Back Office
Back Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada. It captures supplier invoices, costs recipes, produces weekly financial reports, automates payables and runs restaurant payroll, and connects to POS systems.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Independent restaurants, Multi-concept restaurant groups
- Pricing
- From USD 199 per month
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Independent restaurants
Accounting, food cost and payroll packages with expert support for owner-operators who want more than self-service tools.
Multi-concept restaurant groups
Central recipe and ingredient management, store-by-store comparisons and consolidated reporting.
Franchisors and franchisees
Tools to hold brand standards across locations, with payroll, inventory and financial reporting for franchise partners.
What it does
Digitised invoice capture
Upload or photograph supplier invoices so items are catalogued automatically and food costs calculate from them.
Automated COGS reporting
Real-time food cost figures without manual calculation, consistent across locations.
Recipe costing
Prep recipes and menu items with plate costs updated as ingredient prices change.
Inventory management
Inventory reporting and purchasing analytics from single units up to multi-unit corporate level.
Actual vs theoretical reporting
Actual versus theoretical food cost reporting, available as a $40 per month upgrade on the Standard plan.
Weekly financial reporting
Weekly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements with drill-down to the underlying invoice.
AP automation
Accounts payable by ACH or check, included from the Essentials accounting package.
General ledger and journal entries
GL coding, custom chart of accounts, journal entries and GL reclass with review and audit.
Bank matching service
Optional bank reconciliation add-on.
Budgeting
Basic budgeting on Operations, budgeting by GL on accounting packages.
Restaurant payroll
Multi-unit payroll with tip income management, tax reporting and filing, W2 generation and wage garnishment handling.
Payroll compliance
A compliance team monitors federal, state and local rules affecting restaurant pay.
Employee payroll portal
Employees see paystubs and payroll documents in a self-service portal.
Time and attendance reporting
Time and attendance reporting and PTO accrual management within payroll.
Advisory reviews
Higher accounting tiers include operational reviews, balance sheet reviews and annual budget builds.
Franchise and multi-unit controls
Corporate-level recipe and data management with location-level flexibility.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 199 per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription per location
- Free plan
- No
Operations Standard is $199 per month, with an Advanced upgrade at +$40. Accounting Essentials is $349 per month, with an optional $150 per month bank matching service. Professional accounting is custom-priced by location and needs. Payroll is $60 per month plus $6 per employee per month, per rooftop. All accounting packages include food cost management. Bookkeeping services are listed as coming soon.
How it compares
Compared with the 16 products in Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 31 integrations. The median in this category is 17.
- Does not have a free plan. 0 of the 1 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
- Lists Web only. Among the 14 products in this category that state their platforms, 5 list an iOS app and 5 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Toast, Revel, Micros Simphony, ADP, PAR, Paycor, POSitouch, Qu, Square, Squirrel. Of these, this product's listing names Toast, Revel, Micros Simphony, PAR, POSitouch, Square, Squirrel.
Works with
- Point of sale
- CloverOrderCounterGeniusMicros SimphonyDinerwareUnionToastTab itSync POSSquirrel SystemsSquareSpotOnSkytabRPowerRevelPOSitouchPAROnePOSNorthStarMicrosLingaLightspeedHungerRushHeartlandHarborTouchGoTabFuture POSFocus POS SystemsDigital diningBrunswickAloha
The POS names above are the entries in the vendor's Point of Sale integration category. The integrations page also lists benefit, 401k, ACA reporting, insurance and state retirement providers and banks (for example Wells Fargo, Frost Bank, Fidelity, Guideline, bswift, Equifax), and says it will contact other providers on member request. The vendor claims over 75 integrations.
Where and how it runs
- Available in
- United States, Canada
- Languages
- English
- Platforms
- Web
The vendor says it is trusted by over 4,000 restaurants across the US and Canada and has a Canadian version of its site.
The company
- Company
- BEP Back Office SaaS Solutions, LLC
- Headquarters
- Littleton, United States
- Customers named by the vendor
- Twin Peaks, Taco Bell, Jersey Mike's, IHOP, Schlotzsky's, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Yogurtland, Wild Wing Cafe, Salata Salad Kitchen, Nekter Juice Bar, Hops n Drops, TPC Golf, the old spaghetti factory, Great South Bay Brewery
Security and support
- Support
- Accounting clients can reach the team Monday to Friday by phone, digital support ticket or live chat, with guided onboarding.
Listing details
- Built for
- Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- bepbackoffice.com
- Also listed in
- All-in-One Restaurant Management Platform
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Contract minimum term and renewal
- Founding year and employee count
- Security certifications and hosting
- Mobile apps
- Which integrations are available for which plan or in Canada
- Bookkeeping service pricing (listed as coming soon)
- Exact headquarters (site data says Littleton, Colorado; legal terms list Waltham, Massachusetts)
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://bepbackoffice.com/
- Packages and priceshttps://bepbackoffice.com/pricing/
- Integrations listhttps://bepbackoffice.com/integrations/
- POS integration categoryhttps://bepbackoffice.com/blog/integration-types/point-of-sale/
- Company, parenthttps://bepbackoffice.com/about-us/
- Service modelhttps://bepbackoffice.com/why-back-office/
- Accounting featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/accounting/
- Food cost featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/food-cost-management/
- Payroll featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/payroll/
- Franchise fithttps://bepbackoffice.com/franchise-restaurants/
- Support hourshttps://bepbackoffice.com/faqs/
- Customer exampleshttps://bepbackoffice.com/case-studies/
- Legal entityhttps://bepbackoffice.com/terms-and-conditions-operations/
- Canadian sitehttps://bepbackoffice.com/ca/