed restaurant pos”
- “lightspeed restaurant pos app”
- “lightspeed restaurant pos system”
- “lightspeed retail”
- “lightspeed retail app”
- “lightspeed retail point of sale”
- “lightspeed retail pos”
- “lightspeed retail pos app”
- “lightspeed retail pos system”
- “lightspeed retail pricing”
- “lightspeed retail r”
- “lightspeed retail r-series”
- “lightspeed retail x”
- “lightspeed retail x series”
- “lightspeed vend”
- “pos lightspeed”
- “pos vend”
- “restaurant lightspeed”
- “retail lightspeed”
- “vend by lightspeed”
- “vend hq”
- “vend lightspeed”
- “vend pos”
- “vend pos app”
- “vend pos nz”
- “vend pos pricing”
- “vend pos software”
- “vend pos system”
- “vend retail”
- “vend software”
- “vendhq lightspeed”

## Which retail and hospitality POS systems compete with Lightspeed?

- [Shopify](/demand/global-en/brands/shopify)
- [Loyverse](/demand/global-en/brands/loyverse)
- [Square](/demand/global-en/brands/square): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-square
- [Clover](/demand/global-en/brands/clover): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/clover-vs-lightspeed
- [Toast](/demand/global-en/brands/toast): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-toast
- [Epos Now](/demand/global-en/brands/epos-now): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/epos-now-vs-lightspeed
- [Revel Systems](/demand/global-en/brands/revel-systems): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-revel-systems

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

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