What makes Foursquare Places unique?
Best-in-class methodology
Foursquare’s Places Engine utilizes advanced machine learning algorithms to synthesize data from 16B+ explicit check-ins from our consumer-facing apps, combined with authoritative third-party sources, web crawls, and validated by our Superuser community — ensuring both breadth and accuracy.
Fresh data
Making decisions based on outdated POI data can be costly. Foursquare’s Places Engine powers continuous calibration into the Places dataset to rapidly implement real-world changes, delivering the most up-to-date POI dataset possible in this ever-changing physical world.
Global coverage, in-depth detail
Foursquare Places offers 100M+ points of interest across 200+ countries and territories. The level of detail that Places provides is superior, encompassing more than 50 attributes including location, chain, hours of operation, social media presence, tips, photos, popularity, and more.
Places by the numbers
Global POIs
Core and rich attributes
Venue categories
Countries and territories
Photos, tips, and reviews
User check-ins
Industry leaders are powering their businesses with Places data
Places data in action
Build location and map features
Enhance the UX by providing your end users with rich location features that display nearby places and fuel recommendation engines.
Competitive intelligence
Stay ahead of the competition by mapping out the current landscape and identifying areas of opportunity.
Site selection
Leverage location intelligence to make informed decisions for opening and closing locations.
Enrich your POI database
Easily append place attributes to your own database to gain deeper insight into your customers and business.
Transaction mapping and cleansing
Give your transaction and merchant data the context it needs by linking it to POIs with Foursquare’s Store ID Attribute.
Places unlocked
Rich, accurate POI data
FSQ Places Pro and Premium offer 50+ data attributes including location, brand and category, reviews, photos, and more. View the full data schema.
Scalable data, scalable pricing
Pay only for the data you need and the frequency you need it (daily, weekly, monthly). Add more countries and upgrade to Places Premium as your needs grow.
Ready-to-use data, flexible delivery
Foursquare Places is delivered as a clean, ready-to-use flat file via JSON, TSV, or Parquet from a Foursquare-hosted S3 bucket, SFTP, Azure, or GCP. You can also access FSQ Places through Amazon Data Exchange or Snowflake. If you need real-time access for your app, use Foursquare’s Places API.
Choose the Places tier that’s right for you
FSQ OS Places
Free access to POI data for flexible use to build location-driven projects within and outside your walls.
Ideal for:
– projects requiring basic geospatial insights for analysis or to build capabilities
POI
100M+ points-of-interest available across 200+ countries & territories
DELIVERY
Easy access via S3
ATTRIBUTES
Core attributes, such as address, contact information, category, & more
Places Pro
Comprehensive POI dataset for businesses needing accurate data and reliable location insights.
Ideal for:
– foundational business insights
– mapping services
– targeted B2B lead generation
POI
100M+ points-of-interest available across 200+ countries & territories
DELIVERY
Delivery via JSON, TSV, or Parquet shared daily, weekly, or monthly
Access via S3, SFTP, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, or ADX
Delivery via flat file or API
ATTRIBUTES
Core attributes, plus additional standard attributes included with Pro, such as census block ID, neighborhood, chain ID, parent ID, & more
Places Premium
Premium attributes for enterprises seeking enhanced insights and deeper analytics.
Ideal for:
– consumer & competitive research
– enhanced operational insights
– visual analysis of neighborhoods and venues
POI
100M+ points-of-interest available across 200+ countries & territories
DELIVERY
Delivery via JSON, TSV, or Parquet shared daily, weekly, or monthly
Access via S3, SFTP, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, or ADX
Delivery via flat file or API
ATTRIBUTES
Core & standard attributes, such as address, contact info, chain ID, social media, category, & more
20 premium attributes only available with Places Premium, such as popular hours, photos, reviews, & more
How brands use Foursquare Places
AB InBev relies on Foursquare Places to discover new points of sale
“As AB InBev continues to focus on growth across Central and South American markets, Foursquare has been an invaluable partner. The robust information from FSQ’s Places database not only helps us prioritize logical points of sale like bars and restaurants to target but also pinpoints innovative non-traditional locations such as barbershops that are becoming more and more valuable to our business,” said the AB InBev Global Team.
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Foursquare Places helps Yahoo! JAPAN keep consumers informed during COVID-19
“When it came to keeping our users healthy, safe, and informed, Foursquare’s Places Database was an incredibly valuable tool. The breadth of POIs and data points included helped us to increase our popular hour graph coverage and meet our users’ needs to avoid crowded places,” said Masaki Mizutani, Manager of Yahoo! JAPAN Map App.
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Redfin turns to Places to provide valuable neighborhood information for homebuyers
In an effort to provide more value to potential homebuyers, Redfin wanted to enhance the data included within their real estate listings. From partnering with Foursquare Places, Redfin has been able to include information about grocery stores, shopping, restaurants, parks, and more to the Home Details page for every real estate listing.
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Nextdoor relies on Places to enhance a diverse range of business practices
Nextdoor was in need of robust, accurate, global POI data to power a range of business use cases. By leveraging Foursquare Places, Nextdoor was able to enhance their app functionality and business processes to fuel in-app local business discovery, simplify the verification and onboarding of new businesses, and improve direct and email marketing.
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Power your business with the highest quality POI data
Location data is hard to get right. See why data professionals trust Foursquare’s global POI database to fuel their business.