How does Uber Eats commission really work?

Short answer: Uber Eats takes a cut of every delivery order, and in 2026 that cut runs from 20% to 30% depending on the plan you're on. On a $40 order, that's $8 to $12 gone before you've paid for food, staff, or rent. Here's exactly how the fees stack up, and where the money goes.

The commission is a percentage of each order

Uber Eats doesn't charge you a flat monthly fee to be listed. Instead, it takes a percentage of every order that comes through the app. The more you sell, the more they take. There's no volume discount that gets you down to zero — the percentage is the percentage.

That percentage depends on which plan you signed up for. Uber Eats sorts restaurants into three tiers, and each tier pays a different rate.

The three plan tiers (and what they cost in 2026)

In March 2026, Uber Eats raised its delivery commission for the first time in about a decade. Here's where the rates landed for U.S. restaurants:

Plan	Delivery commission	Pickup commission
Lite	20%	7%
Plus	25%	7%
Premium	30%	7%

A few things worth knowing about that table:

• The cheaper plans give you less visibility. The Lite plan costs you 20%, but your restaurant shows up lower in the app. To get featured higher, you move up to Plus or Premium — and pay more.
• Orders from Uber One members can cost more. On the Plus plan, an order from an Uber One subscriber is charged at 30%, not 25%. You don't control who's a member, so you don't fully control your own rate.
• Pickup isn't free either. Even when the customer drives to your door and you hand them the bag, Uber Eats still takes 7% (or 10% if your in-store prices aren't verified).

The percentage isn't the whole story

The commission is the big number, but it's not the only one. Many restaurants also raise their menu prices on the app to cover the cut — which means your loyal regulars quietly pay more for the same food. Customers notice. Some of them blame you, not the app.

There's also a hidden cost that never shows up on an invoice: you don't get the customer. Uber owns the relationship. You don't get their email, their phone number, or their order history. You can't text them a Tuesday special or build a loyalty program around them. They're Uber's customer, and you're renting access to them one order at a time.

What 30% actually adds up to

Let's put real numbers on it. Say you do 30 delivery orders a day at a $40 average ticket. That's $1,200 a day, or about $36,000 a month in delivery sales.

At a 30% commission, you're handing over $10,800 every month — roughly $129,000 a year. That's not marketing spend you chose. That's a tax on orders from people who, in many cases, already knew your name.

So what can you actually do about it?

You don't have to quit the marketplaces overnight. Plenty of restaurants keep Uber Eats for discovery — new customers who'd never have found them otherwise — while pushing their regulars toward a direct ordering page they own outright.

That's the whole idea behind direct ordering: your own branded online ordering page, your own customer list, and zero commission on every order. The marketplaces can stay a discovery tool. They don't have to be your landlord.

Want to read more? See how to switch from DoorDash to your own direct ordering or the best online ordering systems for restaurants.