Payments & POS for Auto Repair Shops.
Estimates, approvals, parts and labor, and getting paid at pickup.
You don’t have a checkout counter, so you don’t need one. Your business runs on estimates, invoices, and getting paid on the spot — different products, usually a cheaper setup. Plenty of people will happily sell you a register you’ll never use. We’d rather put you on the right thing.
The realities of this business.
Quoting an estimate and getting approval before work starts
Parts and labor on the same ticket, priced differently
Jobs that run across days while the bay is occupied
Deposits on big jobs so you aren’t financing the parts
Parts inventory and supplier orders
Vehicle and service history per customer, not just a name
The features that actually matter here.
- Square Invoices — estimates, approvals, and payment links
- Deposits and partial payments on larger jobs
- Card on file for repeat and fleet customers
- Parts inventory tracking
- Customer records with service history
- Payment at the bay or the front desk
What you’d actually carry.
- Front deskSquare Stand + iPad
- Payment at pickupSquare Terminal
- BackupSquare Reader + phone
No counter, no register, no cash drawer. For most auto repair shops the hardware bill is a reader per person — the value is in the software doing the estimating, invoicing, and chasing for you.
Auto Repair Shops, answered.
Can I send an estimate and get approval before I start?
Yes — Square Invoices handles estimates the customer approves remotely, which protects you on the "I never agreed to that" conversation.
Is this the same as a retail POS?
No, and that matters. A repair shop runs on estimates and invoices, not a checkout counter. We set you up on the right products for that.
Find out what you’re paying to take cards.
Ten minutes on a call with your statement. Free, no obligation — and if your rate is already good, we’ll tell you.
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