What TipHaus does

TipHaus (Tip Haus Inc.) is a Seattle-based SaaS company that provides automated tip distribution software for the hospitality industry. Founded in 2018 and incorporated in Delaware, the company operates a cloud-based tip management platform that integrates with 14+ point-of-sale systems (including Toast, Square, Clover, Aloha, Lightspeed, and Micros Symphony) and major payroll providers (ADP, Paylocity, Homebase, Toast Payroll). The platform automates tip calculations, pooling, sharing, and reconciliation — syncing POS data every 15 minutes — and provides proprietary same-day payout functionality via its Earned Tip Access® feature, which routes funds to employees through HausMoney or direct bank deposits. The company reports processing over $5 billion in tips annually for more than 500,000 hospitality professionals.

The platform's product surface includes automated tip calculations, daily digital tip payouts (Earned Tip Access®), QR code tipping, an employee-facing mobile web app, tip reconciliation, payroll exports, and reporting. It is SOC 2 Type II certified (AICPA) and supports compliance with tip pooling and sharing rules across all 50 U.S. states and Canada. Named customers include multi-unit enterprise operators (Stone Brewing, Broadway Hospitality Group, The Brigantine Restaurants, Wood Ranch, Ivar's, Firebirds, Columbia Hospitality, Dog Haus, Malone's Steakhouse, JF Restaurant Group) as well as SMB restaurants and cafés (Chulita, Grey Dog Cafe, Brass Tap Baltimore, Padrino's Cuban Restaurant).

TipHaus monetizes via quote-based SaaS subscriptions priced per customer order form, supplemented by a free 2-week self-serve trial. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales — including a VP of Global Enterprise Sales and VP of Revenue — with self-serve digital acquisition and event-driven demand generation (California Restaurant Show 2026, Texas Restaurant Show 2026). The company has raised approximately $4.74 million across two SEC Form D exempt offerings in 2022 and 2023 plus a $250,000 Newchip Accelerator investment. In June 2025, TipHaus launched Earned Tip Access® in Canada as a beta, marking its first geographic expansion beyond the United States.

Name

TipHaus

Legal name

Tip Haus Inc.

Website

https://tiphaus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TipHaus is a Seattle-based SaaS platform that automates tip calculation, pooling, and same-day digital payouts for hospitality operators. It integrates with 14+ POS systems and major payroll providers, processing over $5 billion in tips annually for 500,000+ hospitality professionals across restaurants, hotels, and related verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant & Hospitality Tip Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Payroll Software & Payroll-as-a-Service (SaaS) (BPACAIAB)

Keywords

• Tip management software
• Restaurant payroll automation
• Tip pooling solutions
• Hospitality workforce software
• Digital tip payouts

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: TipHaus operates as a SaaS company providing tip management software on a subscription basis. According to their SaaS User Agreement, customers pay fees as described in an Order Form. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and appears to be quote-based, varying by number of locations and features required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TipHaus sells a cloud-based SaaS tip management platform that automates tip pooling, tip sharing, and digital payouts for restaurants, hotels, bars, and other hospitality operators. Its core deliverables include automated tip calculations synced with POS systems every 15 minutes, same-day digital tip payouts through its proprietary Earned Tip Access® feature, QR-code-enabled guest tipping, a free employee mobile app for per-shift tip transparency, and customized payroll exports for providers such as ADP, Toast Payroll, Paylocity, and Homebase.

Product overview

TipHaus is a tip management software platform for restaurants and hospitality that unifies tip pooling, tip sharing, QR code tipping, daily payouts, and payroll exports into a single integrated system. The core platform consists of Tip Calculations (automated rule-based distribution), Earned Tip Access (daily digital payouts), QR Code Tipping (guest-facing tipping), and the Employee App (worker transparency). Supporting modules include Tip Reconciliation, Payroll Custom Exports, Daily Tip Payouts, and Reporting—all sharing a unified database that syncs with POS systems every 15 minutes. The platform integrates with leading POS providers (Lightspeed, Toast, Clover, Square, Micros Symphony, Aloha) and payroll systems (ADP, Paylocity, Homebase) to automate the full tip management lifecycle from calculation through payout.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Earned Tip Access®: TipHaus's same-day tip payout feature that allows employees to receive their tips digitally, even as soon as the next day
• HausMoney
• HausDirect

Products and services

• Tip Calculations Automated tip calculation engine that distributes tips based on time-of-sale for fair and accurate tip pooling and tip sharing across every role. Syncs with POS systems every 15 minutes to reconcile tips, catch refunds, fix timecard errors, and account for retroactive changes. Built for restaurant and hospitality operators who need to replace spreadsheet-based manual tip math.
• Earned Tip Access® (ETA) Same-day digital tip payout feature that lets employees receive their earned tips daily via direct bank deposit (HausDirect) or HausMoney digital accounts. Designed for hospitality operators seeking to reduce cash handling, eliminate bank runs, cut payroll headaches, and lower employee turnover through faster tip access.
• QR Code Tipping Branded QR-code tipping system that lets guests tip via codes on tables, receipts, rooms, or signage without downloading an app. Includes built-in guest feedback to help operators improve service. Used by hotels, restaurants, valet operations, spas, and similar venues.
• Employee App Free mobile web application that gives tipped employees full visibility into their tip earnings by shift. Aims to build trust between staff and management, reduce tip disputes, and lower turnover (claimed 78%+ increase in manager trust and 31% turnover reduction at Ivar's).

Quantifiable outcome

• 31% reduction in employee turnover
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ToastcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeep POS integration allowing TipHaus to sync tip data every 15 minutes, automatically reconcile tips, catch refunds, and account for retroactive changes.
• SquarecoreTechnology or IntegrationPOS integration for tip data synchronization and automated tip calculations.
• ClovercoreTechnology or IntegrationPOS integration enabling tip data sync and automated distribution for Clover merchants.
• LightspeedcoreTechnology or IntegrationPOS integration for Lightspeed restaurant customers.
• ADPcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll integration allowing 2-click custom exports of tip and labor data.
• PaylocitycoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll integration syncing job codes and hours in real-time for accurate tip reconciliation.
• HomebasecoreTechnology or IntegrationTime and attendance integration with custom payroll exports.
• GoTabcoreTechnology or IntegrationQR code ordering and tip management integration partnership, particularly successful with Stone Brewing.
• 7 ShiftssupportingTechnology or IntegrationEmployee scheduling integration for tip calculations based on hours worked.
• HotSchedulessupportingTechnology or IntegrationWorkforce management integration for scheduling and time tracking.
• Aloha (NCR)coreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise POS integration for Aloha users.
• Micros Symphony (Oracle)coreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise POS integration for Oracle MICROS Symphony users.
• SkyTabsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPOS integration for SkyTab customers.
• National Restaurant AssociationsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry association partnership for marketing and industry advocacy.
• Washington Hospitality AssociationsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerState hospitality association partnership.
• Florida Restaurant and Lodging AssociationsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerState hospitality association partnership.
• International Food & Beverage Technology Association (IFBTA)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry association partnership for food and beverage technology.
• Restaurant Technology NetworksupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerTechnology-focused industry group for restaurant operators and tech providers.
• VisasupportingTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing integration for digital tip payouts.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kickfin: Kickfin is a direct competitor offering digital tip distribution and same-day payouts to restaurant employees. Both companies target the same hospitality pain point — replacing manual tip-out processes with automated, daily digital payouts integrated with major POS systems.
• TipBright: TipBright is a tip management and pooling software for restaurants, directly overlapping with TipHaus's core tip calculation, pooling, and distribution functionality for hospitality operators.

Broad incumbents

• Toast: Toast is the leading restaurant POS platform and a deep integration partner of TipHaus, but also offers native tip pooling, reporting, and Toast Payroll — making it both a channel partner and a potential competitor as it expands native tip-management features.
• Square (Block): Square provides POS systems with built-in tip prompts, tip pooling, and payroll tools for restaurants and small businesses. As a broad incumbent, it competes with TipHaus by offering tip-management features natively within its commerce ecosystem.
• Lightspeed Restaurant: Lightspeed is a restaurant POS platform and a deep integration partner of TipHaus. As a broader commerce incumbent with native tip features, it competes in adjacent layers of the restaurant tip-management stack.
• Clover (Fiserv): Clover is a POS platform owned by Fiserv that serves restaurants and small businesses with built-in tip prompts and reporting. It is comparable as both a TipHaus integration partner and a broad incumbent with native tip-management functionality.
• Paylocity: Paylocity is a major payroll and HCM platform that integrates with TipHaus for custom payroll exports. It is a broad incumbent that increasingly offers tip-tracking and tip-credit functionality to the same hospitality employer buyer.
• ADP: ADP is the largest U.S. payroll provider and a core integration partner of TipHaus. As a broad incumbent, it competes with TipHaus through enterprise payroll suites that increasingly include tip management and tip credit compliance features for hospitality operators.

Emerging players

• 7shifts: 7shifts is an employee scheduling and workforce management platform for restaurants that integrates with TipHaus. It is comparable as an adjacent restaurant-tech SaaS increasingly expanding into payroll and tip-related features for the same hospitality buyer.
• Homebase: Homebase is a scheduling, time tracking, and payroll platform for hourly hospitality and retail teams. It overlaps with TipHaus around payroll exports and tip reconciliation workflows for the same small-business restaurant customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TipHaus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tiphaus
• Instagraminstagram.com/tip_haus

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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