# Toast Defends Market Share Growth Against FTC Lawsuit

> Toast claims its market share growth proves FTC lawsuit is groundless.
- Title: Toast Defends Market Share Growth Against FTC Lawsuit · Pymnts
- Summary: Toast claims its market share growth proves FTC lawsuit is groundless. Toast says its 24% annual recurring revenue growth and 189,000 locations show FTC…
- Keywords: toast, ftc, market share, rosc, b2b, restaurant tech, ai agents, Pymnts
- Source: Pymnts — https://pymnts.com/earnings/2026/toast-says-market-share-growth-shows-ftc-lawsuit-is-groundless
- Author: PYMNTS
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:28:48+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: toast, ftc, market share, rosc, b2b, restaurant tech, ai agents, business, finance
## FTC Lawsuit Against Toast
Toast faces FTC lawsuit accusing it of unauthorized charges and misleading pricing.

> The FTC and state authorities filed a lawsuit Thursday (Oct. 29) accusing Toast of imposing unauthorized charges
## Toast's Market Share Growth
Toast added 8,500 net new locations to reach 189,000 total with 24% annual recurring revenue growth.

> During the third quarter, Toast added about 8,500 net new locations, bringing the total to about 189,000
## Toast's AI Products
Toast launched Toast IQ Grow and Toast IQ Team for marketing and labor management.

> Toast IQ Grow is a marketing solution that was introduced earlier this year, while Toast IQ Team is a new labor management solution
## CEO's Defense of Practices
CEO Aman Narang says Toast's practices comply with ROSCA and show strong customer success.

> We have a lot of confidence in our business practices and are ready to defend ourselves
## Key takeaway

Toast says its 24% annual recurring revenue growth and 189,000 locations show FTC lawsuit is unfounded.