Broward County
Square POS & card processing in Hollywood, FL
Point-of-sale setup, payment processing and local support for Hollywood, FL businesses — in English, Spanish and Russian.
Approx. 0 miles from our Hollywood office
What does it take to start accepting card payments in Hollywood, FL?
Three things, in this order. A description of how you sell today — or one month of statements — so the configuration is built from your real ticket mix instead of a template. A hardware choice made from where the counter actually stands, inside or on the Broadwalk or both on different days, because a beachfront counter in February and the same counter in September are close to two different businesses. And a setup session in the language your staff works in, with printer routing, permissions and shift close tested before anyone is standing at the register. Our office is on Hollywood Blvd, so that session happens in person, and the Federal Reserve's 2026 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice — 47 payments a month per consumer, two-thirds of them on credit or debit cards — is why the card path is the one that has to survive the first busy Saturday.
In short:Buying hardware for your average day is how a seasonal counter ends up short on the one weekend it could not afford to be.
Sources: Federal Reserve Financial Services, 2026 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice (2026)
What setting up in Hollywood actually involves
We are on Hollywood Blvd, which changes the shape of the job more than it sounds like it should. Hardware is carried in, not couriered. If a terminal behaves strangely on the third day, somebody stands at your counter and watches it happen instead of asking you to describe it over the phone.
The Broadwalk and Downtown trade on two different calendars. A beachfront counter in February and the same counter in September are close to different businesses — the ticket size moves, the share of tourist cards moves, and the number of people you need behind the register moves with them. Buying for the busy month leaves equipment idle; buying for the quiet one costs you the busy one.
So the questions we ask here are seasonal ones. What does your worst Saturday look like, not your average one? Does the line form at one register or spread across three? Is anything sold outside the four walls — a sidewalk table, a beach cart, a market stall — because that decides whether you need a terminal that works with no signal at all.
Areas we cover in Hollywood
- Downtown Hollywood
- Hollywood Beach Broadwalk
- Hollywood Blvd
- Emerald Hills
2590 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, FL
Businesses we set up in Hollywood
Estimate your card processing cost
≈ 1,053 approx. transactions/mo
Or move the cost off your books entirely
There's a second program: a flat 4% carried by the customer as a cash discount, which can offset or fully eliminate what you pay to accept cards.
$1,600/mo
Amount shifted off your P&L at your current volume. This is a different pricing structure, not a lower rate — it changes who pays, and it has its own disclosure rules we'll walk you through before you decide.
Estimated monthly cost on Square rates
$1,286/mo
- Typical legacy processor range
- $1,265 – $1,655
- Estimated monthly difference
- $0 – $369
- Estimated per year
- $0 – $4,434
Estimate only, based on the standard published rate and a typical range for legacy merchant-services statements. Your actual cost depends on card mix, average ticket and your current contract. This is not a quote.
Not sure what you pay now? Two numbers from your statement show your real effective rate. Effective rate calculator
Nearby areas we cover
Get your Hollywood business set up
If you are within a few minutes of Hollywood Blvd, the fastest thing we can do is come and look at the counter. Nothing to sign to book that.