Europe Restaurant POS Software Market Research Report: Forecast (2025-2030)

Market Definition

Restaurant POS software is software that is designed for food service providers to make their operations more efficient by managing orders, processing payments, managing inventory, managing delivery, etc., and providing data-based insights.

Market Insights & Analysis: Europe Restaurant POS Software Market (2025-30):

The Europe Restaurant POS Software Market size was valued at around USD 1.77 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 2.79 billion by 2030. Along with this, the market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 7.88% during the forecast period, i.e., 2025-30. The main reason behind the growth of this market is the increase in the work efficiency provided by POS software that facilitates maintaining the operations of the restaurant smoothly. For instance; as per Toast Inc., around 95% of the restaurants believed that technology improved their efficiency. This is because robust POS software performs various operations with high speed and without human errors, thus helping the food service providers gain maximum productivity and high customer satisfaction levels.

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Moreover, this growth is further fueled by the increasing number of online food orders in this region, which can be observed from the expansion of online food delivery platforms. For instance, Deliveroo, an online food delivery platform in Europe, claimed that the number of orders has risen in this region with very high growth in the UK and Ireland in 2024. This fuels market growth because online orders make it difficult for restaurants to manage them manually, along with the in-house customers. Additionally, those orders are initiated through various payment modes and are associated with multiple food delivery platforms other than the restaurant’s application. As a result, POS systems act as a favorable solution for mitigating these factors, and these require POS software for their functioning, thus enhancing the market’s dynamics.

Furthermore, with the growing number of global food chains, increasing eateries, and other food service businesses, the demand for software at POS locations is high. France accounts for around 1,500 McDonald's restaurants, while the U.K. and Germany have 1,400 restaurants. Since these businesses need to manage orders from several sources like online, walk-ins, packing, etc. it can be deduced that the whole of their operations is dependent on POS systems to manage bulk orders and payments hassle-free. Therefore, on account of the efficiency and accuracy provided by POS systems, their demand has risen and will continue in the forecast period too.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Market Driver:

Increasing Focus Towards Ensuring Efficient Supply Chain at Food Service Outlets – There is an increasing need for efficient and effective management of restaurant operations that includes order processing, food preparation, delivery, and payments. With an increasing number of orders from multiple sources like websites, sitting eateries, and carry away points and receiving payments through multiple modes like UPI, Cash, cards, etc., the manual management of all operations by the end of the working day is not possible without errors and with full efficiency. This generates demand for POS software that makes the restaurants' manual handling of these complicated tasks easy. Sites where these systems can run accurately free of human mistake have therefore embraced POS systems. This also further demands point-of-sale software designed to run those systems and offer a compelling customer interface. As a result, the need for POS systems and software has risen in recent years.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Market Challenge:

High Initial Cost & Maintenance to Hinder the Market Growth – Despite the operational efficiency offered by the POS systems, they still face challenges in their growth due to their high cost of installation. This is because they require hardware such as screens, barcode scanners, cash drawers, payment terminals, etc., that are very expensive. Moreover, these expenses are further increased while purchasing software for those systems and their regular software updates that are also paid. Additionally, a specially trained workforce is required to operate the POS systems, which further increases the investment. Due to such factors, various end-users prevent adopting the POS systems, which further decreases the demand for the software that is used in them. Therefore, due to the high cost included in the adoption of advanced POS software, they are avoided by restaurants, thus resulting in their decreased sales and presenting a challenge for market growth.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Market Trend:

Cloud-Based POS Software Gaining Traction – The POS software that is integrated with cloud services has gained popularity in recent years. This is because of the increasing demand for software that can be accessed from anywhere, unlike the traditional POS that has access limited to the restaurant only. Additionally, such software decreases operational expenses as no hardware is required, no updates are required, and most importantly, they have a low cost of initializing. As a result, this demand has pushed various market players to develop cloud-based software, including Revel Systems, PAR Technology, and Aireus Incorporated. Therefore, to mitigate the challenges posed by limited access and high setup costs, cloud-based software has been highly used in recent years, which also provides fast speed and real-time analytics, and such software is expected to remain popular in the future as well.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Market (2025-30): Segmentation Analysis

The Europe Restaurant POS Software Market study of MarkNtel Advisors evaluates & highlights the major trends and influencing factors in each segment. It includes predictions for the period 2025–30 at the regional level. Based on the analysis, the market has been further classified as:

Based on Type:

• Front-End
• Back-End
• Guest Engagement
• Others

Based on the type of POS software, front-end software leads the market with a share of around 62%. The main reason behind this dominance is the rising demand for managing the high number of orders coming from online as well as offline customers. Front-end software streamlines such operations that employees and customers interact directly with, i.e., from taking orders, processing payments, sending them to the kitchen display system, etc., to give real-time information about the order.

Moreover, this software is cheaper as compared to other segments as it does not contain any predictive modeling algorithms, storage devices, insightful analysis, etc., that are costlier to integrate and are part of back-end software. This makes them affordable and accessible to small or new startups. Therefore, due to the high demand for order management at restaurants with high customer footfalls, front-end software has been the primary choice, and this dominance is expected to remain in the future as well.

Based on End-User:

• Full Service Restaurants
• Quick Service Restaurants
• Others

Based on the end-user of the POS software, quick-service restaurants dominate the market with a share of around 64%. This is because such restaurants have to serve food to their customers in the least possible time, and this can be done by taking orders, fast processing the payments, sending them immediately to the cooking staff, and getting real-time cooking information about the food item. This can only be achieved by the use of POS systems, which results in increased demand for robust POS software.

Moreover, the presence of a wide number of such quick-service restaurants in Europe further pushes the market towards growth. For instance, there were around 1,300 Domino’s stores in Europe in 2021, and this number is expected to reach around 3,050 by 2028. Similar growth has been noted across other international chains such as McDonald’s, Subway, Burger King, etc. Therefore, POS software is most required by quick service restaurants, and the high number of such restaurants in Europe has made this segment the market leader.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Market (2025-30): Regional Projections

Geographically, the Europe Restaurant POS Software Market expands across:

• The UK
• Germany
• France
• Italy
• Spain
• The Netherlands
• Belgium
• Poland
• Rest of the Europe

Regionally, the UK is the leading country with a market share of around 30%. This is because this country has the largest network of food service providers as compared to other countries. For instance, as per the UK’s Office for National Statistics, there were around 56,101 licensed restaurants and approximately 56,102 unlicensed restaurants in the UK in 2023. As such, restaurants use POS systems to make their operations more efficient; they increase the demand for POS software as well.

Moreover, the online food delivery platform is also experiencing significant growth in this region. For instance, the UK has around 250K delivery forefronts across its major delivery platforms, with Deliveroo as the most prominent one. As a result, to manage orders and payments from multiple sources, the demand for POS systems and software increases. Therefore, the high number of restaurants and the expanding online food delivery sector in the UK are the main reasons behind its dominance.

Europe Restaurant POS Software Industry Recent Development:

• 2024: Lightspeed introduced a new feature in their POS software called “Benchmark & Trends”. This feature aims to help restaurants improve their performance by offering actionable insights based on comparative data with the help of AI.

• 2023: Toshiba Partnered with PopID, a biometric fintech company. This collaboration aimed to create a biometric-based POS software that enables consumers to authenticate their identity for payment or loyalty using artificial intelligence-based facial verification software without any card or phone.

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