Texas · Metro area
Card processing and POS for Austin restaurants, food trucks, bars, shops, and service businesses, from South Congress to Round Rock. 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.
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ClearCost Payments is based in Aliso Viejo, California, and works with Austin businesses by phone, text, and email.
The Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metro has 301,266 small businesses, and they employ 48.1% of the area's workers. (2022 data)
Accommodation and food services employs more small-business workers in the Austin metro than any other industry: 72,286 people.
Restaurant payments →
Professional, scientific, and technical services is the most common type of small business here, at 56,065 firms. Invoices, ACH, and card on file fit how they bill.
Professional services payments →
The Austin City Council named Austin the Live Music Capital of the World in 1991. Venues need tabs, door sales, and merch on one system.
What a bar POS needs →
Sources: SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 Small Business Profiles: South metros · KUT, How Austin became the Live Music Capital of the World
Each industry page shows the POS systems, terminals, and payment tools we set up for that kind of business.
Downtown, South Congress, East Austin, and the Red River district have restaurants, bars, venues, and boutiques.
The Domain, Mueller, and North Lamar have restaurants, shops, gyms, and offices.
Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, and Pflugerville have restaurants, salons, gyms, and clinics.
Dripping Springs, Buda, Kyle, and Bee Cave have wineries, breweries, restaurants, and shops.
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 →
Lunch near the office parks, then a trailer park crowd until 2 a.m.
Setup: SwipeSimple Tap to Pay on iPhone, with the Swift B250 reader for customers who prefer to insert a card.
Cover at the door, tabs at the bar, and band merch at the back.
Setup: Union POS for phone ordering on packed nights, with Clover at the door and the merch table.
Monthly members, class packs, and weekend workshops.
Setup: Payments that work alongside Mindbody, with memberships billed automatically each month.
Weekend tastings, private events, and a wine club.
Setup: Clover at the tasting bar for flights and bottles, with club shipments billed automatically.
These are examples, not specific clients. Your setup is based on how your business runs and what you process.
Food trucks, Red River venues, and Hill Country wineries keep Austin busy. Here's how we set them up.
Austin has more than 1,500 mobile food vendors across the city, as of 2025.
Setup: SwipeSimple Tap to Pay on iPhone running on cell data, and online ordering so the line keeps moving.
The Red River Cultural District calls itself Austin's largest concentration of live music venues.
Setup: Phone ordering, open tabs, tickets, and merch, all in one place.
The Texas Hill Country Wineries association has more than 60 member wineries.
Setup: Tasting room checkout and club members billed automatically.
Sources: KUT, Austin food truck inspections (June 2025) · Red River Cultural District, Who we are · Wine Industry Advisor, Texas Hill Country Wineries (2026)
No. ClearCost Payments is based in Aliso Viejo, California. Austin businesses work with us by phone, text, or email.
Yes. From Downtown and East Austin to Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Dripping Springs, we work with businesses by phone, text, and email.
Yes. SwipeSimple Tap to Pay on iPhone uses your phone's data connection, so you don't need Wi-Fi.
Yes. Run bar tabs and ring up door sales and merch on one Clover system, or use Union so guests order and pay from their phones on packed nights.
Yes. Recurring billing charges members on a schedule you set, and class packs can be sold online.
Opening a new business in Austin? 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.