Kobas

Hospitality Management Softwarekobas.co.uk

Kobas is a UK-based cloud hospitality operations platform that consolidates EPoS, kitchen display, stock, recipe, allergen, CRM, HR, rota and reservations into a single per-venue subscription SaaS product for independent and multi-site restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and food halls.

Company typePrivate
Founded2009
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Kobas does

Kobas (trading name of Hospitality Tech Holdings Ltd) is a UK-based, cloud-delivered hospitality operations platform serving independent and multi-site operators across restaurants, pubs, bars, clubs, cafes, food halls and stadiums. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Wallingford and operates as part of Vesta Software Group, a UK vertical-SaaS acquirer within Constellation Software. The platform consolidates the hospitality back office into a single system: EPoS, Kitchen Display, stock and recipe management with allergen compliance, CRM, customer loyalty, reservations, order & pay, delivery integrations, HR, recruitment, rota and management reporting. The product is delivered as a multi-tenant SaaS application hosted on AWS across eu-west-1 and eu-west-2 regions, with an open API and an established integration catalogue spanning payments (Stripe, Adyen), accounting (Xero, Sage, QuickBooks), delivery (Deliverect) and HR/labour (Cascade).

Kobas monetises through per-venue subscriptions organised into three tiers (Starters, Mains, All You Can Eat) targeting small independents, growing groups and large multi-site operators respectively. Go-to-market combines direct sales with a Referral Partner Program aimed at hospitality consultants and resellers, and segment-specific positioning for restaurants, pubs, bars, food halls and stadiums. Disclosed customers include Beer + Burger, True North Brew Co, Rarebreed Dining, Four Hundred Rabbits and Fine & Country Inns. The team is reported to be 11-50 people, with leadership comprising CEO and founder James O'Sullivan, COO/CTO Neil Mukerji and Data Protection Officer Caelan Chambers. The company emphasises domain depth, stating that around 70% of staff are former hospitality operators.

Kobas firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Kobas
Legal name: Hospitality Tech Holdings Ltd
Website: https://kobas.co.uk
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2009
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Kobas is a UK-based cloud hospitality operations platform that consolidates EPoS, kitchen display, stock, recipe, allergen, CRM, HR, rota and reservations into a single per-venue subscription SaaS product for independent and multi-site restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and food halls.
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Kobas industry classification

Industry

Product category: Hospitality Management Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry: Point-of-Sale (POS) & On-Property Commerce (THALACAI)

Keywords

Hospitality management software
EPoS systems
Cloud point of sale
Restaurant POS software
Pub and bar management

Where Kobas is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: London
HQ country: United Kingdom
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Kobas business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

SaaS Subscription: Monthly subscription per venue, priced on system usage. No user licences, no per-device charges. Part of Vesta Software Group (Constellation Software UK Holdco Limited).
Professional Services: Implementation, onboarding, training, and ongoing support services. Dedicated onboarding and professional services team.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Per venue subscription model
Subscription	Monthly	Plan tiers: Starters, Mains, All You Can Eat

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Kobas product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Kobas provides a complete, cloud-based hospitality management platform consisting of a cloud suite (Kobas Cloud) and an in-venue Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) system, with integrated modules for kitchen display, payments, stock control, recipe engineering, allergen and dietary profiling, compliance tasks, customer loyalty, order and pay, delivery and click-and-collect, multi-venue ordering, vouchers and promotions, reservations, CRM, recruitment, HR, rota scheduling, holidays and time-off, and reporting and analytics. The offering is sold to hospitality operators (restaurants, pubs and bars, clubs, food halls, cafes, stadiums) on a per-venue monthly SaaS subscription with professional services for implementation, training and support.

Product overview

Kobas is a complete hospitality management system offered as a unified platform-plus-modules architecture. The core consists of Kobas Cloud (cloud-based management platform) and Kobas EPoS (in-venue point of sale). The product suite is organized into five integrated pillars: In-Venue (EPoS/Mobile POS, Kitchen Display System, Payments), Operations (Stock Control, Recipe Engineering, Allergen & Dietary Profiling, Compliance Tasks), Customers (Customer Loyalty, Order & Pay App, Delivery/Click & Collect, Multi-Venue Ordering, Vouchers & Promotions, Reservations, CRM, Customer Interaction Centre), Teams (Recruitment, HR Management, Rota Scheduling, Holidays & Time Off), and Insights (Operational Performance, Customer Engagement, Labour Analysis). An API product (KAPI) enables third-party integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Kobas EPoS / Mobile POS In-venue Electronic Point of Sale system with mobile POS capability for hospitality venues. Uses client-server architecture so basic trade functions continue without internet, with LAN operation, hardware failover and RAID storage options.
Kitchen Display System Kitchen Display System for hospitality kitchens, displaying orders for preparation and tracking in real time, integrated with the Kobas EPoS platform.
Kobas Payments Payment processing solution integrated with the Kobas EPoS for handling card transactions at hospitality venues.
Kobas Cloud Cloud-based hospitality management platform running on AWS in eu-west-1 (Ireland) and eu-west-2 (London) regions, providing reporting, analytics and centralised management across venues.
Kobas API (KAPI) RESTful API operating over HTTPS with OAuth 2.0 client credentials and JSON payloads, enabling developers and partners to integrate with and extend the Kobas hospitality management platform.
Stock Control

Companies that use Kobas

Customer profile

Named customers5 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Kobas technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration25 records

Feature5 records

Kobas partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing integration. Kobas Payments integrates with Stripe for card payment handling within the EPoS system.
XerocoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Xero accounting software for sales data export and financial reconciliation. Cash Log reports can be exported in Xero-formatted CSV.
SagecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Sage50 Accounting and Sage50 Payroll. Supports export of hours worked, tips, holiday pay for import into Sage Payroll. Cash Log exports available in Sage-formatted CSV.
HubSpotcoreTechnology or IntegrationCRM platform for managing client, prospect, and visitor information. Kobas uses HubSpot to manage communications, inbound inquiries, and guest post submissions.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationKobas Cloud platform runs on AWS infrastructure with all data held within EU (Ireland) and United Kingdom. AWS is ISO 27001 compliant. Provides automated data backup, web application firewall, DDoS protection, and multi-availability zone failover.
DojocoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing integration shown in integrations page for card payment handling.
Vesta Software GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company. Vesta Software Group is a group of 22 UK businesses under Constellation Software UK Holdco Limited. Kobas is a trading name of Hospitality Tech Holdings Ltd, part of the Vesta group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Kobas competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

ResDiary: UK-origin restaurant reservation and table management platform. Overlaps with Kobas's Reservations module and competes for restaurant operator mindshare on booking workflows.
Tenzo: UK-based hospitality analytics platform that integrates with POS systems (including EPoS vendors like Kobas) to deliver sales, labour, and performance insights. An emerging player in the analytics layer of Kobas's stack.

Direct peers

Toast: US-headquartered, cloud-native restaurant POS and management platform. Direct competitor to Kobas's EPoS and integrated operations suite for multi-site restaurants, pubs, and food service operators.
Epos Now: UK-based cloud POS vendor serving hospitality and retail with EPoS, payments, and stock management. Closest UK-based direct competitor to Kobas in the small-to-mid-market hospitality segment.
Lightspeed Restaurant: Cloud-based POS and commerce platform for restaurants, bars, and pubs. Comparable to Kobas in offering integrated POS, inventory, and multi-location management for hospitality operators.
TouchBistro: iPad-based POS system purpose-built for restaurants, with integrated payments, inventory, and loyalty. Directly comparable to Kobas's in-venue EPoS for casual dining and multi-site restaurant groups.
Tevalis: UK hospitality-focused EPoS and management software vendor serving pubs, bars, and restaurants with integrated stock, loyalty, and reporting. Direct rival to Kobas in the UK pub group segment.

Broad incumbents

Square (Block) — Restaurants: Block-owned Square for Restaurants offers integrated POS, payments, and software for hospitality operators. A broader payments-and-software incumbent that overlaps with Kobas's EPoS and payments offering.
Access Hospitality (The Access Group): UK hospitality software suite (EPoS, stock, workforce) under The Access Group. Comparable to Kobas in targeting UK hospitality with a broader vertical-software portfolio.
Zonal: UK-based hospitality technology provider offering EPoS, reservations, CRM, and loyalty across pubs, hotels, restaurants, and attractions. Broad incumbent competing with Kobas across multiple hospitality modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Kobas compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Kobas financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Kobas leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Kobas funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Kobas M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Kobas

What does Kobas do?

Is Kobas a public or private company?

Kobas is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was Kobas founded?

Kobas was founded in 2009. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Kobas based?

Kobas is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.

How does Kobas make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. SaaS Subscription is the primary driver. The others are professional Services.

Who are Kobas's main competitors?

Emerging players on record are ResDiary and Tenzo. Direct peers are Toast, Epos Now, Lightspeed Restaurant, TouchBistro and Tevalis. Broad incumbents are Square (Block) — Restaurants, Access Hospitality (The Access Group) and Zonal.

Does Kobas have an API?

Yes. Kobas offers a public RESTful API (KAPI) that operates over HTTPS, exchanging data using JSON. The API uses OAuth 2.0's client credential access tokens with a 1-hour expiry. API endpoints are documented at https://api-doc.kobas.co.uk. The API accepts DELETE, GET, POST, and PUT verbs. POST and PUT requests support Content-Type: application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The API servers support gzip compression. To obtain an access token, a POST request is submitted to https://oauth.kobas.co.uk/access_token with grant_type, client_id, client_secret, scope, and x-kobas-company-id parameters. Developer documentation is at www.kobas.co.uk/api-documentation.

What industry is Kobas in?

Kobas's product category is Hospitality Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THALACAI, Point-of-Sale (POS) & On-Property Commerce. Its NAICS code is 51821 and its SIC code is 7372.