A Platform That Grows With You

You shouldn’t outgrow your point of sale. It should grow with you.

In the early days of running a restaurant, it’s easy to settle for tools that are “good enough.” You might only need basic order management, or a simple way to take payments and keep the line moving. But as your business grows — more locations, more staff, new revenue streams — those same tools can start to get in the way.

Businesses often hit limitations when they try to scale. Native features may be too basic, integrations too limited, or hardware too rigid to accommodate new service flows. You want to expand to catering, mobile ordering, or pop-up events, but your system wasn’t designed to flex with you.

Square gives you all the core tools you need to run your restaurant today – with more than 100 popular app integrations – and the infrastructure to support whatever comes next. Whether that’s opening your 20th location, launching a new business arm, or experimenting with seasonal menus across regions, Square makes it easy to adapt without starting over to match your needs as you scale.

That scalability extends to how you manage operations across locations. With Square for Franchises, you can create and sync updates across all your locations, or customize menus by site if each restaurant has its own flair. When you’re testing a new item or changing pricing based on local demand, those changes go live instantly, keeping your team aligned and your systems accurate.

When it comes to hardware, Square continues to push boundaries. Square Handheld, for example, is a powerful, portable point of sale that weighs under a pound and is built for service on the move. The device gives you the freedom to serve customers anywhere, whether you’re inside, outside, or off-site.

For back-of-house and financial operations, Square offers integrated tools like Square Payroll, Square Invoices, and Square Banking³ — all of which scale with your business. Want to add catering? Use Square Invoices to send custom estimates and collect deposits without juggling another platform. Need to manage payroll across a 50-person team? Square helps you track hours, handle benefits, and streamline payments from one dashboard.

Amanda Donley, co-owner of Gioia’s Deli, a century-old business with five locations, shared how Square supported their expansion into catering. “One thing that really married us to Square was catering. Lots of point of sale systems don’t give you the option to invoice a client, and that became huge for us. It allowed us to grow our business in different ways and made it easy to collect payments.”

Square also integrates with several tools growing businesses rely on, including platforms like Restaurant365 for accounting and operations, DoorDash for delivery, and QuickBooks for bookkeeping. Whether you stick with Square’s native tools or bring in trusted partners, everything stays connected within a system designed to scale with you.

And as you scale, visibility becomes even more important. Square’s real-time reporting tools give you the insights you need to stay in control, whether you're tracking sales, labor costs, or inventory across one location or twenty. You can monitor performance from anywhere and make faster, more informed decisions as your business evolves.