South Dakota · Statewide
Card processing and POS for South Dakota restaurants, shops, tourism businesses, contractors, and service businesses, from Sioux Falls to the Black Hills. Month-to-month. Next-day funding. Pricing you can actually read. Start with a Free Rate Analysis.
New business? No statements needed. Fill in the form and we'll set you up from scratch.
Prefer to talk? Call 949-946-2442 or text us
Tell us a little about your business and we'll follow up. No statements needed to start.
ClearCost Payments is based in Aliso Viejo, California, and works with South Dakota businesses by phone, text, and email.
South Dakota has 96,770 small businesses, 98.9% of all businesses, and they employ 58.0% of the state's workers. (2022 data)
Health care and social assistance employs more small-business workers here than any other industry: 32,254 people.
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Real estate and rental and leasing is the most common type of small business here, with 11,752 firms.
Sources: SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 South Dakota Small Business Profile
Each industry page shows the POS systems, terminals, and payment tools we set up for that kind of business.
Sioux Falls, Brookings, Vermillion, and Yankton have restaurants, salons, clinics, and shops, with new businesses opening often.
Rapid City, Spearfish, Deadwood, Custer, and Keystone have restaurants, gift shops, tours, and lodging serving visitors.
Aberdeen, Watertown, and Huron have farm businesses, restaurants, and shops, plus hunters every fall.
Pierre, Mitchell, and Chamberlain have restaurants and businesses serving travelers on I-90, hunters, and anglers on the Missouri River.
Month-to-month with no cancellation fee, next-day funding, free equipment if you qualify, and processor and POS support 24/7, except most federal holidays. Day-to-day questions come straight to us at 949-946-2442, Mon–Fri 7am–7pm Pacific. See pricing →
Huge summer crowds off tour buses and a quiet winter.
Setup: KORONA POS for gift inventory, with a second register added in June and removed after Labor Day.
Groups booking months ahead for opening weekend in October.
Setup: Payments that work alongside ResNexus for bookings, deposits by payment link, and Clover at the lodge bar.
Dinner service, private parties, and holiday gift card sales.
Setup: Aloha for table service and split checks, with Clover Flex so the check is settled before guests stand up.
One enormous week every August and almost nothing the rest of the year.
Setup: SwipeSimple Tap to Pay on iPhone, with the Swift B250 reader as a backup for customers who want to insert a chip card.
These are examples, not specific clients. Your setup is based on how your business runs and what you process.
Black Hills shops and Sturgis rally vendors keep South Dakota busy. Here's how we set them up.
Mount Rushmore, near Keystone in the Black Hills, had 2,440,449 visitors in 2022.
Setup: Fast tap payments for visitors at the register, and tour deposits collected by payment link before arrival.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally runs 10 days starting the first Friday of August, and the city estimates it brings over $800 million to South Dakota each year.
Setup: Tap to Pay on iPhone, handhelds, and readers that run on cell data for rally booths.
Sources: Wikipedia, Mount Rushmore · Wikipedia, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
No. ClearCost Payments is based in Aliso Viejo, California. South Dakota businesses work with us by phone, text, or email.
Yes. From Sioux Falls and Rapid City to Aberdeen, Brookings, and Pierre, we work with businesses by phone, text, and email.
Yes. Clover handhelds and SwipeSimple Tap to Pay on iPhone run on cell data, so you can take cards anywhere you set up.
Yes. Send a payment link by text or email for the deposit, then take the balance when guests arrive.
Opening a new business in South Dakota? Start here and we'll set you up from scratch.
Attach your last 2 months of statements if you have them. If not, send your details and we'll follow up.
No statements needed. Tell us about the business and we'll recommend the POS and payment setup that fits, then follow up to go over it.