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Our Story

Built in Sri Lanka, for Sri Lankan Businesses

BillBook started with a simple observation: too many Sri Lankan businesses were still doing billing by hand.

Sri Lankan entrepreneur in the independent shop he has grown
Built around the real people and daily decisions behind Sri Lankan businesses.

Our Mission

To empower Sri Lankan businesses with intuitive, efficient, and scalable billing solutions that foster growth and financial clarity. We believe every shop owner deserves the same tools that big retailers use — at a price that makes sense.

Our Vision

To become the leading billing and POS platform for South Asian small businesses — expanding from Sri Lanka to the region, with AI-powered insights and automation at the core of V5.

32,000+
Daily Transactions
2,300+
Active Sellers
8+
Years of Progress
5
App Versions
How we build

Principles behind the product

Built around real shops

We prioritise the day-to-day workflows that matter at the counter, in the stock room, and at the end of the month.

Power without complexity

Useful software should make work clearer. Every feature has to earn its place and stay understandable.

Local support matters

Sri Lankan businesses deserve guidance from people who understand local pricing, operations, and working hours.

Our Journey

2018

The Idea

Inspired by the inefficiency of paper billing at a family hardware store, the concept for a simple digital billing system was born.

2019

Development Begins

Development started at SLIIT. A working prototype was completed by year end.

2020

Mr POS Launches

Version 1 launched commercially as "Mr POS", onboarding its first wave of businesses. V2 released within the year.

2021

Growing Fast

The client base grew quickly. V3 released with enhanced reporting and inventory features.

2022

BillBook Is Born

Rebranded as BillBook with a fresh identity as the business kept scaling. The orange "bb" mark was introduced.

2023

V4 & Analytics

V4 launched with advanced analytics. V5 development begins with a focus on AI-powered insights.

2024

Scaling Up

BillBook expanded across Sri Lanka while the team refined V4 and laid the groundwork for the next generation of the platform.

2025

Connected Operations

The platform grew beyond billing with deeper multi-location inventory, purchasing, service-business, hardware, and reporting workflows.

2026

BillBook Today

BillBook now supports 2,300+ active sellers and more than 32,000 daily transactions while the team continues building smarter tools for Sri Lankan businesses.

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