With the release of iOS 9 and its increasing foray into local search, it is important to stay on top of who is actually providing business listing data to Apple.
To compile this list of both US and International business listing suppliers, I have used Apple’s Map acknowledgements and information that Andrew Shotland received via email last November.
| US | Company | Source |
| Business listings data | 2014 Acxiom | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Booking.com | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 DAC Group | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2012 Factual | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Data | 2015 GasBuddy/OpenStore | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Data | 2015 GreatSchools, Inc. | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Localeze | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 PositionTech | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Tripadvisor | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| “Reviews from Yelp” | 2015 Yelp | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Yext, Inc. | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | TomTom North America | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | Location3 Media | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| Business listings data | Marquette Group | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| Business listings data | Placeable | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| Business listings data | SIM Partners | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| Business listings data | SinglePlatform | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| Business listings data | UBL | Andrew Shotland (Apple Email) |
| International Partners | ||
| Business listings data | 2015 Das Örtliche | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 E-WEGO SARL | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Tabelog | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 NavAds BV | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015sJaunes S.A. | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Yellows Group Corp Canada | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | Statistics Canada | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
| Business listings data | 2015 Yellows Turkey | Apple Maps Acknowledgement |
I have confirmed that some of those on Andrew’s list that were not on the acknowledgment are still supplying Apple, so I assume that they all still are although until that is confirmed those on Andrew’s list should be viewed as “maybes”. Those that were on both lists are noted as sourced from Apple.
Posted in Local Search
