⚡ Maps in Germany

Online mapping services allow users to find places, get directions, view traffic conditions and satellite images, and access location-based features.

Germany is a Central European country with a population of around 84 million people.

According to our research, map services are detected on 5.8% of websites from Germany.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top map services in Germany in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Maps, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 85.9% share.
It is followed by OpenStreetMap with 11.4% and Mapbox with 4.6%.

Google Maps 85.9%
OpenStreetMap 11.4%
Mapbox 4.6%
ArcGIS 0.7%
Apple Maps 0.5%
HERE 0.4%
Carto 0.4%
MapTiler 0.4%
Bing Maps 0.3%
OpenTopoMap 0.3%
Thunderforest 0.2%
Waze 0.07%
Yandex Maps 0.06%
MapQuest 0.05%
ViaMichelin 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. OpenStreetMap ^(-1)
3. Mapbox ^(-1)
4. ArcGIS ^(-1)
5. Apple Maps ^(-5)
6. HERE ^(-8)
7. Carto ^(-4)
10. OpenTopoMap ^(-8)
11. Thunderforest ^(-8)
15. ViaMichelin ^(-7)
17. Azure Maps ^(-4)

✨ Best Map Services

Below is a more detailed list of 22 map services used on sites from Germany, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Maps Mountain View, California, United States An online mapping service from Google that provides users with satellite imagery, street maps, 3D views, real-time traffic updates, and route planning features. Free$$$	85.9%
2	OpenStreetMap Cambridge, United Kingdom A free, editable world map that is being built by volunteers largely from scratch and released with an open-content license. Free	11.4%
3	Mapbox Washington, DC, United States A mapping platform that enables software developers to quickly embed location-based context into their applications. Free$0.30+/user	4.6%
4	ArcGIS Redlands, California, United States A geographic information system platform that enables users to create, use, and share geographic information within their organization, with the community, and on the web. $100+/year	0.7%
5	Apple Maps Cupertino, California, United States A web mapping service developed by Apple Inc. Free	0.5%
6	HERE Eindhoven, Netherlands A PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling location-based applications and solutions. Free$$$	0.4%
7	Carto New York, United States A cloud-based location intelligence platform offering GIS, web mapping, data visualization, and spatial analytics. $$$	0.4%
8	MapTiler Zug, Switzerland Provides a software platform and mapping services for creating, hosting, and integrating maps for websites, mobile apps, and other applications. Free$25+/month	0.4%
9	Bing Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A web mapping service offered by Microsoft that provides mapping and location-based services. Free	0.3%
10	OpenTopoMap Baiersdorf, Germany A free topographic map generated from OpenStreetMap and SRTM elevation data. Free	0.3%
11	Thunderforest New Malden, United Kingdom A global activity map provider that maintains a library of map styles based on OpenStreetMap data, as well as creating custom maps. Free$125+/month	0.2%
12	Waze Mountain View, California, United States A free GPS navigation service currently owned by Google. Free	0.07%
13	Yandex Maps Moscow, Russia A mapping service developed by the Russian company Yandex. Free	0.06%
14	MapQuest Los Angeles, California, United States An American free online web mapping service. Free$119+/month	0.05%
15	ViaMichelin Clermont-Ferrand, France A digital mapping and route planning tool developed by the Michelin Group.	0.03%
16	Naver Map Seongnam, Korea A digital map service from the South Korean search engine company Naver. Free	0.02%
17	Azure Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A suite of geospatial mapping services that allows developers and enterprises to use up-to-date mapping data to provide geographic context to web and mobile applications. Free$$$	0.02%
18	TomTom Amsterdam, Netherlands Provides maps and location solutions for the public sector, autonomous driving, fleets, logistics, and more.	0.02%
19	AMap Hangzhou, China A Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based service. Free	0.02%
20	Mapy.com Prague, Czech Republic An online and mobile mapping application developed by the Czech search engine provider Seznam.cz. Free	0.02%
21	Wikimapia Moscow, Russia A multilingual, open-content, collaborative map where anyone can create place tags and share their knowledge. Free	0.008%
22	Targeo Warsaw, Poland A Polish mapping and navigation service.	0.008%

👉 See Also

🌎 Maps in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 225,778 websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.