The industry-leading platform for all things geospatial

From foundational building blocks to turnkey solutions, from developers to marketers

For 15 years now, we have fully dedicated ourselves to building geospatial technology, giving us a deep understanding of its potential. Our suite of solutions empowers businesses to harness the power of location, removing barriers and accelerating time to value. Whether you’re building products with our tools, tapping into our data, transforming your own data with our technology, or using our out-of-the-box solutions, we provide the building blocks you need.

Tech built on Foursquare

The industry-leading platform for all things geospatial

Awards & recognition

2024 Best Places To Work Awards

BIG Innovation 2024 Awards

2024 Best Innovation in Mobile & Device Development

100 Best Workplaces for Innovators 2022

Foursquare Places API named Best in Enterprise APIs 2022

Best Attribution Tool

Our vision

The location layer of your tech stack

From beloved consumer app to industry leader – that’s our journey in a nutshell. We pioneered the whole ‘check-in’ thing, but we’ve come a long way since then. We realized the power of our technology to other businesses, so we decided to think bigger. Today, we’ve pivoted to become the #1 geospatial platform, offering solutions for developers, marketers, data scientists and more. With proprietary technology, continuous innovation, and a strong focus on consumer privacy, we’re helping businesses across various industries drive real world outcomes. 

Foursquare movement places

Foursquare by the numbers

16B+

Human-verified check-ins ensuring data quality

120M+

Global points of interest

500M+

Unique devices reached via our targeting solutions

550+

Integrated partners

100%

Of the top national advertisers use our technology

300+

Employees worldwide

Our story

How we got here

2009

Foursquare launches.
Places API open to developers.

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2011

Built snap-to-place technology.

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2013

Developers using tools reach 40k.

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2014

Updated our branding.
Launched the Swarm app.

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Foursquare City Guide logo

2015

Launched Pinpoint media.

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2016

Launched Attribution.
Hit 10B check-ins.

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2017


Opened SDK to developers.

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2018

Developers using tools reach 125k.
Hit 12B check-ins.

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2019

Foursquare acquired Placed.

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2020

Foursquare acquired Factual.

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2021

Foursquare acquired Unfolded 
Places API wins Best API award.

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2022

Launched Hex Tiles &
Closed Loop.

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2023

Launched Foursquare Knowledge Graph.
Hit 16B check-ins.

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2024

Launched Personalization API.

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API Status

Power your business with the best in location intelligence

Interested in exploring how Foursquare can help drive your business forward? We’d love to show you.