Location-Based Advertising

Facebook Local Awareness Ads was a hyper-local advertising format launched by Facebook in 2014, enabling small businesses to target users within a specific radius of their physical location.

Snap Inc. is a technology and social media company best known as the parent organization of Snapchat, a camera-first multimedia messaging platform that has revolutionized visual communication and social interaction. Founded with a focus on ephemeral content and augmented reality experiences, Snap has built a powerful ecosystem centered around its innovative camera technology, engaging features like Stories, Lenses, and Filters, and a highly engaged user base predominantly composed of younger ...

Cardlytics is a financial technology company that provides targeted advertising and marketing solutions to financial institutions and brands. They leverage purchase data from bank and credit card transactions to deliver personalized offers and advertisements to consumers.

Effectv, the television advertising sales division of Comcast, rebranded to Comcast Advertising's Media Solutions in April 2025, having connected advertisers with targeted TV audiences across cable and streaming platforms.

Foursquare is a leading location technology platform that helps businesses understand and engage with their customers based on real-world behavior. It provides location data, analytics, and developer tools to power a wide range of applications, from ad targeting to urban planning.

Kakao is a leading technology company in South Korea, known for its popular messaging app and diverse digital services. It operates a wide range of platforms, including messaging, social media, e-commerce, and fintech.

LG Ads Solutions is LG Electronics' advertising platform that enables brands to reach audiences across LG's smart TV ecosystem and connected devices through advanced targeting and measurement capabilities.

Lyft Media is the advertising division of Lyft, offering brands access to rideshare passengers through in-car tablets, app-based ads, and out-of-home vehicle wraps.

Nextdoor is a hyperlocal social networking platform that connects neighbors and local businesses, offering targeted advertising solutions based on geographic proximity.

Nextdoor Ads is the advertising platform of Nextdoor, enabling local businesses and national brands to reach hyperlocal neighborhood audiences through targeted advertising.

Sky Group's advertising sales house. Operates Sky AdSmart household-level addressable TV targeting. Recently launched AI-powered SME creative toolkit (Jan 2026). Joint partner in proposed UK premium video marketplace with ITV and Channel 4.

Baidu Inc. is China's leading internet search engine and a dominant force in the Chinese digital advertising technology ecosystem. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Beijing, Baidu has evolved from a pure search engine into a comprehensive AI-powered technology conglomerate serving hundreds of millions of users daily. The company's core advertising platform leverages its massive search traffic to deliver targeted advertising solutions, including search ads, display advertising, video advert...

Blis is a pioneering location-based advertising technology platform that specializes in precision-targeted mobile advertising through advanced geolocation data and behavioral intelligence. The company processes billions of location signals daily, transforming raw geospatial data into actionable audience segments that enable brands, agencies, and media buyers to reach consumers based on their physical movements, venue visits, and location history patterns. By combining proprietary first-party ...

Clear Channel Outdoor is a leading global out-of-home (OOH) advertising company operating billboards, street furniture, and transit displays across multiple continents.

Environics Analytics is a Canadian marketing and analytical services company that helps organizations understand their customers and markets through data-driven insights. They specialize in segmentation, targeting, and site selection, leveraging a vast array of demographic, psychographic, and behavioral data.

Factual was a leading location data platform that provided accurate, comprehensive place and audience data to power mobile advertising and analytics — acquired by Foursquare in 2020.

Gravy Analytics is a leading provider of real-world consumer behavior data, offering location intelligence solutions. They help businesses understand and predict consumer behavior by analyzing where people go and what they do, enabling better marketing, advertising, and business intelligence strategies.

GroundTruth is a leading location-based marketing and advertising technology company. It leverages real-world consumer behavior data to help businesses reach their target audiences with relevant messages at the right time and place, driving measurable results for campaigns through its self-serve platform.

Huq Industries is a location intelligence and consumer behavior analytics platform that transforms mobile location data into actionable business insights for enterprise clients. The company processes billions of anonymized location signals from mobile devices to deliver comprehensive intelligence on foot traffic patterns, visitation behaviors, demographic profiles, and offline consumer movement across physical locations. Through advanced data processing and analytics capabilities, Huq Industr...

Arrivalist is a pioneering location analytics and intelligence platform that has transformed marketing attribution for the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. The company addresses the fundamental challenge of measuring real-world impact from digital marketing investments by leveraging proprietary location verification technology to analyze billions of anonymous location signals from mobile devices. This innovative approach enables tracking of actual physical visitation patterns foll...

Bluedot is a specialized location technology platform that provides enterprise-grade geolocation and proximity detection solutions for mobile customer engagement. The company's core offering centers on highly accurate, battery-efficient location services that enable businesses to create contextual, location-triggered experiences within their mobile applications. Through SDK integration and sophisticated location intelligence tools, Bluedot empowers organizations to detect customer arrivals, c...

Email marketing automation platform providing advanced segmentation, personalization, and workflow capabilities for businesses of all sizes.

Cargo was a rideshare advertising platform that enabled drivers to earn extra income by displaying targeted ads on tablets mounted in their vehicles.

Carvertise is a rideshare and vehicle advertising platform that connects brands with drivers to turn their cars into mobile billboards.

Flybits is a leading provider of experience-driven data intelligence, empowering financial institutions to deliver hyper-personalized and contextually relevant digital experiences. Their AI-powered platform helps banks understand customer needs and proactively offer tailored advice, products, and services.

GasBuddy Ads is the advertising platform of GasBuddy, leveraging location-based data from millions of fuel price app users to deliver targeted advertising to drivers and fuel consumers.

Geoblink is a location intelligence platform that empowers businesses to make data-driven decisions about their physical locations. It provides insights into market potential, competitor analysis, and customer behavior by combining geospatial data with business data, optimizing expansion strategies and site selection.

Local Now is a free, ad-supported streaming TV service offering hyper-local news, weather, and entertainment content across multiple platforms.

Aki Technologies provides in-car advertising and commerce solutions that enable brands to reach consumers through connected vehicle interfaces. The platform integrates with automotive OEM systems to deliver contextual offers and services based on driving behavior and location.

AT&T Inc. is a major player in the AdTech ecosystem, leveraging its extensive telecommunications infrastructure and media assets to offer a range of advertising-related products and services. As the former parent company of the Xandr advertising platform, AT&T has deep expertise in data-driven, targeted advertising solutions. Xandr, which was recently acquired by Microsoft, provided AT&T with a sophisticated programmatic advertising exchange and advanced audience targeting capabilities. Addit...

AT&T's addressable advertising division delivers targeted TV advertising solutions across linear and streaming platforms using household-level data.

Firefly is a rideshare advertising platform that transforms vehicles into mobile billboards using digital rooftop displays.

Uber Eats is a leading online food ordering and delivery platform operated by Uber Technologies, connecting consumers with local restaurants through its mobile app and website.

Verizon Communications is a major player in the AdTech ecosystem, leveraging its extensive telecommunications infrastructure and vast customer base to offer a range of digital advertising products and services. As a parent company, Verizon's key role in AdTech lies in its ownership of platforms such as Verizon Media, which includes prominent brands like Yahoo and AOL. These platforms provide a vast inventory of digital advertising space, enabling advertisers to reach a wide audience across va...

Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation platform, deeply integrated across Apple devices and increasingly relevant to location-based advertising and business discovery.

Cubiq is a location intelligence platform that transforms raw geospatial data into actionable business insights for enterprises seeking to understand consumer mobility patterns and physical world behavior. The company specializes in aggregating and anonymizing location data from multiple sources, processing it through advanced machine learning algorithms to deliver comprehensive analytics on foot traffic, dwell times, visit frequency, cross-visitation patterns, and spatial movement trends. By...

Esri is a global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, web GIS, and geodatabase management applications. It provides a comprehensive platform for mapping, spatial analysis, and data management, serving diverse industries and organizations worldwide.

Geospock is an enterprise-focused spatial big data analytics company that delivers location intelligence solutions at massive scale. The company's core platform enables organizations to ingest, process, analyze, and visualize billions of geospatial data points in real-time, addressing the growing demand for location-based insights across multiple industries. By combining distributed computing architectures with advanced spatial algorithms, Geospock provides organizations with the capability t...

Google's web-based mapping service providing navigation, location search, real-time traffic data, and local business information with integrated advertising capabilities.

HERE Technologies is a global leader in location data and mapping technology, providing precise geospatial intelligence and location services to enterprises, automotive OEMs, and developers worldwide.

Family safety and location-sharing platform that has expanded into advertising through its location data and audience insights capabilities.

Mapbox is a provider of custom online maps for websites and applications, offering a suite of location-based services including mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis tools. It enables developers to integrate dynamic, customizable maps into their products, powering everything from ride-sharing apps to real-time logistics.

Maxar Technologies was a leading space technology and Earth intelligence company providing satellite imagery, geospatial data, and space infrastructure solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide.