Applied Geographic Solutions was founded in 1996 by Gary Menger, a geographer who spent years building demographic data and site location models before starting AGS after his previous company was shut down following an acquisition. Our first product, Freeway, was the first commercially available drive time and isochrone generator, and it set the tone for everything built since: practical tools grounded in rigorous geographic modeling.

Today AGS supplies more than 15 data portfolios covering population trends, consumer expenditures, retail potential, crime risk, healthcare, and other socioeconomic variables, all modeled down to the block group level across the United States and Canada. Clients can license a full package or choose only the variables they need, then combine them with other AGS datasets for a solution built around their specific use case.

AGS is led by a small team of seasoned modelers and analysts, several of whom have spent decades in demographic and geospatial data, so clients get direct access to the people who understand the methodology behind the numbers rather than layers of support routing.