# Square Payroll

Square Payroll is a cloud-based payroll product for small businesses. It handles tax filings, contractor payments and direct deposit, and it covers all 50 US states plus DC. Hours from Square POS can flow into payroll.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/square-payroll · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2015
- Headquarters: Oakland, California
- Company type: Division of Block, Inc.
- Latest funding: Other Equity
- Deployment: Cloud-based
- Best for: Small businesses in the United States
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

## Products

- Square Payroll: Payroll runs, tax filings and direct deposit for small businesses.
- Contractor payments: Payments to contractors within the Square Payroll product.
- Time tracking: Tracks employee hours for payroll.
- Scheduling: Employee shift scheduling.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll | 15 of 46 | 6.8 | 11 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 11.8 | 22.2% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 8.7 | 18.5% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Square Payroll AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/square-payroll, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).