Global Data. Local Context.
Factual’s location platform enriches mobile location signals with definitive global data, enabling personalized and contextually relevant mobile experiences. Built from billions of inputs, the data is constantly updated by Factual’s real-time data stack.
Global Location Data
Tap into definitive data on over 65 million places, updated and improved in real-time by Factual's data stack.
Global Places
Over 65 million local businesses and points of interest in 50 countries, accessible via download or API.
Extended Attributes
Extensive, category-specific attributes for major location verticals: Restaurants, Hotels, and Doctors.
Mobile Personalization and Ad Targeting
Transform location signals into contextual data, enabling you to deliver personalized and relevant app experiences, content, and ads to mobile users.
Geopulse Audience
Real-world user profiles with demographic, geographic, and behavioral information generated by analyzing geo-behavioral patterns.
Geopulse Proximity
High volume, low latency geofencing to deliver contextually relevant content, experiences, and ads based on where mobile users are.
Geopulse Geotag
Global reverse geocoding to easily tag digital content with meaningful location information.
Data Mapping and Cleaning
Clean, de-dupe, merge, and map location data with our suite of sophisticated data management tools.
Resolve
Data management - use Factual's data stack to clean and de-dupe location data or map your data to Factual's.
Crosswalk
A mapping of places across 50+ services, including Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter to help you integrate different location APIs.
Update or Contribute Business Listings Data
Developers
Our API supports programmatic contributions to our data that are processed in real-time. Details available in the developer docs, and you can get an API key here.
Business Owners and Brands
For brand managers and businesses with many locations, we have partnered with a select group of Trusted Data Contributors who specialize in business listing management, and we ask that you work with one of them to maintain your data in Factual. For small businesses, you can submit single location updates directly on our web form.
Press
The Next Big Thing You Missed: How to Add Location Data to Your App Without Relying on Google
Wired | September 9, 2014
The Goal? Oh, Just to Be the World's Biggest Location Database (Inc. 25 Most Audacious Companies of 2014)
Inc. | April 23, 2014
Jobs
Blog
How Geohashes Work
February 12, 2015
Factual and Metamarkets Partner to Combine Geo-Behavioral Data with Real-Time Auction Analytics
February 6, 2015
Using Data to Improve User Experience with Factual- Tyler Bell [Video Interview]
January 30, 2015