Data sources
We find businesses and their public contact details ourselves. These open data sets help us show places, areas and maps.
| Source | What we use it for | Licence and credit |
|---|---|---|
| GeoNames | Names and positions of towns, cities, states and postal codes in the place picker. | CC BY 4.0. Place names from GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0. |
| OpenStreetMap | Area outlines outside the US and the map itself. | ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors. |
| OpenMapTiles and OpenFreeMap | The map tiles you see on the search and results pages. | OpenMapTiles: CC BY 4.0 (design), OpenFreeMap: free use. © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap. |
| MapLibre GL JS | The map drawing software. | BSD-3-Clause. Map software: MapLibre. |
| US Census Bureau | US state, county, town and ZIP code outlines (TIGER/Line) and business counts per county (County Business Patterns) for the size estimate. | Public domain (US government work). Source: U.S. Census Bureau. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. |
| Business category names | The list of business kinds you can search for. | Compiled list of public category names. Category list compiled by lobstr.io. |