MaxMind

MaxMind

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MaxMind is a privately owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2002, with approximately 100 employees, the company reported $11.7M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in IP geolocation and online fraud protection.

Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

100

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Content security

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

MaxMind updated its "How accurate is IP geolocation?" post on June 28, 2026, acknowledging that visible IP addresses are often CDN edges, corporate proxies, VPN exits, privacy relays, or shared mobile/CGNAT gateways, which can expose geolocation blind spots. Previously, on May 19, 2026, 51Degrees positioned its IP Intelligence as a direct replacement for applications reading MMDB files from MaxMind GeoLite2 or IPInfo. Earlier, on March 30, 2026, a new lightweight, zero-dependency Ruby gem called `ip_geo_lookup` was released, which ships with an embedded MaxMind GeoLite2 MMDB database and a pure Ruby MMDB reader. This followed MaxMind providing its responses within a compiled list of eleven essential questions for IP intelligence and geolocation data providers on March 4, 2026, to help reduce liability and legal risk. On February 24, 2026, a beginner's guide was published explaining how IP geolocation translates an IP address into a rough physical location.

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MaxMind offers 2 products in the ad tech and services and media tech industries. MaxMind's product portfolio comprises of content security and ad measurement and verification.

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MaxMind's revenues were less than $25M in 2024. Caretta Research has split MaxMind's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is geolocation, VPN and subscriber fraud detection. For full access to MaxMind's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jun

28th

2026

02:11

MaxMind’s Update Exposes Geolocation Blind Spots

MaxMind updated its “How accurate is IP geolocation?” post on 2 Feb. 2026, and the useful part is the admission baked into the page title. The visible IP is often a CDN edge, a corporate proxy, a VPN exit, a privacy relay, or a shared mobile/CGNAT gateway.

May

19th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Migrate from MaxMind or IPInfo to 51Degrees in five edits

If your app already reads an MMDB file, you know the pattern. One library, one lookup call. The file might come from MaxMind GeoLite2 or IPInfo, but the code is identical either way. 51Degrees IP Intelligence is a drop-in replacement, built for the Internet as it is today, not the one we had in 2010.

Mar

30th

2026

13:20

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

A lightweight, zero-dependency Ruby gem for resolving IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to country, region, city, coordinates, and more. Ships with an embedded MaxMind GeoLite2 MMDB database and a pure Ruby MMDB reader - no external gems, no API keys, no setup.

Mar

4th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Eleven essential questions to ask IP geolocation vendors

If you’re considering partnering with an IP intelligence and geolocation data provider, it’s important to gain an understanding of their practices and processes to help reduce your liability and legal risk in case of non-compliance. We have compiled a list of eleven questions to ask any prospective data supplier, and have provided context as to why each question matters as well as the response from MaxMind to make it as easy as possible to compare data partners.

Feb

24th

2026

03:21

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

What Is IP Geolocation and How It Works: A Beginner’s Guide

Every device that touches the internet leaves tiny digital breadcrumbs behind. Chief among them is the IP address, a string of numbers that acts like the mailing label of your connection. With a clever bit of database matching, that label can be translated into a rough physical location.

Jan

26th

2026

16:16

3 Tips - The fastest way to comply with PCI DSS requirements 6.4.3 & 11.6.1

TL;DR Companies need to detect VPN traffic to prevent bypassing local laws like Texas HB1181 and Florida HB3 There are 2 major methods to detecting VPN traffic today: Static IP list based detections Inspecting indicators

Jan

25th

2026

13:00

IP Geolocation Actually Fixes Game Localization

First thing a player sees shouldn’t be a mystery box of wrong words. IP geolocation fixes that in under a second. Grabs the IP, maps it to a country, sometimes a city, and boom – the game knows enough to pick Spanish for Mexico, yen for Tokyo, reais for São Paulo—no endless dropdown hell.

Jan

7th

2026

18:30

In-depth Review of Financial-Grade IP Offline Databases: IP Data Cloud vs IPnews vs MaxMind

[Translated] In scenarios with extremely high requirements for data accuracy and security, such as financial risk control, anti-fraud, and government and enterprise security, the precise analysis of IP addresses is the cornerstone of building a business defense line.

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Jan

5th

2026

14:09

US Address Form: State & Zip Code

The Future of Location Data: Beyond Shipping Addresses For years, the seemingly simple request for a state and zip code during online checkout was primarily about getting your package to you. But the data collected – and the increasing granularity of location information demanded – is rapidly evolving.

Dec

25th

2025

13:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

How Accurate Is IP Geolocation and Why Results Can Differ

IP geolocation is useful, but it is not GPS IP geolocation tries to infer a real-world location from an IP address. That is very different from GPS, which is measured by a device. An IP address is primarily a routing identifier assigned and reassigned by networks, not a permanent marker glued to a home or a person.

Dec

15th

2025

18:30

Hosting Postgres with GeoLite2: a practical guide to IP geolocation, data loading, and updates

IP geolocation maps IP addresses to physical locations: countries, cities, coordinates. MaxMind's GeoLite2 is the standard free database for this, used by analytics platforms, content localization systems, fraud detection tools, and compliance workflows. You can query GeoLite2 through MaxMind's binary format (MMDB) or load it into Postgres for SQL access.

Dec

5th

2025

00:00

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