⚡ Maps in the United Kingdom

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

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our research, map services are detected on 9% of websites from the United Kingdom.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Google Maps, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 94.8% share.
It is followed by Mapbox with 3.3% and OpenStreetMap with 2.6%.

Google Maps 94.8%
Mapbox 3.3%
OpenStreetMap 2.6%
ArcGIS 0.6%
MapTiler 0.4%
Bing Maps 0.3%
Carto 0.3%
Apple Maps 0.3%
HERE 0.2%
Azure Maps 0.1%
MapQuest 0.1%
ViaMichelin 0.08%
Thunderforest 0.08%
TomTom 0.06%
Yandex Maps 0.05%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Mapbox ^(-2)
4. ArcGIS ^(-1)
5. MapTiler ^(-1)
6. Bing Maps ^(-2)
7. Carto ^(-4)
8. Apple Maps ^(-2)
9. HERE ^(-5)
10. Azure Maps ^(-11)
11. MapQuest ^(-2)
12. ViaMichelin ^(-10)

✨ Best Map Services

Below is a more detailed list of 22 map services used on sites from the United Kingdom, 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$$$	94.8%
2	Mapbox Washington, DC, United States A mapping platform that enables software developers to quickly embed location-based context into their applications. Free$0.30+/user	3.3%
3	OpenStreetMap Cambridge, United Kingdom A free, editable world map that is being built by volunteers largely from scratch and released with an open-content license. Free	2.6%
4	ArcGIS Redlands, California, United States A geographic information system platform that enables users to create, use, and share geographic information within their organization, with the community, and on the web. $100+/year	0.6%
5	MapTiler Zug, Switzerland Provides a software platform and mapping services for creating, hosting, and integrating maps for websites, mobile apps, and other applications. Free$25+/month	0.4%
6	Bing Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A web mapping service offered by Microsoft that provides mapping and location-based services. Free	0.3%
7	Carto New York, United States A cloud-based location intelligence platform offering GIS, web mapping, data visualization, and spatial analytics. $$$	0.3%
8	Apple Maps Cupertino, California, United States A web mapping service developed by Apple Inc. Free	0.3%
9	HERE Eindhoven, Netherlands A PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling location-based applications and solutions. Free$$$	0.2%
10	Azure Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A suite of geospatial mapping services that allows developers and enterprises to use up-to-date mapping data to provide geographic context to web and mobile applications. Free$$$	0.1%
11	MapQuest Los Angeles, California, United States An American free online web mapping service. Free$119+/month	0.1%
12	ViaMichelin Clermont-Ferrand, France A digital mapping and route planning tool developed by the Michelin Group.	0.08%
13	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	0.08%
14	TomTom Amsterdam, Netherlands Provides maps and location solutions for the public sector, autonomous driving, fleets, logistics, and more.	0.06%
15	Yandex Maps Moscow, Russia A mapping service developed by the Russian company Yandex. Free	0.05%
16	Waze Mountain View, California, United States A free GPS navigation service currently owned by Google. Free	0.04%
17	OpenTopoMap Baiersdorf, Germany A free topographic map generated from OpenStreetMap and SRTM elevation data. Free	0.04%
18	Naver Map Seongnam, Korea A digital map service from the South Korean search engine company Naver. Free	0.03%
19	Wikimapia Moscow, Russia A multilingual, open-content, collaborative map where anyone can create place tags and share their knowledge. Free	0.02%
20	AMap Hangzhou, China A Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based service. Free	0.02%
21	Mapy.com Prague, Czech Republic An online and mobile mapping application developed by the Czech search engine provider Seznam.cz. Free	0.02%
22	2GIS Moscow, Russia A Russian mapping service with navigation tools for drivers and pedestrians.	0.007%

👉 See Also

🌎 Maps in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,493 websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.