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title: "Restaurant POS systems: Which brands are most popular in search?"
description: "Compare the systems restaurants take orders through. Share of Search among Clover, Toast, Lightspeed, TouchBistro and Revel Systems, the restaurant POS systems Brandwave compares worldwide, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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/categories/restaurant-pos-systems"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Restaurant POS systems: Which brands are most popular in search?

Compare the systems restaurants take orders through. Share of Search among Clover, Toast, Lightspeed, TouchBistro and Revel Systems, the restaurant POS systems Brandwave compares worldwide, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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

- **Competitive set**: Restaurant POS systems
- **Market**: Global
- **Brands compared**: 5
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Highest Share of Search**: Clover, 35.4%

## Which brand is most popular in search among restaurant POS systems worldwide?

- In August 2026, Clover was the most searched among restaurant POS systems worldwide, with an estimated 55.2K branded searches and 35.4% estimated Share of Search within this set.
- Toast is in 2nd place, 5.7 percentage points behind at 29.6% Share of Search.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Clover’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide increased from 32.2% to 35.4%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lightspeed’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide decreased from 27.3% to 26.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, TouchBistro’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide decreased from 6.7% to 5.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Revel Systems’ estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide decreased from 3.8% to 3.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Clover’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide peaked at 38.1% in June 2026 and was lowest at 31.7% in December 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Toast’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide peaked at 31.9% in December 2025 and was lowest at 28.2% in June 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lightspeed’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide peaked at 28.2% in November 2025 and was lowest at 23.4% in July 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, TouchBistro’s estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide peaked at 7.5% in July 2026 and was lowest at 5.2% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Revel Systems’ estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide peaked at 4.3% in November 2025 and was lowest at 3.1% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Toast held steady: its estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide moved less than 0.5 percentage points.

## Compare search popularity between leading brands

- [Clover vs Toast: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/clover-vs-toast): 35.4% against 29.6% Share of Search.
- [Clover vs Lightspeed: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/clover-vs-lightspeed): 35.4% against 26.7% Share of Search.
- [Clover vs TouchBistro: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/clover-vs-touchbistro): 35.4% against 5.2% Share of Search.
- [Clover vs Revel Systems: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/clover-vs-revel-systems): 35.4% against 3.1% Share of Search.
- [Toast vs Lightspeed: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-toast): 29.6% against 26.7% Share of Search.
- [Toast vs TouchBistro: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/toast-vs-touchbistro): 29.6% against 5.2% Share of Search.
- [Toast vs Revel Systems: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/revel-systems-vs-toast): 29.6% against 3.1% Share of Search.
- [Lightspeed vs TouchBistro: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-touchbistro): 26.7% against 5.2% Share of Search.
- [Lightspeed vs Revel Systems: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-revel-systems): 26.7% against 3.1% Share of Search.
- [TouchBistro vs Revel Systems: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/revel-systems-vs-touchbistro): 5.2% against 3.1% Share of Search.

## How did search popularity change for restaurant POS systems worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Lightspeed gained estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide, from 23.4% to 26.7%.
- In August 2026, TouchBistro lost estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide, from 7.5% to 5.2%.
- In August 2026, Clover lost estimated Share of Search among restaurant POS systems worldwide, from 36.5% to 35.4%.
- 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 Toast worldwide fell 14.9% over 11 measured months, from 54.3K to 46.2K in August 2026.

## Share of Search ranking

| Rank | Brand | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | Change vs prior month | Owned by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Clover | 35.4% | 55.2K | -5.9% | Fiserv |
| 2 | Toast | 29.6% | 46.2K | -1.3% | Toast |
| 3 | Lightspeed | 26.7% | 41.6K | +10.7% | Lightspeed |
| 4 | TouchBistro | 5.2% | 8.1K | -33.1% | TouchBistro |
| 5 | Revel Systems | 3.1% | 4.9K | -7.2% | Revel Systems |

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Brand | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Clover | 58.2K | 32.2% | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | Toast | 54.3K | 30% | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | Lightspeed | 49.4K | 27.3% | 3 |
| Oct 2025 | TouchBistro | 12.1K | 6.7% | 4 |
| Oct 2025 | Revel Systems | 6.9K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Clover | 50.7K | 32.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Toast | 45.2K | 28.9% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Lightspeed | 44.1K | 28.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 6.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Revel Systems | 6.8K | 4.3% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Toast | 45.9K | 31.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Clover | 45.6K | 31.7% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Lightspeed | 36.6K | 25.4% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 6.9% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Revel Systems | 5.9K | 4.1% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Clover | 55.9K | 33.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Toast | 53.4K | 31.6% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Lightspeed | 42.9K | 25.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 5.9% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Revel Systems | 6.8K | 4% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Clover | 55.4K | 33.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Toast | 51.5K | 31% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Lightspeed | 42.5K | 25.6% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 6% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Revel Systems | 6.8K | 4.1% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Clover | 62.8K | 33.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Toast | 54.4K | 29.2% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Lightspeed | 51.7K | 27.8% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 5.3% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Revel Systems | 7.3K | 3.9% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Clover | 57.2K | 32.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Toast | 53.6K | 30.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Lightspeed | 47K | 27% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 5.7% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Revel Systems | 6.3K | 3.6% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Clover | 57.3K | 33.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Toast | 54K | 31.2% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Lightspeed | 45.9K | 26.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 5.7% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Revel Systems | 5.8K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Clover | 61.3K | 38.1% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Toast | 45.4K | 28.2% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Lightspeed | 39.3K | 24.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | TouchBistro | 9.9K | 6.1% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Revel Systems | 5.1K | 3.2% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Clover | 58.6K | 36.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Toast | 46.9K | 29.2% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Lightspeed | 37.6K | 23.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | TouchBistro | 12.1K | 7.5% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Revel Systems | 5.3K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Clover | 55.2K | 35.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Toast | 46.2K | 29.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Lightspeed | 41.6K | 26.7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | TouchBistro | 8.1K | 5.2% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Revel Systems | 4.9K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Clover | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | Lightspeed | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | Revel Systems | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | Toast | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | TouchBistro | — | — | — |

## What is being compared

- **Clover**: Measured on the search terms “clover device cost”, “clover devices”, “clover flex cost”, “clover flex handheld”, “clover flex machine”, “clover flex mini”, “clover flex point of sale system”, “clover flex pos”, “clover flex pos system”, “clover flex pos systems”, “clover flex pos terminal”, “clover flex price”, “clover flex screen”, “clover flex terminal”, “clover go pos”, “clover go pos system”, “clover machine”, “clover machine price”, “clover merchant services”, “clover mini cost”, “clover mini device”, “clover mini point of sale”, “clover mini pos”, “clover mini pos system”, “clover mini terminal”, “clover mini with cash drawer”, “clover payments online”, “clover point of sale”, “clover point of sale devices”, “clover point of sale systems”, “clover pos”, “clover pos app”, “clover pos cost”, “clover pos credit card fees”, “clover pos demo”, “clover pos device”, “clover pos devices”, “clover pos duo”, “clover pos fees”, “clover pos flex”, “clover pos for restaurants”, “clover pos gift card”, “clover pos gift cards”, “clover pos handheld”, “clover pos hardware”, “clover pos inventory”, “clover pos inventory management”, “clover pos machine”, “clover pos merchant services”, “clover pos mini”, “clover pos mobile”, “clover pos monthly fee”, “clover pos monthly fees”, “clover pos price”, “clover pos pricing”, “clover pos printer”, “clover pos rates”, “clover pos retail”, “clover pos sales”, “clover pos scale”, “clover pos screen”, “clover pos software”, “clover pos solutions”, “clover pos station”, “clover pos system”, “clover pos system cost”, “clover pos system for restaurant”, “clover pos system for retail”, “clover pos system price”, “clover pos systems”, “clover pos terminal”, “clover station”, “clover station cost”, “clover station duo”, “clover station duo price”, “clover station pos”, “clover station pos system”, “clover station price”, “clover station pro”, “clover station restaurant”, “clover system”, “clover system cost”, “clover system pos”, “clover system price”, “clover terminal”, “clover terminal cost”, “first data clover pos”, “free clover pos system”, “gift cards for clover pos”, “how much does clover pos cost”, “how much is clover pos”, “mini clover pos”, “pos clover”, “pos clover system”, “terminal clover flex” and “the clover station”, summed into one figure.
- **Lightspeed**: Measured on the search terms “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” and “vendhq lightspeed”, summed into one figure.
- **Revel Systems**: Measured on the search terms “pos revel”, “pos system revel”, “revel pos”, “revel pos app”, “revel pos gift cards”, “revel pos hardware”, “revel pos inventory”, “revel pos price”, “revel pos pricing”, “revel pos software”, “revel pos stand”, “revel pos system”, “revel pos systems”, “revel system pos”, “revel systems”, “revel systems app”, “revel systems com”, “revel systems gift cards”, “revel systems ipad”, “revel systems ipad pos”, “revel systems pos”, “revel systems pos pricing”, “revel systems pricing” and “revel systems software”, summed into one figure.
- **Toast**: Measured on the search terms “cost of toast pos”, “handheld toast pos”, “how much does a toast pos system cost”, “how much does toast pos cost”, “how much is a toast pos system”, “how much is toast pos”, “how much is toast pos system”, “https pos toasttab com”, “pos toast”, “pos toast system”, “pos toasttab”, “pos toasttab com”, “toast go 2 handheld”, “toast point of sale”, “toast point of sale system”, “toast pos”, “toast pos app”, “toast pos company”, “toast pos cost”, “toast pos demo”, “toast pos devices”, “toast pos download”, “toast pos fees”, “toast pos for bars”, “toast pos gift cards”, “toast pos handheld”, “toast pos hardware”, “toast pos kiosk”, “toast pos menu”, “toast pos price”, “toast pos pricing”, “toast pos printer”, “toast pos restaurant”, “toast pos sales”, “toast pos screen”, “toast pos shop”, “toast pos software”, “toast pos starter kit”, “toast pos system”, “toast pos system cost”, “toast pos system for restaurant”, “toast pos system for restaurants”, “toast pos system price”, “toast pos system training”, “toast pos systems”, “toast pos tablet”, “toast pos terminal”, “toast pos training”, “toast pos training manual”, “toast pos training video”, “toast pos website”, “toast restaurant pos”, “toast restaurant pos system”, “toast tab pos” and “toasttab pos”, summed into one figure.
- **TouchBistro**: Measured on the search term “touchbistro”.

- [Clover](/demand/global-en/brands/clover)
- [Lightspeed](/demand/global-en/brands/lightspeed)
- [Revel Systems](/demand/global-en/brands/revel-systems)
- [Toast](/demand/global-en/brands/toast)
- [TouchBistro](/demand/global-en/brands/touchbistro)

## 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 brand is most popular in search among restaurant POS systems worldwide?

In August 2026, Clover was the most searched among restaurant POS systems worldwide, with an estimated 55.2K branded searches and 35.4% estimated Share of Search within this set. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.

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