• We’re a British Data Awards 2024 Finalist

      We’re a British Data Awards 2024 Finalist

      20th March 2024

      Up against tough competition from 320 other entries we are delighted to be announced finalists for Innovation of the Year and BI Solution of the Year at the British Data Awards 2024 for GEOLYTIX MAPP.

    • GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2023

      GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2023

      1st December 2023

      Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/. This is the second year we have joined this as a team, see all our maps here.

    • Mental Health at Geolytix

      Mental Health at Geolytix

      17th October 2023

      Mental health matters. We have some trained Mental Health First Aiders at GEOLYTIX who are able to support the team and also organise brilliant social events throughout the year.

    • Diversity in the Workplace

      Diversity in the Workplace

      5th October 2023

      Geolytix signed up to the 10,000 interns foundation to offer opportunities to black students over summer 2023. How did our 2 successful applicants find their experience?

    • Women in Data: The Flagship Event 2023

      Women in Data: The Flagship Event 2023

      21st March 2023

      "Women in Data® aims to bring awareness through media appearances and events; in particular, the annual Women in Data conference."

    • International Women's Day 2023

      International Women's Day 2023

      8th March 2023

      We love to celebrate the wonderful women of Geolytix everyday but International Women's Day is a brilliant day to highlight this more.

    • GEOLYTIX are Geoawesome - Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies

      GEOLYTIX are Geoawesome - Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies

      30th January 2023

      We are thrilled to make the Geoawesomeness Top 100 Geo for 2023, the annual list of the best geospatial companies in the world for geospatial companies.

    • Employee Benefits at Geolytix

      Employee Benefits at Geolytix

      9th January 2023

      If working with an awesome team on interesting projects isn't quite enough, Geolytix employees benefit from lots of other perks too.

    • GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2022

      GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2022

      30th November 2022

      Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/

    • Geolytix Model Innovation Day

      Geolytix Model Innovation Day

      21st October 2022

      Geolytix recently held a Model Innovation Day, an internal event to challenge our Data Scientists. Who was the model modeller at the end of the day?

    • Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial

      Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial

      19th October 2022

      If you use or develop open data and software for geospatial then FOSS4G events are for you.

    • Geolytix: An International Location Intelligence Company

      Geolytix: An International Location Intelligence Company

      6th October 2022

      From start up to scale up, Geolytix has worked with some of the biggest retail, leisure, and restaurant brands in more than 55 countries over the last 10 years.

    • Triple Nominations for the Women in Tech Awards

      Triple Nominations for the Women in Tech Awards

      18th July 2022

      You’ll know by now that there is nothing we like more than being recognised and winning the odd award.

    • The bright lights at Geolytix

      The bright lights at Geolytix

      30th May 2022

      What do Geolytix and Hollywood have in common? Admittedly, on the whole, not that much! No diva attitude around here I’m glad to say!

    • Geolytix France

      Geolytix France

      18th May 2022

      Geolytix is excited to announce we open our French office. Welcome Stéphane Martis to the team.

    • Welcome to Oxygen!

      Welcome to Oxygen!

      18th May 2022

      Back at the beginning of April we were invited to embrace our inner children and bounce our way around Oxygen Freejumping at the O2.

    • Mental Health & Team Wellbeing at Geolytix

      Mental Health & Team Wellbeing at Geolytix

      10th May 2022

      Mental Health and Our Team's wellbeing is something we prioritise at Geolytix. Click to read more about what we do for our team...

    • A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

      A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

      10th May 2022

      Ever wondered what the life of a Data Scientist is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

    • A Day in the Life of a Data Analyst

      A Day in the Life of a Data Analyst

      10th May 2022

      Ever wondered what the life of a Data Analyst is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

    • Geolytix: The Graduate Route

      Geolytix: The Graduate Route

      10th May 2022

      Matt joined Geolytix straight from University, after graduating with a Degree in Geography. Here he tells us about his role as a Data Analyst....

    • A Day in the life of a Location Planning Partner

      A Day in the life of a Location Planning Partner

      10th May 2022

      Ever wondered what the life of a Location Planner is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

    • Geolytix: The Apprentice Route

      Geolytix: The Apprentice Route

      10th May 2022

      Becca joined Geolytix straight from college as a data apprentice. Now a fully qualified Data Analyst, Becca tells us about a day in her role...

    • Geolytix, Geolytics, Geolytic

      Geolytix, Geolytics, Geolytic

      28th March 2022

      “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet” - William Shakespeare

    • The Women of Geolytix

      The Women of Geolytix

      17th March 2022

      International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on the 8th March. This year the women of Geolytix shared a more personal side to them through story maps.

    • GEOLYTIX and GEOMOB podcast

      GEOLYTIX and GEOMOB podcast

      15th February 2022

      Blair sat down with Steve of GEOMOB to talk about all things GeoInnovation. Scroll down to listen to the podcast..

    • Mental Health in the Geolytix workplace

      Mental Health in the Geolytix workplace

      26th January 2022

      The first week of January saw the MHFA team in Geolytix plan on how we could help embrace and protect mental health amongst the team. Read more to see our plans...

    • Studying through a pandemic

      Studying through a pandemic

      25th November 2021

      Last Thursday was postgraduate results day at the University of Leeds, and although graduation is still a long way away (thanks to Covid-19 I haven’t even had my undergraduate graduation ceremony yet), it feels like a perfect time to reflect on this chapter of my life.

    • Becoming a micro multinational

      Becoming a micro multinational

      25th November 2021

      Over the years, Geolytix has grown internationally. Ben Purple, our Business Director, tells how our growth wasn't exactly how we originally envisioned.

    • 10% of our team are now Mental Health First Aiders

      10% of our team are now Mental Health First Aiders

      23rd November 2021

      Donna, Rachel, Josh and Kate recently qualified as Mental Health First Aiders. Here they talk about their reasons for qualifying and their plans for supporting the team at Geolytix.

    • How 5 coloured gazebos, social bubbles and community spirit got us through Lockdown...

      How 5 coloured gazebos, social bubbles and community spirit got us through Lockdown...

      28th September 2021

      Martin, an associate at Geolytix, volunteers at Mudlarks, a charity which was deemed a front line care service during the pandemic. Here he discusses the challenges he faced, and how Geolytix helped support him, support others

    • GEOLYTIX Leeds - Setting up our new home

      GEOLYTIX Leeds - Setting up our new home

      15th September 2021

      With an ever growing team, twelve of whom are based in Leeds, we decided it was time to move into a new Leeds office. We have the Yorkshire tea at the ready...

    • Department for International Trade Export Champions 2021

      Department for International Trade Export Champions 2021

      17th June 2021

      Geolytix are proud to announce that we have recently been recognised as ‘Export Champions’ from the UK’s Department for International Trade.

    • Working in an International Community

      Working in an International Community

      28th April 2021

      Virtually working from home has been a change a lot of people have had to get used to in the past year. So imagine how tough it is to tackle that along with multiple time zones... Coco, based in China, discusses the perks (and challenges) of being part of a team spread across the globe

    • Geolytix - Going Global

      Geolytix - Going Global

      28th April 2021

      As Geolytix has been recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade in April 2021, we look at our successes as a small but global company.

    • Apprenticeship Reflection

      Apprenticeship Reflection

      17th March 2021

      After joining the team in August 2019, I have completed my Level 4 Analyst apprenticeship and was awarded a Distinction. I thought it would be time to reflect on my time at Geolytix so far.

    • MAPP shortlisted for best Business Intelligence & Analytics Solution at the Cloud Awards 2020

      MAPP shortlisted for best Business Intelligence & Analytics Solution at the Cloud Awards 2020

      27th January 2021

      GEOLYTIX MAPP has been shortlisted for the Clouds Award 2020. Having grown considerably in the last 5 years, our bespoke predictive location intelligence and mapping tool is now used by many major retailers, leisure and F&B operators globally. We're eagerly anticipating the announcement next month

    • Happy New Year

      Happy New Year

      13th January 2021

      2020 was tough for all, but we hope 2021 offers some brighter news.

    • Historic England - High Street Heritage Action Zones

      Historic England - High Street Heritage Action Zones

      21st October 2020

      How can you use data to identify ‘similar’ locations? For retailers, looking for areas similar to those with high performing stores, this may be a simple enough task. Counts of surrounding population, competition and demographic data lend themselves well to similarity modelling.

    • Geolytix scoop the ‘Data for Environment’ top spot at the Data IQ Awards

      Geolytix scoop the ‘Data for Environment’ top spot at the Data IQ Awards

      1st October 2020

      “Because once Green Spaces are lost, they are lost forever” - Fields in Trust

    • COVID-19, Community Spirit, Colleague Support and Candy

      COVID-19, Community Spirit, Colleague Support and Candy

      19th March 2020

      It’s not often that I get involved in blogs for Geolytix and you won’t hear much from me in the future but I thought I would take the opportunity to write one on this occasion. It's mainly to promote the difference that an enjoyable working environment & team can make to the wellbeing of its people.

    • Geolytix in The House. Helping the Co-op support Wellbeing in the Community

      Geolytix in The House. Helping the Co-op support Wellbeing in the Community

      6th March 2020

      On Tuesday Blair, Dan and Jasmin attended the parliamentary launch of the Co-op Community Wellbeing Index at the House of Commons. Geolytix worked in partnership with the Co-op to develop this index which aims to quantify the wellbeing of communities.

    • Life as an Apprentice

      Life as an Apprentice

      17th February 2020

      Geolytix were looking for their first apprentice. Becca was looking for an alternative route to university.

    • Geolytix Down Under

      Geolytix Down Under

      30th October 2019

      Geolytix is officially open for business in Melbourne, Australia!

    • Geolytix is Small but Global

      Geolytix is Small but Global

      28th October 2019

      I’ve been following Geolytix with interest since it was founded back in 2012.

    • Unveiling SLA China (Society for Location Analysis, China)

      Unveiling SLA China (Society for Location Analysis, China)

      12th September 2019

      Twenty-four previous, current, future location planners from around the globe gathered on Wednesday 11th Sept 2019 in Xin Tian Di, Shanghai, and unveiled our own new communities – Society for Location Analysis, China.

    • Coming Out as a Part Timer

      Coming Out as a Part Timer

      19th August 2019

      Part time working doesn’t work for professional occupations, right?

    • From Ahmedabad to Zibo

      From Ahmedabad to Zibo

      18th May 2018

      It’s gone unbelievably quickly but we are now six months in to our Asia Pacific adventure with Geolytix offices now up and running in Tokyo and Shanghai.

    • Official Chop! GEOLYTIX China opens its doors

      Official Chop! GEOLYTIX China opens its doors

      25th April 2018

      GEOLYTIX announces its official registration in China; the country with largest population and second largest economy! We now have our chop…

    • Geolytix Leeds

      Geolytix Leeds

      29th November 2017

      We are pleased to announce the opening of our second UK office.

    • MAPIC – what’s it all about?

      MAPIC – what’s it all about?

      23rd November 2017

      Last week Sarah and I were lucky enough to exhibit at MAPIC in Cannes with ESRI, one of our long-standing partners.

    • FOSS4G Boston 2017

      FOSS4G Boston 2017

      8th September 2017

      From August 13th – 19th Dennis & Kerst flew to Boston to take part in the annual FOSS4G conference – thanks GEOLYTIX!

    • We’ve nearly outgrown our favourite Curly Whirly cake

      We’ve nearly outgrown our favourite Curly Whirly cake

      7th July 2017

      We were delighted to welcome Agata and Dan to our growing team last month.

    • We’re still telling our customers where to go – a year in the world of location planning and network strategy

      We’re still telling our customers where to go – a year in the world of location planning and network strategy

      30th March 2017

      Whilst for many 2016 was heavily tainted by Brexit and Trump, for Geolytix it has been a year of establishing our European and Global Strategy.

    • Happy New Year!

      Happy New Year!

      8th January 2017

      So we have survived our first work week of 2017 – even if it was only 4 days.

    • FOSS4G 2016 – Bonn

      FOSS4G 2016 – Bonn

      30th August 2016

      Last week Geolytix touched down in Bonn for the 2016 FOSS4G.

    • Location Planning and Data Analytics firm Geolytix win Queen’s Award for Enterprise

      Location Planning and Data Analytics firm Geolytix win Queen’s Award for Enterprise

      1st July 2016

      London-based Geolytix have today won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for creating innovative spatial algorithms that help retailers profitably attract and serve customers in a complex multi-channel world.

    • Samantha’s Week One – Back to Maps…

      Samantha’s Week One – Back to Maps…

      14th October 2015

      It’s been a buzz so far! I’ve been reminded of the power of data and a map together. Once combined questions that seemed unanswerable are suddenly simple.

    • National Business Awards Double Finalists

      National Business Awards Double Finalists

      25th July 2014

      Geolytix announced as double awards finalist

    • A year in and I’m still being the Customer

      A year in and I’m still being the Customer

      1st November 2013

      The move from corporate life to helping build a start-up business is not insignificant – but what a year it’s been!

    • Sarah Hitchcock joins Geolytix

      Sarah Hitchcock joins Geolytix

      12th October 2012

      Geolytix is delighted to welcome Sarah Hitchcock to the team.

    • Blair's Story

      Blair's Story

      1st October 2011

      When I was four, while my nursery friends drew dragons, butterflies and castles, I drew maps. I mainly drew maps of fantastical treasure islands, I still do.