What Loqate GBG does

Loqate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly-listed GB Group plc (LSE: GBG), provides global address verification, capture, and enrichment services. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Worcester, UK, the company serves more than 20,000 customers worldwide and processes over 3 billion address verifications per month across 250 countries and territories, with coverage in 6,500+ language variations. Its customer base spans retail and e-commerce (Sephora, ASOS, Bloom & Wild, Huel, Hush), travel (JetBlue), technology (IBM, Oracle), and sports entertainment (Fanatics), reflecting the horizontal applicability of address intelligence across digital commerce and customer-engagement workflows.

The platform is API-first and designed for integration into e-commerce checkouts, CRM systems, ERP platforms, and marketing tools. Underlying capabilities include AI-assisted address parsing, premise-level geocoding (lat/long), and a multi-tier country coverage model. The platform is ISO 27001 certified, operates at 99.99% availability, and has publicly demonstrated peak throughput of 1.5 million verifications in a single hour during the Black Friday 2023 period. Distribution is driven by pre-built integrations with major commerce and enterprise platforms (Shopify Plus, Adobe Commerce, Oracle Fusion Applications) and a Global Partner Programme for resellers and system integrators.

Commercially, Loqate operates a usage-based API pricing model with tiered country coverage and per-transaction/lookup billing for verification and geocoding services. Sales are executed both directly to enterprises and indirectly via channel partners. In October 2025, the company listed on the Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace, signaling a strategic shift toward positioning address verification as a callable component within enterprise AI agent ecosystems. As a sub-segment of GBG, Loqate's standalone revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Loqate GBG

Legal name

GB Group Plc

Website

https://loqate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Loqate, a GBG subsidiary, provides global address verification, capture, and enrichment APIs to 20,000+ customers across 250 countries, processing 3 billion verifications monthly for retail, e-commerce, travel, and technology enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Address Verification & Location Data Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms (BPAMANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

Keywords

• Address verification
• Location intelligence
• Data quality software
• Contact data validation
• Geocoding services

Headquarters

HQ city

Worcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. API/Transaction-based Address Verification: Usage-based billing for address capture, verification, email validation, phone validation, and bank validation via API transactions. Customers pay per verification/transformation. Volume tiers and contract options available.
2. Subscription Licensing: Annual or multi-year subscription contracts for enterprise customers with on-premise, cloud, or private cloud deployment options. Transaction and contract pricing models available.
3. Premium Dataset Licensing (Eircodes): Premium data sets such as Eircodes (Irish postcode data) are not included in standard pricing and require separate setup and licensing fees.
4. Professional Services: Custom integration guidance, data management services, and postal certification services offered as supplementary offerings alongside core platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Loqate provides a global location data platform offering real-time address capture, address verification, email/phone/bank validation, geocoding, and batch data cleansing via APIs and pre-built integrations. Its services cover 250 countries and territories in 6,500 languages, delivering premise-level address data with type-ahead lookup, AI parsing, and transliteration capabilities for enterprise customers.

Product overview

Loqate is a global location data platform offering address verification, identity verification, fraud prevention, and contact data validation services. The core product portfolio includes Address Validation Solution (combining Address Capture and Address Verification), supplemented by add-on services including Email Validation, Phone Validation, Bank Validation, Geocode, Store Finder, Data Maintenance, Datasets, and Postal Certification. The platform covers 250 countries and territories in 6,500 languages, delivering premise-level address data through easily integrable APIs. As part of GB Group, Loqate also offers identity verification services with facial recognition/biometric capabilities and fraud prevention services including risk scoring and fraud network analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Address Validation Solution Combined solution that integrates address capture and verification to enrich address data with premise-level accuracy, enabling efficient logistics and delivery operations for enterprises globally.
• Address Capture Real-time type-ahead address lookup with location biasing, fuzzy matching, and easy API integration, enabling frictionless customer address entry across 250 countries and territories in 6,500 languages.
• Address Verification Verifies and enriches the quality and accuracy of address data using AI parsing, the largest verified database, and transliteration capabilities to standardize and validate addresses globally.
• Data Maintenance Global batch cleansing and data enrichment service that maintains accurate customer data, includes one-time and ongoing data quality management, and creates a single customer view for enterprises.
• Email Validation Validates customer email addresses at point of onboarding to improve delivery rates, sender reputation, and customer communications, with format, domain, MX, disposable email, and spam trap checks.
• Phone Validation Validates customer mobile and landline phone numbers at point of onboarding to ensure effective communications and strengthen account security for enterprises.
• Bank Validation Validates UK customers' bank accounts to process payments without disruptions, helping avoid costly errors and charges for businesses.
• Geocode Provides latitude/longitude coordinates to enhance location databases, including forward geocoding (address to coordinates) and reverse geocoding, with premise-level coverage in 120 countries and rooftop geocoding in 60.
• Store Finder Helps customers locate physical stores by finding nearby store locations, optimizing footfall and returns processes for retailers.
• Datasets Premium address datasets including Eircodes for Ireland, international address data, postal certification data, and additional datasets covering China, Eire, multi-residence, and properties under development.
• Postal Certification Postal certification service that measures postcode lookups directly against postal authorities in the US, Canada, and Australia, qualifying customers for postal discounts.
• Identity Verification Services Identity and age verification services for global customer onboarding, including document authentication, facial recognition/biometric verification, and identity data matching against third-party reference data to meet KYC/AML requirements.
• Fraud Prevention Services Fraud detection and prevention services that generate risk scores, fraud alerts, insights, and reports, using fraud networks to identify patterns and protect against fraudulent transactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Huel reduced failed delivery rate from 10% to 0.04% — a 99% reduction — after implementing Loqate on Shopify Plus stores
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GBG (Parent Company)coreOthers · 9 March 2026Loqate is a wholly owned subsidiary of GB Group plc (GBG). GBG acts as the parent company providing group-level resources, privacy infrastructure (OneTrust), ISO27001 certification, and a broader product portfolio including identity verification and fraud prevention. Loqate is part of GBG's location intelligence division.
• OraclecoreTechnology or Integration · 15 October 2025Loqate is listed as an independent software vendor (ISV) partner on the Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace. This enables Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications customers to find and deploy Loqate's address validation AI agent directly within their Oracle enterprise environment, with validated security standards, no-code functionality, and Oracle's enterprise support.
• Shopify PluscoreTechnology or IntegrationLoqate has a built integration with Shopify Plus available on the Shopify App Store. The one-click integration allows Shopify Plus merchants to capture and verify global addresses without coding. Loqate's app has been downloaded and installed by Shopify Plus merchants globally including Huel.
• Adobe Commerce (Magento)coreTechnology or IntegrationLoqate offers a pre-built integration with Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento) available through the Adobe Commerce marketplace, enabling merchants to integrate address verification into their Adobe Commerce stores.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationLoqate provides integration with Salesforce CRM, allowing Salesforce users to access address verification and validation capabilities within their CRM workflows.
• Global Partner Programme MemberscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLoqate operates a Global Partner Programme with hundreds of global businesses that leverage Loqate's premium global address data, address capture and verification technologies to achieve expanded market reach, improved data quality, and amplified customer experiences. Partners benefit from premium global address data, address capture and verification technologies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Google Address Validation API: Google Maps Platform's Address Validation API offers real-time address parsing, validation and geocoding via cloud API with similar core functionality to Loqate. It competes head-to-head with Loqate on accuracy, country coverage and pricing, leveraging Google's developer ecosystem and bundled billing.
• Smartystreets: Smartystreets provides US and international address validation, geocoding and verification APIs with strong US postal authority integrations. Directly competes with Loqate in the address-quality API category, particularly for US-focused ecommerce and CRM customers, and is frequently compared on G2.
• Melissa Data (Melissa): Melissa is a long-standing address verification, identity verification and data quality SaaS provider offering global address validation APIs, batch cleansing, and contact data quality tools. Competes directly with Loqate's Address Verify, Data Maintenance and Geocode product lines.
• Loqate competitors - AddressDoctor (Quadient): Quadient (formerly AddressDoctor) sells international address validation and customer-communications software targeting large enterprise customers with on-premise deployments. Competes with Loqate for the same regulated, multi-country address-quality RFPs, particularly in banking, insurance and public sector.

Broad incumbents

• Experian Data Quality: Experian's Data Quality division offers address verification, matching and enrichment software alongside its broader credit, marketing and identity portfolios. Overlaps significantly with Loqate but as part of Experian's full enterprise data stack, and is typically deployed by larger enterprises via on-premise and batch integrations.
• Pitney Bowes (location data): Pitney Bowes provides address validation, geocoding and mailing-data software and services as part of its broader shipping, mailing and ecommerce technology portfolio. Compares to Loqate on address and geocoding accuracy, and overlaps in retailer and logistics customers but with much broader shipping-product scope.
• HERE Technologies: HERE provides global mapping data, geocoding and location services including address-level APIs and is used widely in logistics and automotive. Overlaps with Loqate's geocoding and premise-level coverage, but HERE's core focus is map and automotive-grade location data rather than address capture at checkout.

Emerging players

• Geocodio: Geocodio provides US-focused batch and API geocoding plus address validation, often used by SMB and mid-market customers for its developer-friendly pricing. Competes with Loqate's geocoding offering in the US and is a niche alternative in the developer / civic-data segment.
• MaxMind: MaxMind provides IP geolocation, online fraud detection and minFraud services alongside its GeoIP datasets. Adjacent peer because it also sells location intelligence used by ecommerce and fintech for risk scoring; partial functional overlap with Loqate's geolocation and risk use cases but different primary data assets.
• What3words: What3words provides a proprietary global addressing system that converts 3m x 3m squares into three-word addresses, with APIs used in logistics, ecommerce and delivery. Emerges as a complementary or alternative addressing layer in last-mile delivery use cases that overlap with Loqate's geocoding and delivery routing value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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