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.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

100

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Content security

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

MaxMind published findings on August 26, 2026, indicating that close to half of chargebacks analyzed from minFraud clients were associated with some form of anonymizer, compared to roughly a fifth of ordinary transactions, based on data examining fraud-coded chargebacks reported back to the company showing signs of anonymization. Previously, on June 28, 2026, MaxMind updated its "How accurate is IP geolocation?" post, acknowledging that the visible IP is often a CDN edge, corporate proxy, VPN exit, privacy relay, or shared mobile/CGNAT gateway, exposing geolocation blind spots. Earlier, on May 19, 2026, 51Degrees offered its IP Intelligence as a drop-in replacement for MaxMind GeoLite2 or IPInfo, designed for modern internet conditions. This follows the March 30, 2026, release of `ip_geo_lookup`, a zero-dependency Ruby gem for resolving IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to country, region, and city coordinates, which ships with an embedded MaxMind GeoLite2 MMDB database and a pure Ruby MMDB reader. On March 4, 2026, MaxMind provided responses to eleven essential questions for prospective IP intelligence and geolocation data providers, offering context on reducing liability and legal risk in case of non-compliance.

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

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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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Aug

26th

2026

06:30

B2B Tag, Business Fraud

What MaxMind chargeback data shows about residential proxies

We examined transactions that minFraud clients reported back to us as chargebacks, and analyzed what share of the fraud-coded ones showed signs of anonymization, and which kinds. Close to half of chargebacks in our analysis were associated with some form of anonymizer, versus roughly a fifth of ordinary transactions.

MaxMind

Jun

28th

2026

02:11

B2B Tag

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.

Brander Group

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.

51Degrees

Mar

30th

2026

13:20

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

ip_geo_lookup

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.

RubyGems

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.

Maxmind

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.

Gigwise

Jan

26th

2026

16:16

Emerging Tech

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

Client-side

Jan

25th

2026

13:00

B2B Tag

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.

Iplocation

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.

Chinese Software Developer Network

Jan

5th

2026

14:09

B2B Tag

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.

Newsy Today

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.

Iplocation

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.

Railway

MaxMind's customers primarily consist of enterprise connectivity services and video processing and playout companies. Examples of MaxMind's customers include Ateme and Proximus Global.