⬜Square Hardware Guide

Which Square Fits Your Counter?

Square makes six kinds of hardware. Picking the wrong one is the most common mistake we see. Here’s how they compare — and we’ll set up and mount whatever you choose.

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What We Set Up For Each Business

A starting point. We’ll adjust it after we see your counter and how your team works.

Food Truck / Pop-Up

Square Terminal or Reader + phone. Portable, prints receipts, and runs all day on battery.

Quick-Service Restaurant

Register + Kitchen Display, with a Handheld for line-busting on busy days.

Full-Service Restaurant

Register at the host stand, Handhelds for servers, and kitchen display or printers by station.

Retail Store

Register or Stand with a barcode scanner and cash drawer, plus a Handheld for inventory counts.

Salon, Barber & Services

Terminal at the front desk. It takes payment, prints receipts, and handles tips without a full register.

Field Service & Contractors

Reader + phone or Terminal to take payment at the job and send invoices from the truck.

Higher volume? Once you process more than a certain amount each month, a negotiated rate on Clover can beat Square’s flat pricing. We carry both, so we’ll run the numbers either way. Square vs. Clover →

We Don’t Ship You A Box.

We spec the hardware, configure it, mount it, connect your printers and cash drawer, build your catalog, and train your staff — then you have a local rep to call.

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Merchant1 Solutions is an independent sales and service provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Block, Inc. Square, the Square logo, and Square hardware names are trademarks of Block, Inc. Hardware availability and features are set by Square and may change.

Which Square Fits Your Counter?

Square Hardware, Explained

Square Reader

Square Handheld

Square Terminal

Square Stand

Square Register

Kitchen Display