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Placer.ai

Placer.ai

Placer.ai democratizes access to location analytics by providing accurate, privacy-compliant foot traffic insights that enable businesses to understand consumer behavior in physical spaces and make data-driven decisions about site selection, marketing, and competitive strategy.

placer.aiLos Altos, California, United StatesFounded 2016

Last updated May 11, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated May 12, 2026

Industry
Location Intelligence & Analytics
Business Model
SaaS
Target Market
Mid-Market and Enterprise
Employee Count
201-500
Funding
$180M
Revenue Range
$50M-$100M
API Available
Yes
Market Position

Leading provider of foot traffic analytics and location intelligence for physical retail and commercial real estate

Overview

Placer.ai is a leading location analytics and foot traffic intelligence platform that provides businesses with comprehensive insights into physical consumer behavior patterns. The company leverages anonymized mobile device location data to deliver actionable intelligence about foot traffic, trade areas, visitor demographics, and competitive dynamics for brick-and-mortar locations. Founded in 2016, Placer.ai has established itself as a critical data infrastructure provider for retailers, commercial real estate professionals, investors, municipalities, and consumer brands seeking to understand offline consumer behavior and make data-driven decisions about site selection, portfolio optimization, marketing effectiveness, and competitive positioning. While positioned at the intersection of location intelligence and marketing technology, Placer.ai serves a broader market than traditional AdTech, functioning as a business intelligence platform for the physical world. The company has raised significant venture capital funding and expanded rapidly, becoming a go-to solution for understanding foot traffic patterns, especially gaining prominence during and after the COVID-19 pandemic when understanding retail recovery and consumer movement became critical. Placer.ai's platform processes billions of location signals to provide insights that were previously only available to the largest enterprises, democratizing access to location intelligence across market segments.

Products & Features

Foot Traffic Analytics

Comprehensive foot traffic measurement and analysis for any physical location, providing visit counts, dwell time, and temporal patterns

Trade Area Analysis

Detailed insights into where visitors come from, their home and work locations, and geographic distribution of customer base

Demographic Insights

Visitor demographic profiles including age, income, household composition, and lifestyle characteristics

Competitive Intelligence

Cross-shopping analysis and competitive benchmarking to understand market share and customer overlap

Site Selection

Location evaluation tools for identifying optimal sites based on foot traffic potential, demographics, and competitive landscape

Marketing Attribution

Measurement of offline marketing campaign effectiveness by tracking foot traffic lift and store visits

Key Features
Real-time and historical foot traffic dataVisitor demographic profilingTrade area mapping and analysisCross-shopping and competitive analysisCannibalization analysis for multi-location retailersCustom POI (Point of Interest) analysisVisit frequency and loyalty metricsDwell time measurementMarket penetration analysisPortfolio performance benchmarking
Use Cases
Retail site selection and expansion planningCommercial real estate investment analysis and due diligenceShopping center performance monitoring and tenant mix optimizationRestaurant location planning and competitive analysisMarketing campaign effectiveness measurementPortfolio optimization for multi-location retailersEconomic development and urban planningConsumer trend analysis and market researchLease negotiation support with foot traffic dataBrand health monitoring through store visit trends
Customer Segments
Retailers and restaurant chainsCommercial real estate investors and REITsShopping center owners and operatorsReal estate brokers and advisorsConsumer brands and CPG companiesFinancial services and hedge fundsMunicipal governments and economic development agenciesMarket research firmsAdvertising agenciesFranchise organizations
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