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title: "Square vs Verifone: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Square or Verifone? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the POS machine brands set worldwide. 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."
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# Square vs Verifone: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Square or Verifone? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the POS machine brands set worldwide. 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

- **Compared**: Square and Verifone
- **Competitive set**: POS machine brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Square Share of Search**: 0.09%
- **Verifone Share of Search**: 55.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Square or Verifone?

- In September 2026, Verifone had more branded searches than Square among POS machine brands worldwide. Verifone was estimated to have 90.8K branded searches compared to Square’s 140, and held a 55.4% Share of Search versus Square’s 0.09%.
- Verifone was ahead of Square in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Square’s estimated Share of Search among POS machine brands worldwide moved from 0.11% to 0.09%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 170 to 140.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Verifone’s estimated Share of Search among POS machine brands worldwide moved from 47% to 55.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74.6K to 90.8K.

## How did search popularity change for POS machine brands worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Verifone lost estimated Share of Search among POS machine brands worldwide, from 59.5% to 55.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Square worldwide fell 17.6% over 12 measured months, from 170 to 140 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Square estimated searches | Square Share of Search | Square rank | Verifone estimated searches | Verifone Share of Search | Verifone rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 170 | 0.11% | 4 | 74.6K | 47% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 110 | 0.07% | 4 | 74.6K | 48.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 90 | 0.06% | 4 | 74.5K | 50.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 90 | 0.05% | 4 | 91K | 51.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 110 | 0.07% | 4 | 90.9K | 54.1% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 170 | 0.08% | 4 | 111K | 55.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 110 | 0.06% | 4 | 90.9K | 51.6% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 140 | 0.07% | 4 | 110K | 58.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 140 | 0.07% | 4 | 110K | 58.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 110 | 0.06% | 4 | 110K | 59.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 110 | 0.06% | 4 | 110K | 59.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 140 | 0.09% | 4 | 90.8K | 55.4% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

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

- **Square**: Measured on the search term “handheld square terminal”.
- **Verifone**: Measured on the search terms “verifone” and “verifone eftpos”, summed into one figure.

- [Square profile](/demand/global-en/brands/square)
- [Verifone profile](/demand/global-en/brands/verifone)
- [All POS machine brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/pos-machine-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 4 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Square or Verifone?

In September 2026, Verifone had more branded searches than Square among POS machine brands worldwide. Verifone was estimated to have 90.8K branded searches compared to Square’s 140, and held a 55.4% Share of Search versus Square’s 0.09%.

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