ArcGIS Places

Esri offers United States ArcGIS Places data sourced from Data Axle (Business Locations), Foursquare, and SafeGraph. See Introduction to ArcGIS Places data for more information.

The following table compares at a high level some of the Places data attributes available from these three datasets:

Attribute	Description	Data Axle	Foursquare	SafeGraph
Place, company, or business name	The name by which a place or business is known.
Brand	Any brand name affiliated with the business, when applicable
Category	Industry-related category code
NAICS code	North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
SIC code	Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.
Detailed location information	The address, town, or geographic details associated with a place or business. Some data providers include more granular address information. Visit the individual data provider pages for more details.
Location	The geographic coordinates for a place or alternative access points in WGS84 decimal degree format.
DMA	Designated Market Area (DMA), defined by Nielsen Media Research, used for marketing purposes. U.S. only.
Census block ID or H3 hexagon R7	The U.S. Census Block geoid value or Uber H3 global hexagon identifier.
Chain, organization, or franchise	Any standardized chain (franchised businesses), organization, or direct headquarters affiliated with a place or business.
Confidence	Confidence that a place is open or in operation.
Hours	The hours of operation or weekly schedule information.
Contact information	Phone, website, fax, email, or social media accounts.
User feedback	Ratings, descriptions, price, and other user-provided content.
Professional specialty	Specialties within a line of business.
Square footage	The estimated square footage of the business.
Employee count	Number of employees
Sales volume or assets	Estimated sales or assets.