Storekeeper
For retail

Retail inventory software and retail inventory management software for small business stores

Your POS already counts the stock. Storekeeper tells you what to reorder, how much and from which store: forecasts per SKU per location, transfer suggestions when one shop is drowning in what another is about to run out of, and purchase orders you review instead of calculate.

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The short answer. Retail inventory software tracks stock across your stores and decides what to buy next. Square, Clover, Lightspeed and Shopify POS count units and alert at a reorder level you type in; only Lightspeed Plus ($289 a month) adds forecasting. Storekeeper sits on top of the POS you have and forecasts every SKU per store from $49 a month, with draft purchase orders across up to five locations on Growth at $149.

The multi-store problem

Spreadsheets stop working at store number two

Retail inventory management systems were supposed to fix this. Most just turned the spreadsheet into a screen.

The Friday count ritual

Each store reports its numbers, someone merges the files, and by the time purchasing reads them the fast movers have moved again. Storekeeper's ledger is live: the count you see is the count on the shelf.

Reorders by gut feel

"We usually take 40 of these" works until a trend, a season or a competitor changes the rate. Per-store forecasts catch the shift and turn it into a reorder point that moved itself.

Transfer blindness

The downtown store is out; the mall store has nine weeks of cover. Nobody notices, so you buy more. Storekeeper suggests the transfer before the purchase order.

What you get

Built for the shop floor, not the ERP committee

  • Per-store demand forecasting

    Every SKU forecast per location, because the same product sells differently on different streets.

  • Transfer-first replenishment

    When another location holds excess, the suggestion is a transfer, not a purchase: same shelf filled, no new cash spent.

  • Dead-stock flags with dollar values

    Slow stock is priced per store, so markdown decisions happen before clearance season does it for you.

  • Stockout-risk warnings inside lead time

    Flagged while an expedited order still helps, not in the weekly report after the shelf went empty.

  • POS-first integrations

    Connectors for the common retail POS systems, plus spreadsheet import from day one.

Already running a register that tracks stock? Most retailers do not need to replace it, they need a layer that decides what to reorder. Our Square inventory management page breaks down exactly what a POS tracks at each price tier and where its planning stops, and the Clover inventory management page does the same for Clover stores. Lightspeed shops can check which plan includes forecasting on the Lightspeed inventory management page.

The forecasting engine is real, and you can run it on an apparel-boutique sample in the live demo before you connect a single store.

Compare before you buy

Retail POS inventory compared with a forecasting layer

Prices from each vendor's US pricing page, per location per month. The question for a retailer is rarely which POS, it is who decides the reorder.

System Inventory price How the reorder is set Multi-store
Square Free tracking; Plus $49 adds alerts and POs; Premium $149 Low-stock threshold you enter per item Transfer orders on Premium only
Clover Inventory app included; add-ons such as Thrive $59 to $559 Manual levels; Thrive forecasts from its $279 plan Through add-on apps
Lightspeed Retail Basic $89, Core $149, Plus $289 (yearly billing) Typed reorder point and desired level; forecasting on Plus Yes, transfers between stores
Shopify POS POS Pro about $89 per store No per-SKU forecast since Stocky closed on August 31, 2026 Counts and transfers per location
Storekeeper on top Starter $49 (one store), Growth $149 (up to five), Scale $499 Reorder point and quantity recalculated daily per SKU per store Per-store forecasts; transfer suggestions on Scale

Where the POS wins: it is the source of truth for every sale and every count, and you keep it. Storekeeper does not ring up sales or print labels. It reads what the register records and turns it into the buying decision, which is the part every tier above leaves to a spreadsheet.

How it works

From register data to a reorder list in four steps

  1. Step 1

    Connect or import

    Link the POS or upload a stock and sales export. Every store keeps its own location, so the forecast never blends a busy downtown shop with a quiet mall unit.

  2. Step 2

    Add supplier lead times

    One number per vendor is enough to start. A 21-day lead time on a fast seller is what turns a comfortable count into a reorder today.

  3. Step 3

    Review the verdicts

    Each SKU in each store gets a call: reorder now, transfer from another store, hold, or mark down. The dollars tied up in slow stock sit next to it.

  4. Step 4

    Approve the orders

    On Growth, quantities land in one draft purchase order per vendor. You edit and send; the forecast recalculates tomorrow from what actually sold.

The math behind each verdict is the same you would run by hand: expected demand over the lead time plus safety stock sized to each SKU's forecast error. The difference is that it runs for every item in every store every day. See demand forecasting software for how the forecast is built, and inventory replenishment software for how it becomes an order.

Frequently asked

Retail inventory management software questions, answered

What is the best inventory software for a retail store?
For one to five stores, the best setup is usually the POS you already run plus a forecasting layer, because no mainstream POS forecasts demand below its top tier. Lightspeed Plus at $289 a month includes forecasting; Square and Clover rely on thresholds you set. Storekeeper adds per-SKU forecasts and reorder quantities to any of them from $49 a month.
How much does retail inventory software cost?
Retail inventory features in a POS run from free basic tracking to about $289 a month per location: Square Plus $49, Square Premium $149, Lightspeed Basic $89 to Plus $289 billed yearly, Shopify POS Pro about $89. Forecasting add-ons start around $49: Storekeeper Starter $49 for one store and Growth $149 for up to five locations.
Do I need inventory software if my POS already tracks stock?
Not to count stock, your POS does that. You need it to decide what to buy. A POS alerts when an item drops below a number you typed months ago; it does not know the item is trending up or that the supplier now takes 30 days. If you reorder by gut feel or a weekly spreadsheet, that decision is what software replaces.
Can retail inventory software manage multiple store locations?
Yes. Storekeeper forecasts every SKU separately for each store, because the same product sells differently on different streets. Growth covers up to five locations and drafts one purchase order per vendor across them. Scale covers unlimited locations and suggests transfers, so surplus in a slow store fills a fast one before you spend cash on a new order.
How do retail stores keep track of inventory?
Most US retailers track stock in the POS: each sale deducts a unit, receiving adds them, and cycle counts correct drift. The weak point is replenishment, which is still a typed reorder level or a manager's judgment. Pairing the POS count with per-SKU forecasts and supplier lead times turns that count into a reorder list.

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