Mappable

What Mappable does

Mappable is a browser-based interactive map data explorer that aggregates approximately 140 indicators across 21 categories — including natural disasters, climate, crime & safety, population, education, employment & income, taxes, real estate & housing, healthcare, economy, infrastructure, environment, cost of living, recreation & tourism, race & ethnicity, and computed metrics — into a single layered visualization. Users search for locations and toggle individual data layers on an interactive map, with the ability to enable multiple layers simultaneously to produce composite scores. The platform also surfaces curated quick-start lists (Safest Places, Best Climate, Best for Families, Disaster Risk, Remote Work, Tax Burden, Best Economy) targeting high-intent consumer queries.

The product is built around a category-and-sub-layer data architecture with 21 derived "Computed Metrics" that combine underlying indicators into composite indices, plus a searchable location/layer interface with satellite visualization. The platform is delivered as a self-serve web application accessible globally at mappable.com with no download required.

The company's stated primary customer segment is general consumers making personal location decisions — relocation, remote work evaluation, lifestyle and family planning — with a horizontal, persona-based segmentation approach. Go-to-market is product-led growth with no sales involvement, no enterprise tier, no API, no resellers, and no marketplace presence. The revenue model is not disclosed: no pricing page, subscription tier, ad placements, or affiliate arrangements are documented in the available sources, and there is no disclosed revenue, funding, headcount, or ownership data.

Name

Mappable

Website

https://mappable.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mappable is a self-serve, web-based interactive map data explorer that lets individual consumers visualize and compare approximately 140 location indicators across 21 categories — from climate and crime to housing and healthcare — via toggleable map layers and composite scores.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Location Intelligence Software

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Navigation & Turn-by-Turn Apps (BPAMANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms (BPAMANAC)

Keywords

• Interactive mapping platform
• Location data visualization
• Geographic data explorer
• Relocation data analytics
• Place-based intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Mappable is a self-serve, browser-based interactive map platform that lets users explore location-based data through toggleable layers spanning natural disasters, climate, crime, population, education, employment, taxes, real estate, healthcare, economy, infrastructure, environment, cost of living, recreation, and race/ethnicity. Users can enable multiple layers simultaneously to view composite scores, and the product offers curated quick-start categories (Safest Places, Best Climate, Remote Work, Disaster Risk, Tax Burden, Best Economy, Best for Families) to surface common location-based decisions.

Product overview

Mappable is a single unified interactive map data explorer platform. The core product enables users to search for locations and toggle between multiple data layers to visualize geographic and demographic information on an interactive map. The platform organizes data into categories such as Natural Disasters (7 layers), Climate (8), Crime & Safety (4), Population (25), Education (3), Employment & Income (3), Taxes (3), Real Estate & Housing (10), Healthcare (9), Economy (8), Infrastructure (14), Environment (8), Cost of Living (5), Recreation & Tourism (9), Race & Ethnicity (8), and Computed Metrics (21). Users can enable multiple layers simultaneously to view composite scores across different data dimensions. The platform also features curated lists for location discovery including Safest Places, Best Climate, Cost of Living, Best for Families, Disaster Risk, Remote Work, Tax Burden, and Best Economy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mappable

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Mapbox: Mapbox provides mapping infrastructure and APIs (tiles, search, navigation) to thousands of developers. It is adjacent rather than head-to-head, but represents the dominant platform-tier alternative if Mappable ever extends into B2B data services.
• Zillow: Zillow dominates consumer map-based real estate search in the U.S., incorporating affordability, commute, and neighborhood data. While specialized in housing, its neighborhood insights overlap significantly with Mappable's Real Estate & Housing and Cost of Living layers.
• Realtor.com: Realtor.com offers map-driven property search alongside school, crime, and commute overlays. It competes in the consumer relocation journey where Mappable also operates, but with a narrower real-estate focus.
• Google Maps: Google Maps is the dominant consumer mapping platform globally, embedding place data, reviews, and increasingly neighborhood context. It competes with Mappable for the consumer 'explore a place' use case but is far broader in scope.

Direct peers

• NeighborhoodScout: NeighborhoodScout provides hyper-local data on crime, schools, demographics, and real estate trends for U.S. neighborhoods, with map-based exploration — directly comparable to Mappable's location-intelligence consumer product.
• AreaVibes: AreaVibes generates a Livability Score for U.S. locations by combining crime, cost of living, schools, employment, and amenities data — directly paralleling Mappable's multi-layer composite scoring approach.
• City-Data: City-Data aggregates detailed U.S. location data (crime, cost of living, housing, demographics, photos) into searchable profiles — comparable to Mappable as a broad consumer map-plus-data exploration experience.
• Niche: Niche provides consumers with ranked, data-driven 'best places to live' assessments across factors like schools, crime, cost of living, and commute — a near-direct comparison to Mappable's composite location scoring for general consumers.
• Walk Score: Walk Score quantifies location quality (walkability, transit, bike) for individual addresses and is now part of Redfin. It is a leading example of consumer-facing location scoring — directly adjacent to Mappable's composite-scoring thesis.
• BestPlaces: BestPlaces.net offers side-by-side comparisons of U.S. cities and neighborhoods across cost of living, crime, climate, economy, education, and health — closely matching Mappable's category set and consumer relocation use case.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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