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Create and manage location groups for Square for Franchises

Who is this article for?
  • Sellers with the Square for Franchises Merchant Super Admin role. Set roles in your Square for Franchises dashboard.
  • Square for Franchises subscribers.
  • About location groups

    After you add new franchise locations, you can create location groups in your Square for Franchises dashboard. Location groups organise your locations in a specific order. You can group locations by geographic area, franchise owner or another way that works for your business. A location group is connected to a list of locations or additional restaurant groups called location subgroups.

    Before you begin

    • To create location groups with Square for Franchises, you must have this option enabled by Square Support. If you need help enabling location groups, contact Square Support.  

    • You can create, edit and delete location groups and view location group reporting from your Square for Franchises dashboard.

    Create a location group

    1. Sign in to your Square for Franchises dashboard, then go to Settings > Location groups

    2. Select CreateNewGroup.

    3. For your ‘New location group’, enter a GroupName and a GroupDescription.

    4. From AddLocations, you can add all stores or select specific stores to add to the group.

    5. Select Create and save.

    Edit a location group

    1. Sign in to your Square for Franchises dashboard, then go to Settings > Location groups

    2. Select (•••) then select Edit.

    3. Edit the Group name, Group description, and add or remove locations as needed.

    4. Select Save.

    Delete a location group

    1. Sign in to your Square for Franchises dashboard, then go to Settings > Location groups.  

    2. Select (•••) then select Delete.

    3. Select Delete again to confirm.

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