Popularity

Our take on popularity is used to interpret the overall trends regarding the count of customer reviews of software in the Retail POS industry. While our popularity section doesn't look into user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, and language support - we will have sections detailing those topics too.

Overall Popularity

Retail POS presently ranks as the 160th most popular software category according to our data with 107 customer reviews last year. Year over year, Retail POS' popularity rose by 3 customer reviews. It reached its highest popularity ranking in 2018 coming in 114th place with 350 reviews. But, it's presently seeing its smallest relative popularity ranking. Over the years, the category has accumulated 1,332 total ratings. Ranking as the 160th most reviewed software category worldwide, Retail POS is a lesser engaged with category.

Old Vs. New

The earliest Retail POS product in our records is Square Point of Sale given its earliest tracked customer review showing up 10 years ago. The most recent Retail POS product in the market is Heartland Retail with its earliest tracked review materializing in 2018.

Around the World

The United States uses Retail POS software more than any other country with 1,147 customer reviews. The United States is followed by Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines which have an overall average of 33 reviews. Over the last year Retail POS category gained popularity in the United States to become the United States' 127th most reviewed software category. The most heavily used Retail POS products are Square Point of Sale with 627 ratings, Shopify POS with 251 ratings, and Heartland Retail with 231 customer reviews.

Big and Small

Many companies using Retail POS software products are small businesses, making up 81% of all clients. They are followed by medium business customers (14%), and large businesses (5%). The influence of Retail POS products for small businesses is thriving currently, swelling by 13% in the last year. Retail POS software for large businesses have experienced a recession this year, decreasing 113% of the previous year's value.

Titans of Industry

The top industries for Retail POS are retail, apparel and fashion, food and beverages, consumer goods, and health wellness and fitness.