The global handheld point of sale market size accounted for USD 33.24 billion in 2025 and is forecasted to hit around USD 80.65 billion by 2034, representing a CAGR of 10.35% from 2025 to 2034. The Asia Pacific market size was estimated at USD 12.05 billion in 2024 and is expanding at a CAGR of 10.48% during the forecast period. The market sizing and forecasts are revenue-based (USD Million/Billion), with 2024 as the base year.
1.1. Research Objective
1.2. Scope of the Study
1.3. Definition
2.1. Research Approach
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Assumptions & Limitations
3.1. Market Snapshot
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Market Classification and Scope
4.3. Industry Value Chain Analysis
4.3.1. Raw Material Procurement Analysis
4.3.2. Sales and Distribution Analysis
4.3.3. Downstream Buyer Analysis
5.1. COVID-19 Landscape: Handheld Point Of Sale Industry Impact
5.2. COVID 19 - Impact Assessment for the Industry
5.3. COVID 19 Impact: Global Major Government Policy
5.4. Market Trends and Opportunities in the COVID-19 Landscape
6.1. Market Dynamics
6.1.1. Market Drivers
6.1.2. Market Restraints
6.1.3. Market Opportunities
6.2. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
6.2.1. Bargaining power of suppliers
6.2.2. Bargaining power of buyers
6.2.3. Threat of substitute
6.2.4. Threat of new entrants
6.2.5. Degree of competition
7.1.1. Company Market Share/Positioning Analysis
7.1.2. Key Strategies Adopted by Players
7.1.3. Vendor Landscape
7.1.3.1. List of Suppliers
7.1.3.2. List of Buyers
8.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by Product Type
8.1.1. Smartphone-based mPOS readers (plug-in dongles/card readers)
8.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.2. Mobile POS terminals (all-in-one touchscreen handhelds)
8.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.3. Rugged handheld POS terminals (field/industrial grade)
8.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.4. Handheld POS with integrated thermal printer
8.1.4.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.5. PDA-style handheld POS (data capture + POS)
8.1.5.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.6. Wearable POS devices (wristband/ring/badge)
8.1.6.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
8.1.7. Handheld barcode-scanner POS units
8.1.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by Form Factor
9.1.1. Dongle/reader (plug-in to smartphone/tablet)
9.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1.2. Pocket card reader (standalone compact)
9.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1.3. Tablet-style handheld terminal
9.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1.4. PDA / gun-style device
9.1.4.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1.5. All-in-one terminal with printer
9.1.5.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
9.1.6. Wearable form factors
9.1.6.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
10.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by Components
10.1.1. Hardware
10.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
10.1.2. Software & services
10.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by Payment Technology
11.1.1. EMV chip & PIN
11.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1.2. Contactless / NFC
11.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1.3. Magnetic stripe (swipe)
11.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1.4. QR code/barcode payments
11.1.4.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1.5. Mobile wallets (tokenized wallets)
11.1.5.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
11.1.6. Offline transaction/batch mode
11.1.6.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by End-user industry Insights
12.1.1. Retail
12.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.2. Hospitality
12.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.3. Transportation & Logistics
12.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.4. Healthcare
12.1.4.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.5. BFSI & Mobile banking agents
12.1.5.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.6. Hospitality
12.1.6.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.7. Government & public sector
12.1.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.8. Education (campus retail & cafeterias)
12.1.8.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.9. Events & ticketing
12.1.9.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.10. Vending & unattended retail
12.1.10.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.11. Field services (invoicing/payments on site)
12.1.11.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
12.1.12. Others (salons, parking, fuel stations)
12.1.12.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1. Handheld Point Of Sale Market Revenue and Volume, by Application/Use Case
13.1.1. Payment acceptance (card / contactless / mobile)
13.1.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.2. Billing & invoicing/receipts
13.1.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Inventory & price check
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Order taking & table management
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Returns/exchanges/refunds
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Loyalty enrollment & redemption
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Mobile ticketing & access control
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
13.1.3. Field collection & remittance
13.1.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast
14.1. North America
14.1.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.1.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.1.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.1.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.1.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.1.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.1.7. U.S.
14.1.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.1.7.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.1.7.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.1.7.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.1.8. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.1.8.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.1.9. Rest of North America
14.1.9.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.1.9.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.1.9.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.1.9.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.1.10. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.1.11. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.1.11.1.
14.2. Europe
14.2.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.2.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.2.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.2.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.2.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.2.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.2.7.
14.2.8. UK
14.2.8.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.2.8.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.2.8.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.2.9. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.2.10. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.2.10.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.2.11. Germany
14.2.11.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.2.11.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.2.11.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.2.12. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.2.13. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.2.14. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.2.14.1.
14.2.15. France
14.2.15.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.2.15.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.2.15.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.2.15.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.2.16. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.2.16.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.2.17. Rest of Europe
14.2.17.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.2.17.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.2.17.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.2.17.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.2.18. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.2.18.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.3. APAC
14.3.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.3.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.3.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.3.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.3.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.3.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.3.7. India
14.3.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.3.7.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.3.7.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.3.7.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.3.8. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.3.9. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.3.10. China
14.3.10.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.3.10.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.3.10.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.3.10.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.3.11. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.3.11.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.3.12. Japan
14.3.12.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.3.12.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.3.12.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.3.12.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.3.12.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.3.12.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.3.13. Rest of APAC
14.3.13.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.3.13.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.3.13.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.3.13.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.3.13.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.3.13.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.4. MEA
14.4.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.4.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.4.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.4.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.4.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.4.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.4.7. GCC
14.4.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.4.7.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.4.7.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.4.7.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.4.8. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.4.9. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.4.10. North Africa
14.4.10.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.4.10.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.4.10.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.4.10.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.4.11. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.4.12. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.4.13. South Africa
14.4.13.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.4.13.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.4.13.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.4.13.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.4.13.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.4.13.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.4.14. Rest of MEA
14.4.14.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.4.14.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.4.14.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.4.14.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.4.14.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.4.14.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.5. Latin America
14.5.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.5.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.5.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.5.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.5.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.5.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.5.7. Brazil
14.5.7.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.5.7.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.5.7.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.5.7.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.5.8. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.5.8.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
14.5.9. Rest of LATAM
14.5.9.1. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Product Type
14.5.9.2. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Form Factor
14.5.9.3. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Components
14.5.9.4. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Payment Technology
14.5.9.5. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by End-user industry Insights
14.5.9.6. Market Revenue and Volume Forecast, by Application/Use Case
15.1. Verifone
15.1.1. Company Overview
15.1.2. Product Offerings
15.1.3. Financial Performance
15.1.4. Recent Initiatives
15.2. Ingenico (Worldline)
15.2.1. Company Overview
15.2.2. Product Offerings
15.2.3. Financial Performance
15.2.4. Recent Initiatives
15.3. PAX Technology
15.3.1. Company Overview
15.3.2. Product Offerings
15.3.3. Financial Performance
15.3.4. Recent Initiatives
15.4. Castles Technology
15.4.1. Company Overview
15.4.2. Product Offerings
15.4.3. Financial Performance
15.4.4. Recent Initiatives
15.5. BBPOS
15.5.1. Company Overview
15.5.2. Product Offerings
15.5.3. Financial Performance
15.5.4. Recent Initiatives
15.6. SumUp
15.6.1. Company Overview
15.6.2. Product Offerings
15.6.3. Financial Performance
15.6.4. Recent Initiatives
15.7. Square (Block)
15.7.1. Company Overview
15.7.2. Product Offerings
15.7.3. Financial Performance
15.7.4. Recent Initiatives
15.8. Clover (Fiserv)
15.8.1. Company Overview
15.8.2. Product Offerings
15.8.3. Financial Performance
15.8.4. Recent Initiatives
15.9. Miura Systems
15.9.1. Company Overview
15.9.2. Product Offerings
15.9.3. Financial Performance
15.9.4. Recent Initiatives
15.10. Sunmi
15.10.1. Company Overview
15.10.2. Product Offerings
15.10.3. Financial Performance
15.10.4. Recent Initiatives
16.1. Primary Research
16.2. Secondary Research
16.3. Assumptions
17.1. About Us
17.2. Glossary of Terms
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