Smaregi Cloud POS

Smaregi, Inc. is a Japanese cloud POS company founded in May 2005 and headquartered in Osaka. It helps shops and chains replace legacy cash registers with iPad-based registers connected to cloud back-office tools, and it reports about 56,000 active stores as of April 2026, from single shops to chains with more than 500 stores.

The POS app stores sales offline and syncs when the connection returns. Paid plans add multi-store and head-office management, customer management with points, inventory and ordering for retail, and mobile ordering for food service, plus AI reports. It handles multiple tax rates and tax-free sales, integrates PAYGATE cashless terminals, self-checkout and automatic change machines, and offers a public API, an app market, Smaregi EC and attendance tools.

• iPad register: Runs checkout on iPad and keeps selling offline.
• Multi-store management: Centralizes sales, products and reports across outlets.
• Customer and points: Manages up to 100,000 customers with points and AI reports.
• Retail inventory: Adds stock control and purchase ordering on the retail plan.
• Payments and self-checkout: Connects PAYGATE terminals, self-checkout and change machines.
• API and app market: Links e-commerce, attendance and third-party systems.

A Japanese retail or restaurant brand opening stores in Vietnam can keep the same POS used at home. A specialty retail chain can centralize pricing and stock across outlets on per-store plans. A souvenir shop in a tourist area can combine cashless terminals with self-checkout to shorten queues.

A free single-store plan lets small shops start without software cost, and chains can scale to centralized multi-store plans priced per store. Offline operation protects sales during network outages. Built-in tax-free handling and cashless terminals help stores serve inbound tourists. Smaregi reports about 56,000 active stores using the system.

Labour shortages and cashless payment growth in Asia are pushing shops toward tablet POS, self-checkout and RFID-based checkout. Japanese retail technology is increasingly relevant to Vietnam, where chains also face rising staff costs and new POS-linked e-invoicing rules, and Smaregi has set up a software development subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City.

Founded on May 24, 2005; headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka; capital JPY 1,156 million (April 2026). Announced in October 2023 the set-up of Smaregi Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Ho Chi Minh City (planned for early 2024) as an overseas software development base. Other services include PAYGATE payments, Smaregi EC and Smaregi Time Card.