Helping local business owners survive & thrive

Meet Adam and Dean

See our story

Learn how we got here, what keeps us going, and why our customers love Owner. This is personal for us.

Local business owners are heroes to us.

They risk everything – years of their lives, their families, their savings – to pursue their dreams.

They’re the heart of our economy, creating the majority of new jobs. They remind us that it’s possible to rise from being an entry-level worker to becoming a business owner one day, as 70% of restaurant owners do.

But local business owners are on a path to extinction.

Just 20 years ago, 60% of restaurants were owned by independent mom and pops. Today, that number is 40%, and dropping. Big chains keep taking over. Mom-and-pops keep shutting down.

A technological revolution is going on.

Local restaurants are being destroyed by large corporations. Tech companies like Grubhub charge predatory fees and take away all of their customer relationships. They don't even share customers’ names, let alone contact details. 

Plus, massive corporations like Domino’s Pizza are spending billions on marketing and technology — aiming to replace their small local counterparts.
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But Owner is changing the odds.

Owner is a proven system for independent restaurants to drive sales profitably — to grow independently, in spite of the Goliaths.

Local business owners need tech that helps them, not hurts them.

Difference made since 2020

3M+ served users
restaurant guests that have used Owner
2,000+ restaurants helped
independent restaurants in the USA
$400M+ sales driven
online orders through our software
$150M+ saved fees
helping restaurants protect their profits

How it started

Adam Guild was inspired to start Owner after an experience he had in saving his mom’s business.

Adam's mom was struggling because she didn’t have the right tools to grow her dog grooming business. She asked him for help, and he built the first version of Owner for her business.

Finally, she had the right technology to grow.

She transformed from a stressed single mom to a proud, self-made success.

Owner scaled after Adam partnered with Dean Bloembergen, the best technology leader he knew – who had experience building technology for large restaurant corporations like Blaze Pizza and Sharky’s. Dean’s parents are also small business owners, so he deeply loves helping people like them.

We’re unlocking 10x the market opportunity by expanding globally.

Today

Thousands of American restaurant owners use Owner to succeed online, and millions of guests use the experiences we build.

$10 billion addressable market opportunity.

5 Years

Millions of restaurant owners and hundreds of millions of consumers use Owner, as we 10x the market opportunity by expanding globally.

$100 billion addressable market opportunity.

20 Years

Tens of millions of local business owners use Owner to succeed online. We're building to scale across every local business type.

$1 trillion addressable market opportunity.

Like Shopify + HubSpot, for local business owners.