⚡ Online Mapping Services in Germany

Online mapping services allow users to find places, get directions, view traffic conditions and satellite imagery, and access a wide range of location-based features such as geocoding, routing, and points of interest.

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

According to our research, online mapping services are detected on 5.9% of websites from Germany.

Statistics based on 239K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ 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 85.6% share.
It is followed by OpenStreetMap with 11.6% and Mapbox with 4.5%.

Google Maps 85.6%
OpenStreetMap 11.6%
Mapbox 4.5%
ArcGIS 0.7%
Apple Maps 0.5%
Carto 0.5%
HERE 0.4%
MapTiler 0.4%
OpenTopoMap 0.3%
Bing Maps 0.3%
Thunderforest 0.2%
Waze 0.06%
Yandex Maps 0.06%
ViaMichelin 0.04%
MapQuest 0.04%

🚀 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 ^(-6)
6. Carto ^(-6)
7. HERE ^(-7)
9. OpenTopoMap ^(-9)
11. Thunderforest ^(-8)
14. ViaMichelin ^(-8)
16. TomTom ^(-7)

✨ 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 and navigation service from Google that provides users with street maps, satellite imagery, 3D views, real-time traffic data, and route planning across multiple transport modes. Free$$$	85.6%
2	OpenStreetMap Cambridge, United Kingdom A free, editable world map project that provides open geographic data created and maintained by a global community of contributors. Free	11.6%
3	Mapbox Washington, DC, United States A cloud-based mapping platform that enables developers to embed customizable maps, navigation, and location search into web, mobile, and embedded applications. Free$0.30+/user	4.5%
4	ArcGIS Redlands, California, United States A geographic information system platform that enables users to create, use, and share geographic information within their organization, with the community, and on the web. $100+/year	0.7%
5	Apple Maps Cupertino, California, United States A web mapping and navigation service developed by Apple Inc. that provides interactive maps, location search, and route guidance for users across supported regions. Free	0.5%
6	Carto New York, United States A cloud-based location intelligence platform offering GIS, web mapping, data visualization, and spatial analytics. $$$	0.5%
7	HERE Eindhoven, Netherlands A PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling location-based applications and solutions. Free$$$	0.4%
8	MapTiler Zug, Switzerland Provides a software platform and mapping services for creating, hosting, and integrating maps for websites, mobile apps, and other applications. Free$25+/month	0.4%
9	OpenTopoMap Baiersdorf, Germany A free topographic map generated from OpenStreetMap and SRTM elevation data. Free	0.3%
10	Bing Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A web mapping service offered by Microsoft that provides mapping and location-based services. Free	0.3%
11	Thunderforest New Malden, United Kingdom A global activity map provider that maintains a library of map styles based on OpenStreetMap data, as well as creating custom maps. Free$125+/month	0.2%
12	Waze Mountain View, California, United States A free GPS navigation service currently owned by Google. Free	0.06%
13	Yandex Maps Moscow, Russia A Russian web mapping and navigation service that provides maps, location search, and route planning across web and mobile platforms. Free	0.06%
14	ViaMichelin Clermont-Ferrand, France A digital mapping and route planning tool developed by the Michelin Group.	0.04%
15	MapQuest Los Angeles, California, United States An American free online web mapping service. Free$119+/month	0.04%
16	TomTom Amsterdam, Netherlands Provides maps and location solutions for the public sector, autonomous driving, fleets, logistics, and more.	0.03%
17	Naver Map Seongnam, Korea A digital map service from the South Korean search engine company Naver. Free	0.02%
18	Azure Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A suite of geospatial mapping services that allows developers and enterprises to use up-to-date mapping data to provide geographic context to web and mobile applications. Free$$$	0.02%
19	Mapy.com Prague, Czech Republic An online and mobile mapping application developed by the Czech search engine provider Seznam.cz. Free	0.02%
20	Wikimapia Moscow, Russia A multilingual, open-content, collaborative map where anyone can create place tags and share their knowledge. Free	0.01%
21	AMap Hangzhou, China A Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based service. Free	0.01%
22	Targeo Warsaw, Poland A Polish mapping and navigation service.	0.007%

👉 See Also

🌎 Maps in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 239,457 websites from Germany.
We currently track the presence of 29 map services across the web.
Of these, 22 were detected on websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on May 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.