Private company

Tele Atlas

Dutch mapping company

Tele Atlas is a Netherlands-based company founded in 1984 which delivers digital maps and other dynamic content for navigation and location-based services, including personal and in-car navigation systems, and provides data used in a wide range of mobile and Internet map applications. Since 30 July 2008, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of automotive navigation system manufacturer TomTom.² It is headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch.¹ It employed 1,889 people.¹ It ceased to exist in 2011.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1984Founded¹

Industrymapping industry¹
Headquarters's-Hertogenbosch¹
Legal formbesloten vennootschap¹

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Corporate structure

Tele Atlas is part of a group headed by TomTom. 5 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

TomTom Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Tele Atlas 's-Hertogenbosch
- TomTom Global Content B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- TomTom International B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- TomTom Belgium Subsidiary · Gent, Belgium

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.

Products and brands

The company provides maps, some sourced from other mapping companies, covering two hundred countries around the world, providing mapping data and "Map Enhancement Products" such as points of interest and address points. Clients of Tele Atlas include makers of automotive navigation systems as well as mobile and internet companies which provide mapping services. The firm also supplies data to clients in the public and private sectors who rely on geographic information.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tele Atlas, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.³

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

TomTom

Owners

TomTom

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

Etak

In May 2000, Tele Atlas acquired Etak, Inc., a United States-based vendor of automotive navigation system equipment, digital maps, and mapping software, from Sony Corporation, which became Tele Atlas North America. Etak, Inc. ceased to exist as a separate company soon after.

GDT

On 29 April, 2004, Tele Atlas acquired GDT (Geographic Data Technology, Inc.), a digital map supplier in New Hampshire.

TomTom

On 23 July 2007, a €2 billion offer for the company by navigation system maker TomTom was accepted by the Tele Atlas board. This was then trumped by a €2.3 billion offer from US-based rival Garmin on 31 October 2007 initiating a bidding war for Tele Atlas. TomTom responded by upping their bid to €2.9 billion, an offer which was again approved by the board of Tele Atlas. Garmin had been expected to counterbid once again: with Tele Atlas' main global rival Navteq subject to a takeover bid from Nokia, the company had stated that it did not wish both companies to fall into the hands of rivals. However, after striking a content agreement with Navteq through the year 2015, Garmin withdrew its takeover offer, clearing the way for TomTom. On 4 December 2007, TomTom shareholders approved the takeover. The European Commissioner for Competition cleared the takeover in May 2008, and it closed in June.