Geotab

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Geotab Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Telematics
Founded2000
Headquarters Oakville, Ontario
Area served
North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa
Key people
Neil Cawse (CEO)
Website www.geotab.com   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Geotab Inc. is a Canadian technology company headquartered in Oakville, Ontario. The company develops and markets telematics hardware and software for use with motor vehicles. [1] The company's products are primarily used for fleet management, including on-board diagnostics, electronic logging, route optimization, accident data recording and CO2 emissions reporting.

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Geotab was founded in 2000 by Neil Cawse, the CEO of the company. [2] Its primary customers are private and public sector fleets. Geotab sells its products to end users mainly through a global network of third-party resellers. [3] As of 2023, the company’s products have over 4 million subscriptions by customers in 160 countries. [4]

Geotab’s core product lines are the GO device and MyGeotab software as a service (SaaS) platform. The GO device connects to the OBD port of a motor vehicle and transmits diagnostics and location information (obtained via a built-in GPS receiver) over commercial cellular networks in real-time. This information can then be viewed or analyzed using the MyGeotab platform. The MyGeotab platform and GO device also support extensibility through a software development kit (SDK) and an on-device expansion port.

History

The company was founded in North America in 2000 by Neil Cawse, the current CEO.

2000-2009 Early years

2010-2019: MyGeotab, the Geotab Marketplace and global expansion

2020-present: EV fleet management tools

Awards and recognition

Geotab was ranked the leading Commercial Telematics provider in the world in 2019, 2020 and 2022 by ABI Research. [42] [43] [44] Geotab was also ranked the leading Commercial Video Telematics provider in 2023 by ABI Research. [45]

In 2023, Geotab received the “Best Commercial Vehicle Innovator” award from Canadian Business magazine. [46]

Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in North America, eight times (2010-2014, 2017-2019). [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54]

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