Wireless POS Terminal Market Report 2026

The wireless pos terminal market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $14.67 billion in 2025 to $16.59 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.1%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to expansion of card-based payment usage, growth of small and medium retail businesses, increasing demand for flexible payment acceptance, expansion of wireless connectivity infrastructure, rising adoption of portable payment terminals.

The wireless pos terminal market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $27.21 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing penetration of nfc-enabled payments, increasing adoption of cloud-based pos software, expansion of omnichannel retail strategies, rising demand for real-time transaction analytics, growing focus on cybersecurity compliance. Major trends in the forecast period include growing adoption of mobile pos solutions, rising demand for smart pos terminals, expansion of contactless payment acceptance, increasing integration of value-added pos services, enhanced focus on secure wireless transactions.

The rising volume of e-commerce transactions is anticipated to drive the growth of the wireless POS terminal market in the future. E-commerce, also known as electronic commerce, involves the buying and selling of goods and services, as well as the transfer of money and data over an electronic network, primarily the internet. With the increase in e-commerce transactions, the acceptance of cashless payments, and the growing use of wireless terminals by retailers, e-commerce platforms have emerged as market leaders, creating a demand for wireless POS software systems. For example, in May 2024, the Census Bureau, a US-based government agency, reported that e-commerce sales rose by 8.5% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, accounting for 15.6% of total retail sales, which increased by 2.8% year over year. Consequently, the growth in e-commerce transactions is a key driver of the wireless POS terminal market.

Major companies in the wireless POS terminal market are concentrating on developing mobile POS tablets to boost transaction efficiency, enhance customer experience, and offer businesses flexible, user-friendly solutions for processing payments across various retail settings. Mobile POS tablets are portable devices that enable businesses to handle transactions and manage sales operations from virtually anywhere. Each tablet is equipped with a built-in 2D scanner and an NFC module, allowing for quick transactions and efficient inventory management. For example, in June 2024, Posiflex Technology Inc., a Taiwan-based manufacturing firm, introduced the Opera MT-6200 Series Mobile POS Tablets. Powered by Intel's Elkhart Lake Celeron Processor, these tablets support both Windows 10 IoT LTSC and Windows 11 IoT GAC, ensuring strong performance and compatibility with a range of applications. The series also features an IPX7 waterproof USB Type-C connector, which facilitates docking and enables fast power charging, thereby improving usability in challenging environments.

In June 2024, Shift4 Payments Inc., a US-based provider of integrated payment processing and commerce technology solutions, acquired Revel Systems for $245.3 million. Through this acquisition, Shift4 aims to strengthen its wireless and mobile point-of-sale offerings by incorporating Revel’s cloud-based POS software and tablet-based terminals, thereby expanding its end-to-end payment and POS capabilities for merchants. Revel Systems Inc. is a US-based company that delivers cloud-based point-of-sale solutions and wireless or tablet POS terminals for restaurants and retail businesses.

Major companies operating in the wireless pos terminal market are Elavon Inc., VeriFone Inc., Fiserv Inc., PAX Global Technology Limited, NCR Corporation, iVeri Payment Technologies (Pty) Ltd., CEGID GROUP SA, Squirrel Systems, Castle Advanced Technologies And Systems Private Limited, Fujian Newland Payment Technology Co. Ltd., Emerge Mobile (Pty) Ltd., Equinox Payments LLC, Hewlett-Packard Development Company L. P., Nce Corporation (s) Pte. Ltd., Micros Systems Inc., Miura Systems Ltd., Ingenico SA, First Data Corporation, Diebold Nixdorf Inc., BBPOS(Stripe Inc.), Oracle Corporation, Winpos Group AB, BITEL TECHNOLOGIES Ltd., CitiXsys- Ivend reatil, Posiflex Technology Inc., NEC Corporation, SPECTRA Technologies Holdings Co. Ltd., Zebra Technologies Corp., TOSHIBA CORPORATION, QVS Software Inc.

North America was the largest region in the wireless POS terminal market share in 2025.Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the wireless pos terminal market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the wireless pos terminal market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The wireless POS terminal market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing wireless POS terminal services such as providing reports on consummate sales record and track customer orders, process credit cards, inventory management, insights on sales trends and customer behaviors, employee scheduling and wages. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The wireless POS terminal market also includes sales of smartphone, tablet or dedicated wireless devices which are used in providing wireless POS terminal services. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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