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Getting StartedUpdated 2026-07-21

Industries — the right VenueOS for your business

Schools, restaurants, gyms, retail, offices, bars and more — your industry shapes the templates, categories, and safety defaults you see.


VenueOS speaks your language. A school sees hallway and cafeteria boards; a restaurant sees menu boards and combos; a gym sees class schedules and trainer welcomes. That's driven by your workspace's industry.

What your industry changes

  • The template gallery — every industry gets its own designed presets (schools get welcome and cafeteria boards; restaurants get menu, promo, and loyalty boards; gyms get class & training boards; sports venues get scoreboards and ribbon boards).
  • Categories and navigation — the filters and menu items match how your business thinks.
  • Safety defaults — schools start with Emergency alerts armed (lockdown, weather, evacuation are core to K-12); commercial venues start with them off and can enable them any time.
  • Sample content and AI tone — starter content and AI-written copy match your world.

Picking your industry

You choose it when creating your workspace. Not sure? Pick the closest — everything is changeable.

Switching later

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Find Industry and click Switch.
  3. Pick the new one — it applies immediately: gallery, categories, and defaults follow on the spot.

Your custom templates, screens, playlists, and schedules are never touched by a switch — only the ready-made catalog and defaults change.

Multiple locations

A parent workspace (a district, a franchise, a chain) can hold child locations, and each location keeps its own industry. A property group can run a gym, a restaurant, and an office lobby side by side — one login, the right experience at every location.

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