Glovo is a Spanish delivery platform present in over 25 countries, including France, Italy, Spain, and several Eastern European markets. For a restaurateur, how to integrate Glovo, how the platform works, what is the commission, and how to optimize it? Here is a comprehensive guide for 2026.
How Glovo works for restaurants
Glovo is a multi-category aggregator: food delivery from restaurants, but also groceries, pharmacy, flowers, and express deliveries. For a restaurant, the operation is similar to Uber Eats or Deliveroo:
The customer orders via the Glovo app. The restaurant receives the order on a dedicated Glovo terminal (tablet or POS integration). The restaurant prepares the order. A Glovo delivery person (glover) picks up and delivers. Glovo charges its commission and reverses the remainder monthly.
Glovo’s specificity: very short delivery time promised (often < 30 min), which encourages proximity to the restaurant and speeds up the pace of cooking.
How to integrate Glovo into your restaurant
Registration is in 3 steps:
Registration via the form restaurateur
Direction glovoapp.com/business/restaurants (or the local page according to your country). You fill in:
- Restaurant name and exact address
- Type of cuisine (kitchen) and basic menu
- SIRET / CIF / VAT according to the country
- Bank details for payments
Validation and signature contract
Glovo responds within 48-72 h with a contract proposal. You sign online. The contract specifies the applicable commission, the delivery zone and the days/hours of activity.
Deployment
You receive:
- A Glovo tablet or the API codes to integrate Glovo with your existing POS.
- Access to the Glovo partner portal to manage the menu, hours, and promotions.
- Your first orders will start arriving within 7 days after going live.
Integrating Glovo into a POS: Most recent POS systems (Cashpad, Lightspeed, Innovorder, Popina, Foodics, Lightspeed) integrate a native Glovo connector. Older systems require a third-party aggregator like Fooderise which centralizes Glovo, Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat on a single interface.
Commission Glovo: percentage and hidden fees
Glovo charges a commission between 25% and 35% gross depending on your plan:
| Glovo Package | Base Commission | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Glovo Marketplace | 15-18 % | Listing + payment, you manage the delivery |
| Glovo Standard | 25-28 % | Listing + Glovo delivery |
| Glovo Premium | 28-30 % | Everything from Standard + boosted visibility |
| Glovo Top | 30-35 % | Everything from Premium + premium locations |
Hidden fees to anticipate
VAT 20-21 % on commission (depending on the country). Service charges on merchandise ~1.5% of the total order. Platform promotions (–25% flash) often shared, sometimes 100% at your expense. Disputes and refunds charged ~1-2% of turnover.
Estimated total cost for a standard restaurant on Glovo: 35-42% of total revenue (TTC). Comparable to Uber Eats, slightly more expensive than Deliveroo.
Glovo dark kitchen : a specific strategy
Glovo has a program “Glovo Kitchen” dedicated to dark kitchens (100% delivery restaurants, without a dining room). Advantages:
Accelerated validation of dark kitchens. Highlighting in the “only delivery” category. Ability to operate multiple virtual brands from the same kitchen.
See our guide dark kitchen 2026 to understand the full model and our comparison of European aggregators.
Glovo vs Uber Eats vs Deliveroo: strengths and weaknesses
| Platform | Strength | Weakness |
|---|---|---|
| Glovo | Multi-category (grocery, pharmacy attracts a different type of customer) – promised speed for short distances | Variable presence depending on city, limited French support outside large cities |
| Uber Eats | Maximum customer volume, polished app | High commission, sponsored heavily promoted |
| Deliveroo | Premium clientele, responsive support | Limited coverage outside dense areas |
Glovo is interesting if you are in a city where Glovo has a real presence (Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Lyon, some cities in Eastern Europe). Otherwise, Uber Eats + Deliveroo + Just Eat cover the French market better.
Cost of an “application like Glovo”
Recurring question: how much does it cost to build a platform similar to Glovo internally? For a restaurant, the answer is: don’t do it. The construction (iOS app + Android + back-office, recruitment and management of a delivery fleet, customer acquisition marketing) costs 300 K€ to 1 M€ over a minimum of 18 months, without any guarantee of critical mass.
The pragmatic alternative: using a simple direct channel (website + click & collect + delivery via an external partner like Stuart) coupled with platforms for volume. See our delivery optimization guide.
Alternatives to Glovo
If Glovo doesn’t meet your needs:
Uber Eats — large coverage France/Europe. Deliveroo — premium, urban clientele. Just Eat — lowest prices (Self Delivery), ideal for pizzerias and fast-foods with internal fleet. Wolt — strong in Northern/Eastern Europe, superior service quality. Stuart / Private Courier — only delivery, you retain direct order.
See our European aggregator comparison and our dedicated platform pages.
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Glovo is a robust platform for restaurants located in the cities where it dominates — primarily Spain, Italy, some French cities, and Eastern European cities. The commission is around 25-30% excluding VAT (35-42% including VAT).
For a restaurateur:
Check the critical mass of Glovo in your area before signing. Compare the coverage vs Uber Eats / Deliveroo / Just Eat. Integrate Glovo with your POS to avoid a 4th tablet that complicates the kitchen. Audit the actual commission after 2 months to confirm ROI.
If you manage 3+ platforms in parallel, operational costs become very high — that’s exactly what Fooderise solves by centralizing Glovo, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat on a single interface.
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