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Sygic

Logo: Eurowag, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Slovak automotive navigation technology company

Sygic ( SYE-jik) is a Slovak GPS navigation software company based in Bratislava. Founded in 2004, it develops navigation software for smartphones, commercial vehicles and automotive applications. Sygic became the first company to offer navigation for the iPhone and the second for Android.2 It is part of Eurowag.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1
  • HeadquartersBratislava1
  • Websitewww.sygic.com
  • Legal formakciová spoločnosť1
  • LEI315700433AZC4BUWZ1303
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressTwin City C, Mlynské nivy 16, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 358920303

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Sygic ( SYE-jik) is a Slovak GPS navigation software company based in Bratislava. Founded in 2004, it develops navigation software for smartphones, commercial vehicles and automotive applications. Sygic became the first company to offer navigation for the iPhone and the second for Android. By 2017, its navigation apps had been downloaded more than 200 million times worldwide.2

Corporate structure

Sygic is part of a group headed by W.A.G Payment Solutions. 10 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • W.A.G Payment Solutions London, United Kingdom
    • Eurowag 100% · Praha 4, Czechia
      • Princip a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha 4, Nusle, Czechia
      • W.A.G. Issuing Services, a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Praha, Czechia
      • W.A.G. payment solutions HU Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (W.A.G. payment solutions HU Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság) Subsidiary · 100% · Budapest, Hungary
      • Princip Subsidiary · Czechia
      • Reamon Tax Subsidiary · Czechia
      • W.A.G. Issuing Services Subsidiary · Czechia
      • W.A.G. payment solutions HU Subsidiary · Hungary
    • Sygic 70% · Bratislava, Slovakia

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was founded in 2004 by Michal Štencl, Martin Kališ, and Peter Pecho, with Michal Štencl serving as company CEO. In 2018–2024, the CEO was Martin Strigac. From January 1, 2025, Štefan Jančiga took the position of Sygic's General Manager.

In 2009, Sygic became the first company worldwide to offer GPS navigation for iPhone.

Sygic navigation app reached 100 million downloads in 2015.

In 2016, Sygic made an acquisition of Czech startup Tripomatic to expand its services to travel planning and travel management.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sygic, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Apr 15, 2019Parent Directly consolidated by W.A.G Payment Solutions3
  2. 2004Founded Founded1

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