diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/pos_profile/pos_profile.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/pos_profile/pos_profile.py
index e9676ac917e..348f671cee2 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/pos_profile/pos_profile.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/pos_profile/pos_profile.py
@@ -242,15 +242,18 @@ def get_item_groups(pos_profile):
 		for data in pos_profile.get("item_groups"):
 			item_groups.extend(
 				[
-					"%s" % frappe.db.escape(d.name)
+					d.name
 					for d in get_child_nodes("Item Group", data.item_group)
 					if not permitted_item_groups or d.name in permitted_item_groups
 				]
 			)
 
 	if not item_groups and permitted_item_groups:
-		item_groups = ["%s" % frappe.db.escape(d) for d in permitted_item_groups]
+		item_groups = list(permitted_item_groups)
 
+	# Return raw Item Group names; the callers parameterize them via the query builder
+	# (item_group.isin(...)) / frappe.get_all, which escapes them once. Pre-escaping here would
+	# double-escape (item_group IN ('''X''')) and match nothing.
 	return list(set(item_groups))
 
 
diff --git a/erpnext/selling/page/point_of_sale/test_point_of_sale.py b/erpnext/selling/page/point_of_sale/test_point_of_sale.py
index dcfe6e7edb3..5c094685e4c 100644
--- a/erpnext/selling/page/point_of_sale/test_point_of_sale.py
+++ b/erpnext/selling/page/point_of_sale/test_point_of_sale.py
@@ -102,6 +102,32 @@ class TestPointOfSaleGetItems(ERPNextTestSuite):
 		item_codes = self._get_item_codes(self.item_code)
 		self.assertNotIn(self.item_code, item_codes)
 
+	def test_pos_profile_item_group_restriction_returns_items(self):
+		# get_item_groups() returns Item Group names that the callers parameterize via
+		# item.item_group.isin(...) / frappe.get_all, which escapes them once. The names must be RAW;
+		# pre-escaping them double-escaped to `item_group IN ('''X''')`, so a POS Profile restricting
+		# item groups matched nothing and returned ZERO items on both engines.
+		from erpnext.accounts.doctype.pos_profile.pos_profile import get_item_groups
+
+		restricted = make_pos_profile(name="_Test POS Profile IG Restricted")
+		restricted.append("item_groups", {"item_group": self.item_group})
+		restricted.save()
+
+		# the helper must hand back the real (raw) group name, not an escaped literal
+		self.assertIn(self.item_group, get_item_groups(restricted.name))
+
+		# end-to-end: the restricted profile must still surface its in-group items
+		result = get_items(
+			start=0,
+			page_length=100,
+			price_list="Standard Selling",
+			item_group=self.item_group,
+			pos_profile=restricted.name,
+			search_term="",
+		)
+		items = result["items"] if isinstance(result, dict) else result
+		self.assertIn(self.item_code, [row.get("item_code") for row in items])
+
 	def test_non_sales_item_is_excluded(self):
 		# is_sales_item == 1 is part of the converted WHERE clause.
 		frappe.db.set_value("Item", self.item_code, "is_sales_item", 0)