Our mission is to create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
We’re honored to have been honored by the best in tech
Best in Enterprise APIs 2022
BIG Innovation Award
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 future
What if…a city could be as personalized and interactive as your favorite website?
What if…location intelligence flowed seamlessly throughout your ecosystem, optimizing every decision?
What if…augmented reality wasn’t just a layer on top of the real world, but instead informed and improved by it?
Our story
How we got here
2009
Foursquare launches and opens
Places API to developers
2011
Built snap-to-place technology for more precise insights
2013
Surpassed 40K developers using Foursquare tools
2014
Updated our branding and launched the Swarm app
2015
Launched Pinpoint self-service audience segmentation
2016
Launched Attribution and hit 10B check-ins
2017
Launched Movement SDK for developers
2018
Surpassed 125K developers using tools and 12B check-ins
2019
Acquired Placed to power even stronger attribution solutions
2020
Acquired Factual, becoming the global leader in location-based technology and data
2021
Acquired Studio to fuel geospatial big data visualizaiton, and won the Best API Award
2022
Launched Hex Tiles and
Closed Loop Attribution
2023
Launched the Foursquare Knowledge Graph and Places Engine
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 how.