Top Maps Startups in 2026

A live event’s better because of the people by your side. You see the same things. You feel the same feels. You walk out changed for the better. And that’s why SeatGeek makes it easy to score sweet deals on tickets to more events than we can count.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

At onX our mission is simple: create a best-in-class, off-pavement GPS, and location experience for mobile devices and the web. We love the outdoors and we’re passionate about pushing the limits of off-the-pavement mapping technologies.

Hivemapper is a decentralized mapping network designed to build and update the world's most important information - a map of the world that all humans share. Hivemapper's new mapping economy shares the economic benefits of the global map with those that build the map. What could be more human than for humans to own the map of the physical earth that we humans are deeply integrated to in the most basic of ways. Learn Why Hivemapper? docs.hivemapper.com/building-hivemapper/why-hivemapper

At OpenSignal, big data meets sensor networks. Our mission is to become the global authority on wireless networks. Our main consumer products, OpenSignal (a top developer app) and WifiMapper (featured as best new app), are mobile signal, coverage map and WiFi crowdsourcing apps with over 13 million downloads around the world. OpenSignal enables consumers to stay connected better and longer and allows mobile operators to benchmark and improve their networks. To date, we have provided wireless market insights to customers such as McKinsey, Opera, Telefonica and ChinaMobile. This data and our reports have also been covered by TIME Magazine, CNN and the BBC. Our research has also led to multiple papers published in scientific journals. Our other apps: WeatherSignal turns your phone into a portable weather station with the mission to enable more local and accurate weather forecasting. CrisisSignal provides real-time updates on the state of networks in the wake of disasters.

Roadtrippers is the nation's fastest-growing web and mobile travel planning platform, streamlining discovery, booking, and navigation into one engaging and intuitive experience. Road travel accounts for 78% of US tourism spend. Mapping, planning & booking tools are all used at one stage of most trips, yet these travel resources are completely fragmented and impersonal. Roadtrippers helps people discover the world around them in an entirely new way by simplifying travel to the world's most interesting locations. Over 6 million trips have been planned on Roadtrippers since 2011, powered by a database of millions of the best travel locations including diners, national parks, museums, hotels and more. The web and mobile applications are free to use.

Nuzzy helps pet parents find pet‑friendly places nearby and enables pet businesses to run efficiently by eliminating many mundane, operation‑heavy tasks with its scalable system and mobile app. We are building an operating system for boarding, daycare, grooming, veterinary, and other pet businesses, covering complete workflow management.

A combination of sensors ranging from cameras and LiDAR scanners to state-of-the-art positioning systems captures, measures, identifies and maps areas in the United States and Europe. We work with Local Governments, State Department of Transportation, Utility and Telecommunications companies.

Mach9 builds location intelligence software to help civil engineering and government customers analyze massive amounts of geospatial sensor data. We've been working on software automation for common surveying workflows and are driven to bring perception software from self-driving to industries that need it today. Our team spun out of the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute and previously worked at Tesla Autopilot, SpaceX GNC, and Apple Performance Engineering. We went through YC last summer, raised a seed round last December, and have been rapidly growing our team.

DataCapable was founded in 2013 with a vision to close the communication gap between businesses and the communities they serve by detecting and monitoring high-impact events that affect the safety of people, places and assets. DataCapable is a SaaS company headquartered in San Diego with an expanding toolset making up the DataCapable Platform (DCP). The DCP uses patented machine learning algorithms alongside trained analysts to realize actionable intelligence from massive amounts of data to enhance situational awareness, improve safety, and save lives.