Information about the latest release of ArcGIS Places is provided below.
In February 2026, Esri made the following changes to ArcGIS Places. See What's new in Esri Demographics for details about the most recent updates to standard and advanced demographics.
For information about previous releases, see the Prior releases topics.
Data Axle
Esri made the following changes to the ArcGIS Places datasets for Canada and the United States sourced from data supplied by Data Axle:
- Release date February 2026 using December 2025 data from Data Axle.
- Two new attributes, Esri Category and Esri Category Description, were added to the datasets.
- The Location Name attribute is now available for download.
- Business Locations dataset—Esri made the following changes to the Business Locations dataset:
- Canada Business Locations—993,864 records published (compared to 994,012 in the August 2025 dataset).
- United States Business Locations—13,330,945 records published (compared to 13,321,729 in the August 2025 dataset).
Esri India
Esri updated the ArcGIS Places dataset for India in February 2026 using 2025 data sourced from Esri India.
Foursquare
Esri made the following changes to Esri's global ArcGIS Places data sourced from Open Source Places content supplied by Foursquare:
- Release date February 2026 using September 2025 data from Foursquare.
- Four new attributes, Esri Category, Esri Category Description, NAICS Code, and NAICS description, were added to the data.
- Global dataset—37,311,699 records published (compared to 31,122,989 in the April 2025 dataset).
- See Data notes in the Foursquare topic for other information about this data.
NOSTRA
Esri updated the ArcGIS Places dataset for Thailand in February 2026 using 2025 data sourced from NOSTRA through Esri Thailand.
SafeGraph
Esri made the following changes to the to the ArcGIS Places datasets for Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United States sourced from data supplied by SafeGraph:
- Release date February 2026 using November 2025 data from SafeGraph.
- Three new attributes—Esri Category, Esri Category Description, and Open Hours—were added to the datasets.
- Canada—1,170,263 records published (compared to 1,179,114 in the August 2025 dataset).
- Puerto Rico—125,444 records published (compared to 135,456 in the August 2025 dataset).
- United States—18,341,527 records published (compared to 18,805,027 in the August 2025 dataset).