Information about the latest release of ArcGIS Places is provided below.
In November 2026, Esri made the changes described below to ArcGIS Places. See What's new in Esri Demographics for details about the most recent updates to standard and advanced demographics.
For information about previous releases, see the Prior releases topics. Click the tabs to learn more about updated content from each data source in this release.
Esri made the following changes to the ArcGIS Places datasets for Canada and the United States sourced from data supplied by Data Axle:
The release in November 2026 uses August 2026 data from Data Axle.
The datasets use Esri Categories as the default categorization system; icons use the Esri Category default map symbology.
The following changes were made to the Business Locations datasets:
Canada Business Locations—973,341 records were published (compared to 982,233 records in the June 2026 dataset).
United States Business Locations—13,294,357 records were published (compared to 13,298,028 records in the June 2026 dataset). The corporate parent was updated to the 2026 Top 50 based on U.S. retail sales.
Esri India
Esri made the following changes to the ArcGIS Places dataset for India sourced from data supplied by Esri India.
The release in November 2026 uses July 2026 data from Esri India.
17.5 million records were published.
New attributes include Esri Categories and Open Hours. Open Hours can be used in advanced search functions.
The default categorization system remains Esri India's category system. However, icons use the Esri Category map symbology.
Foursquare
Esri made the following changes to Esri's global ArcGIS Places data sourced from Foursquare's Open Source Places content:
The release in November 2026 continues to use the September 2025 data from Foursquare.
In the global dataset, 37,311,699 records were published (no change from the previous delivery).
The dataset uses Esri Categories as the default categorization system; icons use the Esri Category default map symbology.
The release in November 2026 uses July 2026 data from SafeGraph.
The datasets use Esri Categories as the default categorization system; icons use the Esri Category default map symbology. Open Hours can be used in advanced search functions.
For Canada, 1,170,000 records were published (compared to 1,171,424 records in the June 2026 dataset).
For Puerto Rico, 109,000 records were published (compared to 104,216 records in the June 2026 dataset).
For the United States, 19,300,000 records were published (compared to 17,943,189 records in the June 2026 dataset). The corporate parent company list has been updated to the 2026 Top 50 based on U.S. retail sales.