Turnover rent software: how to collect verified tenant turnover
Turnover rent software collects each tenant’s turnover automatically — ideally verified straight from the till or accounting — and calculates the percentage rent for you, replacing self-reported annual certificates and spreadsheets.
The best tools are consent-based and show the landlord only the turnover total and the rent it produces — never the tenant’s underlying sales data.
Most centres still run turnover rent on trust and paper: a figure the tenant self-reports once a year, reconciled late, impossible to verify. Software fixes the input problem. Here’s what it does, and what to look for.
The problem it solves
Percentage rent is only as good as the turnover number behind it. Self-reported certificates are slow, disputable and unverifiable — so landlords under-collect, argue at review time, and fly blind between reports.
What good turnover rent software does
- Collects verified turnover straight from the tenant’s POS or accounting — not a typed guess.
- Calculates the rent automatically — base, breakpoint and percentage, the moment turnover lands.
- Keeps it consent-based — the tenant shares turnover; the landlord never sees the POS itself.
- Issues signed certificates & statements and exports for finance.
- Shows trends and risk — occupancy cost, at-risk shops, under-rented opportunities.
How tenants connect (and why it matters)
Verified
- Beeplee POS — sales counted at the till
- Connected POS / accounting (Square, Xero…)
- Bank feed
Self-declared
- A typed monthly figure
- Fine as a fallback
- Not independently verifiable
The more tenants on a verified source, the more defensible your rent. A free POS for tenants is the usual carrot to get them there.
What to look for when choosing
- Verified data, not just a reporting form.
- Consent + privacy — landlord sees turnover and rent only, never the POS.
- Free (or funded) for tenants, so they’ll actually adopt it.
- Automatic rent + certificates, and exports your finance team can use.
- Self-serve setup — live in minutes, no long implementation.
How Beeplee does it
Beeplee collects verified turnover with the tenant’s consent, calculates the percentage rent automatically, and keeps the landlord walled off from the POS entirely. Tenants get a free Beeplee POS (or connect what they already use), so it’s free for them. You can see it on a live demo centre in about ten seconds — no signup — and trial it free on your own centre.