Available Brands
~75,000+ brands with millions of consumer-facing storefront locations across 242 countries. Brand names are case-insensitive, and the API supports stock tickers (145 mapped) and common name variations as aliases. See Data Coverage for the full source breakdown and scope.
Search brands
Use the brands endpoint to check if a brand exists before querying locations:
# Search by name
curl "https://api.brandmappr.com/api/v1/brands?q=starbucks"
# List top brands by location count
curl "https://api.brandmappr.com/api/v1/brands?sort=count&limit=20"
# Paginate through all brands alphabetically
curl "https://api.brandmappr.com/api/v1/brands?sort=name&limit=100&offset=200"The response includes brand name, stock ticker (if mapped), and location count.
Top brands by location count
| Brand | Locations |
|---|---|
| Subway | 23,338 |
| Starbucks | 18,197 |
| Burger King | 13,575 |
| KFC | 12,721 |
| Dollar General | 10,610 |
| Dunkin' | 7,964 |
| Walmart | 7,302 |
| Taco Bell | 7,293 |
| Popeyes | 3,243 |
| Little Caesars | 3,103 |
| Papa John's | 2,973 |
| Chick-fil-A | 2,723 |
| Home Depot | 2,330 |
| QuikTrip | 1,957 |
| Dairy Queen | 1,875 |
| Lowe's | 1,769 |
| Five Guys | 1,641 |
| Sheetz | 1,386 |
| Wingstop | 1,351 |
| Whataburger | 1,023 |
| Raising Cane's | 684 |
Plus thousands more brands across restaurants, retail, banking, gas stations, telecom, pharmacies, EV chargers, and more.
Use the GET /api/v1/brands endpoint to search and browse all available brands programmatically.
Brand aliases
You don't need to know the exact brand name. The API automatically resolves:
Stock tickers
Use NYSE/NASDAQ ticker symbols to look up publicly traded brands:
| Ticker | Resolves to |
|---|---|
SBUX | Starbucks |
MCD | McDonald's |
WMT | Walmart |
CMG | Chipotle |
DG | Dollar General |
HD | Home Depot |
LOW | Lowe's |
TGT | Target |
CVS | CVS Pharmacy |
WBA | Walgreens |
JPM | Chase |
WFC | Wells Fargo |
Plus 130+ more tickers for restaurants, retail, banking, telecom, auto parts, fitness, insurance, and specialty retail chains.
Name variations
The API also resolves common variations:
| You type | Resolves to |
|---|---|
McDonalds | McDonald's |
Lowes | Lowe's |
Dunkin Donuts | Dunkin' |
Chickfila | Chick-fil-A |
HomeDepot | Home Depot |
TacoBell | Taco Bell |
Wal-Mart | Walmart |
Papa Johns | Papa John's |
Variations include: names without apostrophes, without spaces, without leading articles ("The"), and common misspellings.
Data source
Location data is reconciled from four sources: OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab), Overture Maps (opens in a new tab), Foursquare Open Source Places, and All The Places (opens in a new tab). Each row carries a confidence score and an X-Data-Sources response header naming the sources that contributed. See Data Coverage for the full breakdown, scope, and the quality / min_confidence parameters for tuning precision vs recall.