Restaurant POS coverage by state
Katalyst serves restaurants in all 50 states and Washington, DC, with local tax setup and operator support wherever you run. The state pages below cover our core markets; each one covers cities, multi-location patterns, and the tax rules specific to that state — not generic boilerplate.
Built for the New England operator
Katalyst was founded by New England restaurant operators — which is why our handling of meals taxes, multi-location seasonality, and local supplier integrations is unusually deep here. Six states, six different tax regimes, all pre-configured.
Massachusetts (MA)
Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, Cape Cod. 6.25% state + 0.75% local meals tax handled.
BostonWorcesterSpringfieldCambridge+11 moreConnecticut (CT)
Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Greenwich. 7.35% CT meals tax, multi-location ready.
HartfordBridgeportNew HavenStamford+8 moreRhode Island (RI)
Providence, Newport, Warwick. Seasonal staffing built in, 8% RI meals tax handled.
ProvidenceWarwickCranstonPawtucket+8 moreNew Hampshire (NH)
Manchester, Portsmouth, Lakes Region, White Mountains. 8.5% NH meals & rentals tax.
ManchesterNashuaConcordDover+8 moreVermont (VT)
Burlington, Stowe, Montpelier. Farm-to-table menu rotation, 9% VT rooms & meals tax.
BurlingtonEssexColchesterSouth Burlington+8 moreMaine (ME)
Portland, Bangor, Mid-Coast, Down East. 8% prepared-food tax, seasonal closures.
PortlandLewistonBangorSouth Portland+8 more
Other states we serve
Katalyst supports restaurants in all 50 states and DC. The states below have dedicated landing pages with local-tax setup and city coverage; in every other state we configure your local tax rules the same way — contact us for details.
Why state-specific POS setup matters
Most national POS providers treat tax as a checkbox: enter your rate, click save. That works in states with one flat rate — and breaks in states with split lines (Massachusetts state + local meals tax), separate prepared-food categories (Maine 8% instead of the 5.5% sales rate), or no general sales tax at all (New Hampshire’s meals & rentals regime).
Katalyst pre-configures the right tax structure per state, so your receipts, daily reports, and monthly filings come out clean. For multi-state operators (Boston flagship plus Burlington VT or Newport RI outposts), each location runs on its correct tax rules without any per-store reconfiguration.
Beyond tax: state pages also cover the seasonal staffing patterns, local supplier integrations, and connectivity realities specific to that state — Maine winter closures, Vermont farm-direct sourcing, Colorado mountain-resort connectivity, Rhode Island summer scaling. Click any state above for the details that matter to your operation.
We serve all 50 states and DC
Talk to our team — we set up and support restaurants anywhere in the US, whether or not your state has its own page yet.