Sweda

Retail POS Softwaresweda.com

Sweda Canada Inc. is a Toronto-based POS software vendor founded in 1933 that serves Canadian grocery retailers and convenience store chains, with its SwedaMart POS and SwedaMart Enterprise middleware deployed across 1,500+ stores and the largest share of the Canadian grocery POS market.

Company typePrivate
Founded1933
HeadquartersToronto, Canada
Headcount101–250
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Sweda does

Sweda Canada Inc., founded in 1933 and headquartered in Toronto, is a long-tenured point-of-sale (POS) software vendor focused on the Canadian grocery retail and convenience store verticals, where it claims the largest share of the Canadian grocery POS market with installations in more than 1,500 stores. The company's flagship product, SwedaMart, is a versatile POS application engineered for high-volume front-end operations, offering rapid scanning reliability, full offline capability, hardware/OS-agnostic deployment, and integrations with loyalty programs, self-checkout, mobile POS, kiosks, and mobile hardware. Its complementary product, SwedaMart Enterprise, is a cloud-based middleware layer that centralizes pricing, promotions, dispatcher, notification, and raincheck functionality across multi-store networks, enabling one centrally managed system for chain retailers.

The company monetizes through subscription-based enterprise POS licensing (SwedaMart and SwedaMart Enterprise) plus professional services and 24-hour technical support, sold on annual, quote-based contracts to large grocery and convenience chains. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales out of Toronto and a Chicago office covering North America, supported by multi-lingual staff (English, French, Mandarin/Cantonese) and industry association membership in the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA). In March 2023, Sweda was acquired by ACCEO Solutions inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of N. Harris Computer Corporation and part of Constellation Software (TSX: CSU), and continues to develop and support its products for the existing client base.

Sweda firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Sweda
Legal name: Sweda Canada Inc.
Website: https://sweda.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1933
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 101–250 employees
Short description: Sweda Canada Inc. is a Toronto-based POS software vendor founded in 1933 that serves Canadian grocery retailers and convenience store chains, with its SwedaMart POS and SwedaMart Enterprise middleware deployed across 1,500+ stores and the largest share of the Canadian grocery POS market.
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Sweda industry classification

Industry

Product category: Retail POS Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYFSAMADAC
POS Payment Software & Middleware (Terminal OS, Apps, Device Management)
Financial & Insurance/Payments & Transaction Processing/Point-of-Sale (POS) Payments & Terminals
SECONDARYHDAEAEAD
Retail ERP (Merchandising, POS Back Office)
Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Platforms
SECONDARYCRAFALAL
POS-to-Online Unified Payments (Omnichannel Payments)
Consumer Products & Retail/E-commerce & Marketplaces/Digital Payment Solutions for E-commerce

Keywords

POS software solutions
Grocery retail technology
Convenience store POS
Retail point of sale
Enterprise middleware

Where Sweda is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Toronto
HQ country: Canada
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Sweda business model

Business model

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

Revenue model

POS Software Solutions: Revenue generated from providing POS software solutions, administrative services, and promotions for the retail industry. Includes SwedaMart and SwedaMart Enterprise products.
Professional Services and Support: 24-hour technical expertise and customer service support along with sales and marketing professional services for optimization.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Enterprise POS Solutions

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Sweda product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Sweda develops and supports point-of-sale (POS) software solutions for the grocery and convenience store retail industries. Its flagship SwedaMart application handles high-volume front-end transactions for individual stores, while SwedaMart Enterprise is a cloud-based middleware layer that centralizes POS data and pricing logic across multiple store locations. The platform supports multi-platform deployment, full offline operation, loyalty program integration, self-checkout, mobile POS, and kiosk interfaces.

Product overview

Sweda offers a unified POS platform with two core products: SwedaMart as the primary point-of-sale solution for high-traffic grocery and convenience store operations, and SwedaMart Enterprise as a middleware add-on module that provides centralized data management and cloud storage capabilities across multiple store locations. The architecture allows stores to use SwedaMart independently or integrate it with SwedaMart Enterprise for unified pricing, promotions, and data synchronization across the retail network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

SwedaMart: A versatile POS solution specially designed for high traffic front-end operations of Grocery and Convenience Store chains. Features include customizable POS interface, multi platform support, resilience, pricing and promotion module, and development integrations with loyalty programs, self-checkout, mobile POS, and kiosks.
SwedaMart Enterprise

Products and services

SwedaMart

Quantifiable outcome

Present in over 1,500 grocery stores across Canada
+1 more outcomes

Companies that use Sweda

Customer profile

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Sweda technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature9 records

Sweda partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

ACCEO Solutions inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023ACCEO Solutions inc., a wholly subsidiary of N. Harris Computer Corporation, acquired Sweda Canada Inc. in March 2023. ACCEO is a leading Canadian IT company specializing in software design, implementation, integration, and support for management, accounting, and e-business development solutions. The acquisition positions ACCEO as a technology leader for the Canadian grocery store market. All Sweda solutions continue to be developed and supported.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Sweda competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Sweda financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Sweda leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Sweda funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

Sweda 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 Sweda

What does Sweda do?

Is Sweda a public or private company?

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

When was Sweda founded?

Sweda was founded in 1933. It employs 101 to 250 people.

Where is Sweda based?

Sweda is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, in the North America region.

How does Sweda make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. POS Software Solutions are the primary driver. The others are professional Services and Support.

Does Sweda have an API?

No public API is recorded for Sweda.

What industry is Sweda in?

Sweda's product category is Retail POS Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSAMADAC, POS Payment Software & Middleware (Terminal OS, Apps, Device Management), with a secondary code of HDAEAEAD, Retail ERP (Merchandising, POS Back Office). Its NAICS code is 5182 and its SIC code is 7372.