
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
Foursquare by the numbers
Human-verified check-ins ensuring data quality
Global points of interest
Unique devices reached via our targeting solutions
Integrated partners
Of the top national advertisers use our technology
Employees worldwide
How we got here
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.
2009
Foursquare launches.
Places API open to developers.
2011
Built snap-to-place technology.
2013
Developers using tools reach 40k.
2014

Launched the Swarm app.
2015
Launched Pinpoint media.
2016
Launched Attribution.
Hit 10B check-ins.
2017
Opened SDK to developers.
2018
Developers using tools reach 125k.
Hit 12B check-ins.
2019

Foursquare acquired Placed.
2020

Foursquare acquired Factual.
2021

Foursquare acquired Unfolded.
2022
Launched Hex Tiles.
2023
Launched Foursquare Knowledge Graph.
Hit 16B check-ins.
2024
Launched Sales Impact
Released Open Source Places
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