Dog Grooming Software Compatible With Square

No. There is no Square integration, and we are not going to imply otherwise. GroomBoard does not read your Square transactions, does not push appointments into Square, and does not settle payments through a Square account. If a live Square connection is a hard requirement for you, GroomBoard is not the right tool and you should look at software that lists Square as a supported integration.

Yes, and this is how most of our groomers already work. Square takes the card at pickup on the reader you already own. GroomBoard holds the appointment book, the pet records, the public booking page, and the reminder texts. The honest cost of running both is that the money side lives in Square and the grooming side lives in GroomBoard, so your revenue reporting sits in Square rather than in one combined view.

Checked on Square's own pricing page on 31 August 2026: Square Free is $0 a month per location, Square Plus is $49 a month per location, and Square Premium is $149 a month per location, with custom pricing above $250,000 processed a year. Processing runs 2.6% plus 15 cents tapped, dipped or swiped on the free plan, falling to 2.5% on Plus and 2.4% on Premium. Online is 3.3% plus 30 cents on Free and 2.9% plus 30 cents on the paid tiers. Square changes plans periodically, so confirm the current numbers on squareup.com before you decide.

Yes. Square Appointments sends automated appointment reminders and confirmations to customers, including on the free plan, and the wording and timing are set from the Square dashboard. What a groomer does not get from a Square reminder is anything about the dog: it cannot mention the pet by name from a pet record, warn that vaccinations are due, or send a rebooking nudge when a coat is overdue, because Square has no pet profile to draw those from. GroomBoard sends the same confirmation and day before reminder from a carrier registered number, 100 to 600 texts a month by plan, plus the pet aware texts: rebooking reminders, vaccination expiry alerts, and a post groom follow up with a rebooking link.

You might not need to. Square Free genuinely includes online booking, appointment reminders and unlimited staff calendars, and it takes payment. If a calendar plus a card reader covers your business, that is a good setup and it costs nothing. The gap shows up in what Square stores about the animal. Square books a service to a customer. It has no field for the breed, the coat condition, the blade length you used last time, the shampoo that did not irritate the skin, the vaccination expiry, or the note that this dog has bitten before. Groomers end up keeping that in a paper book or their head, which is the thing GroomBoard is actually for.

No. GroomBoard is not a point of sale system and has no card reader, no Tap to Pay, and no in person card processing. You still need Square or something like it at pickup. What GroomBoard does have is a booking deposit and a texted payment link for a no show fee, both through Stripe, which is a different job from ringing up a groom at the counter.

You do not have to move the payments at all, which is the part that would be a hassle. Export your client list from Square as CSV and import it yourself during your free trial. If some of your pet notes are still on paper, the photo import reads pages of an appointment book and enters them for you. Most groomers finish the client import in under 30 minutes and keep taking cards on Square exactly as before.