What makes Foursquare Places APIs unique?
Comprehensive coverage
All Foursquare APIs are built on our robust geospatial database of 100m+ POI across 200+ countries, 15B+ human verified check-ins, and 1B+ photos, tips, and reviews.
Get started with $200 in credits
New users can leverage $200 in API credits to access Foursquare’s high-quality places and location data for real-time venue search, discovery, and ranking.
Flexible licensing, scalable pricing
With no restrictions on use cases and pay-as-you-go pricing, you only pay for what you need. Enterprise accounts receive additional discount benefits.
Leading companies power their products and apps with Places API
Places API in action
Find top Places near you
Enhance location searches to help users effortlessly discover local spots through photos, reviews, tips, and more when using Places API.
Location matching & check-ins
Leverage our snap-to-place technology and Nearby Places endpoint to power location detection and check-in features.
Simplified address search
Use our Address Autocomplete endpoint to power more accurate pick-up and drop-off locations for both residential and commercial addresses.
Content geotagging & sharing
Help users tell their stories by providing an app experience that allows geotagging their posts, photos, and other content.
What does the Places API consist of?
Search & Data
Returns places based on user-submitted keywords. Matches against names, categories, tips, and tastes.
Geotagging & Check-in
Provide POI tagging that supports check-in based on where your end-user’s device is and what is around them.
Autocomplete
Returns a list of top addresses, places, geos, and/or searches partially matching the provided keyword and location inputs.
Address Data
Retrieve details for any address including non-Places. Works only in conjunction with the Autocomplete endpoint.
Powering AI with Foursquare APIs
Build AI Agents that are situationally aware and tailored to the user’s surroundings with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
The Foursquare Places API provides detailed location context for apps that need to understand where a user is and what’s around them. Powered by a global, open source database of 100 million places across more than 1500 categories, they convert raw GPS data into meaningful insights.
The GeoTagging API pinpoints exact locations—from coffee shops to parks—with high accuracy using Foursquare’s Place Snap technology, while the Search & Data APIs go beyond basic proximity, allowing developers to filter places by category, features, hours, and more. Each result includes rich metadata like photos, reviews, ratings, and real-time popularity.
Real-world applications
Place discovery through authentic video content
Retail and restaurant exploration app Atmosfy uses Places API to show users POI-specific video content, helping them explore new venues.
Enhancing search for Uber
Global ride-hailing giant Uber uses Places API to make it easy for riders to search and share their pick-up destinations. Before users even finish typing a venue name, our database is returning relevant locations for fast search and hail.
Powering POI search for Beat
Beat is the fastest-growing ride-hailing app in Latin America and it’s point of interest results are powered by Places API. As riders type pickup and dropoff locations into the app, Places API provides real-time responses to identify the right destination and connect with drivers faster.
Test out Places API to drive better app experiences
Try Places API, enhanced with new explorer tool that makes it easy to experiment with code snippets in the browser before committing changes to your code.