Company:Esri

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Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
Esri
TypePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1969; 57 years ago (1969) in Redlands, California, U.S.
Founders
  • Jack Dangermond[1][2]
  • Laura Dangermond
Headquarters
Redlands, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
49
ProductsArcGIS, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro
Revenue$1.1 billion (2014)[3]
Number of employees
3,800 (2016)[4]
Website{{{1}}}

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., doing business as Esri (/ˈɛzriː/),[5] is an American geographic information system (GIS) software company headquartered in Redlands, California.[6] It is best known for its ArcGIS products. With 45% market share as of 2015, Esri is one of the world's leading suppliers of GIS software, web GIS, local intelligence, and geodatabase management applications.[7][8][9]

Founded in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm, Esri currently has 49 offices worldwide including 11 research and development centers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific.[10][11] There are 10 regional U.S. offices and over 3,000 partners globally, with users in every country and a total of over a million active users in 350,000 organizations. These include Fortune 500 companies, most national governments, 20,000 cities, all 50 US States and 7,000+ universities. The firm has 4,000 total employees, and is privately held by its founders.[12][13][14] Strategic partners include Microsoft, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, and SAP, among others.[15][16][17] In a 2016 Investor's Business Daily article, Esri's annual revenues were indicated to be $1.1 billion.[18]

History

In 1969, Esri was founded by the couple, Jack and Laura Dangermond, as Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), in Redlands, California. Esri was established when the couple started working on the technology to integrate human development with environmental stewardship at Harvard University’s lab for computer graphics and spatial analysis in the early 1960s. Inspired by the early mapmaking software in development at the lab, Jack and Laura Dangermond conceptualized using computer-powered mapping and analysis for complex problem-solving.[19][20]

The company released Arc/Info, the first commercial GIS program, containing maps attached to relational database. In the late 1990s, Esri reengineered Arc/Info and developed it into a modular and scalable GIS platform. Esri then switched from providing contract mapping services to developing mapping software products. The first ArcGIS software offering (8.1) was announced at the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) in 2000. ArcGIS 8.1 was officially released on April 24, 2001.[21][22]

Products

Main article: Software:ArcGIS

Desktop GIS

As of October 2024, the company's desktop GIS suite is ArcGIS Pro 3.3.2, with the older ArcGIS Desktop (or ArcMap) version 10.8.2 in mature support (to be fully retired in March of 2026). The older ArcGIS Desktop consisted of several integrated applications, including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox, ArcScene, and ArcGlobe. Esri's main desktop, or thick client, application is ArcGIS Pro which is slowly replacing the former main components of ArcGIS Desktop: ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox. Esri's desktop products allow users to author, analyze, map, manage, share, and publish geographic information.

ArcGIS Pro was introduced in early 2015 as a modern and fully 64-bit application with integrated 2D and 3D functionality.[23] The product suite is available in three levels of licensing:[24] Basic (formerly called ArcView), Standard (formerly called ArcEditor) and Advanced (formerly called ArcInfo). Basic provides a basic set of GIS capabilities suitable for many GIS applications. Standard, at added cost, allows more extensive data editing and manipulation, including server geodatabase editing. Advanced, at the high end, provides full, advanced analysis and data management capabilities, including geostatistical and topological analysis tools. Additionally, ArcGIS is compatible with following OGC standards: WFS, WCS, GFS and various others.


Server GIS

Server GIS products provide GIS functionality and data deployed from a central environment. ArcGIS Server is an Internet application service, used to extend the functionality of ArcGIS Desktop software to a browser based environment. It is available on Solaris and Linux as well as Windows. ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) is used as a relational database connector for other Esri software to store and retrieve GIS data within a commercially available database: currently, it can be used with Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2, Informix and Microsoft SQL Server databases. It supports its native SDE binary data format, Oracle Spatial, and ST_geometry. ArcIMS (Internet Mapping Server) provides browser-based access to GIS. As of ArcGIS 10.1, ArcIMS has been deprecated in favor of ArcGIS Server, but there are still many instances of ArcIMS (10.0 and older) in production environments.

Mobile GIS

Mobile GIS conflates GIS, GPS, location-based services, hand-held computing, and the growing availability of geographic data. ArcGIS technology can be deployed on a range of mobile systems from lightweight devices to PDAs, laptops, and Tablet PCs. The firm's products for this use include Collector for ArcGIS, Survey123 for ArcGIS, ArcGIS QuickCapture and more. Former products and applications in this category included ArcPad and ArcGIS for Mobile.[25]

Online GIS (ArcGIS Online)

ArcGIS includes Internet capabilities in all Esri software products. The services, provided through ArcGIS Online at www.arcgis.com, include web APIs, hosted map and geoprocessing services, and a user sharing program. A variety of basemaps is a signature feature of ArcGIS Online. The Esri Community Maps program compiles detailed user basemap information into a common cartographic format called Topographic Basemap.[26]

Data formats

Vector

Raster

Esri Technical Certification

The Esri Technical Certification program was launched in January 2011.[27] The program provides an exam based certification for Esri software. The core groups for the certification include Desktop, Developer, and Enterprise.[28]

Conference

The company hosts the Esri International User Conference, which was first held on the Redlands campus in 1981 with 16 attendees. The 44th User Conference was held in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center from July 15th - 19th, 2024. In 2022, 31,590 users from 142 countries attended either in person or digitally.[29][30]

Philanthropy

Sign at the 2025 AAG conference indicating the session was sponsored by ESRI

Esri provides low-cost access to ArcGIS software via special programs.[31] The company has provided free access to ArcGIS Online to over 100,000 K-12 schools in the U.S. as part of Barack Obama’s ConnectED initiative.[32] Esri sponsors the Esri Young Professionals Network, which seeks to help GIS professionals after graduation in their careers.[33]

Since 1994, Esri’s Disaster Response program has supported response and recovery for crises including the Northridge earthquake, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 9/11, the space shuttle Columbia crash, COVID-19, the Baltimore bridge collapse, and New Mexico's fires and floods.

Esri is involved with the American Association of Geographers and hosts workshops and educational sessions.[34] They sponsered the student center at the 2025 national conference.[35]

Conservation and sustainability

In 1989, Esri created the Esri Conservation Program to assist in changing the operations of non-profit organizations for their objectives of nature conservation and social change. Esri’s ArcGIS platform has provided GIS data, analytics software, and training to thousands of non-profit organizations and individual conservation projects since 1993.[36]

In 2017, Esri began a partnership with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to create a data hub, Federated Systems, based on Esri's ArcGIS platform. The data hub will allow countries to measure, monitor, and report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a geographic context.[37][38]

In 2019, Esri partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to develop tools to help communities map and manage their surrounding ecosystems using GIS software. In 2022, they partnered again to publish a book “Local Voices, Local Choices,” to describe the success of the Tacare approach to community-led conservation.[39][40][41]

See also

References

  1. ↑ harvardgazette (2011-10-13). "The Invention of GIS" (in en-US). https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/the-invention-of-gis/. 
  2. ↑ "Jack Dangermond". Forbes. July 18, 2023. https://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-dangermond/?sh=4acb7b0c6c6e. 
  3. ↑ Heltt, Miguel. "The Godfather of Digital Maps". https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2016/02/10/the-godfather-of-digital-maps/#77731a736598. 
  4. ↑ "Esri Named on Forbes Best Midsize Employers List". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/esri-named-forbes-best-midsize-135100557.html. 
  5. ↑ Schutzberg, Adena (2010-03-23). "ESRI "Transitioning" Pronunciation of its Name". http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/esri-transitioning-pronunciation-of-its-name/162035. 
  6. ↑ "Activity-Based Intelligence Comes of Age in Modern Warfare". Aviation International News. June 20, 2017. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2017-06-20/activity-based-intelligence-comes-age-modern-warfare. 
  7. ↑ "Update: Esri has 40+% of GIS Marketshare". Directions Magazine. http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/esri-has-40-of-gis-marketshare/215188. 
  8. ↑ "Jack Dangermond" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-dangermond/. 
  9. ↑ "Report: Esri Has 43 Percent Share of GIS Market" (in en-US). 2015-03-02. https://www.gpsworld.com/report-esri-has-43-percent-share-of-gis-market/. 
  10. ↑ "Esri and ArcGIS". Harvard Digital Initiative. November 12, 2019. https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit/submission/esri-and-arcgis/. 
  11. ↑ "Bentley Systems: Important Player In The GIS Software Industry". Seeking Alpha. July 27, 2022. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4526224-bentley-systems-important-player-gis-software-industry. 
  12. ↑ "Contact Esri". Esri. http://www.esri.com/about-esri/contact#outsideUS. 
  13. ↑ "About Esri : Locations". Esri. https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/about-esri/locations. 
  14. ↑ "About Esri : Company". Esri. https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/about-esri/company. 
  15. ↑ "Fact Sheet". ESRI. https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/media-relations/fact-sheet. 
  16. ↑ "GIS in Our World". Esri Website: Company Facts. http://www.esri.com/company/about/facts.html. 
  17. ↑ "The Growing Partnership between Esri and Autodesk" (in en). https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/the-growing-partnership-between-esri-and-autodesk. 
  18. ↑ Howell, Donna (2009-08-14). "Jack Dangermond's Digital Mapping Lays It All Out". Investor's Business Daily. http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=503454. 
  19. ↑ harvardgazette (2011-10-13). "The Invention of GIS" (in en-US). https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/the-invention-of-gis/. 
  20. ↑ "LEGACY HERO: Jack Dangermond, Redlands, California (2019)" (in en-US). https://lalh.org/about-lalh/preservation-heroes/legacy-hero-jack-dangermond-redlands-california-2019/. 
  21. ↑ Kraetzig, Sebastian Walczak & Nikita Marwaha (2024-07-26). "History of GIS | ESRI - A Pioneer in GIS Technology" (in en-US). https://geoawesome.com/history-of-gis-esri-a-pioneer-in-gis-technology/. 
  22. ↑ "Press Release -- ArcGIS 8.1 Now Shipping". 2001-05-07. http://www.esri.com/news/releases/01_2qtr/arcgisshipping.html. 
  23. ↑ "ArcGIS Pro – Reinventing Desktop GIS". 27 January 2015. https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/3d-gis/3d-gis/arcgis-pro-reinventing-desktop-gis/. 
  24. ↑ "Buy ArcGIS for Desktop". http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop/pricing. 
  25. ↑ "Mobile GIS App Development". WebMapSolutions. http://www.webmapsolutions.com. 
  26. ↑ "Free Mobile app for ArcGIS Online". WebMapSolutions. http://www.webmapsolutions.com/arcgisonline. 
  27. ↑ "Earn the New Esri Technical Certification". Esri. http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/technical-cert.html. 
  28. ↑ "Technical Certification". Esri. http://training.esri.com/certification/. 
  29. ↑ "The 2022 EsriUC by the numbers - Attendees, sponsors, speakers, stickers and much more!". Esri. July 22, 2022. https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-partner-network-blog/the-2022-esriuc-by-the-numbers-attendees-sponsors/ba-p/1195049. 
  30. ↑ "2017 ESRIUC by the Numbers – facts, stats, and numbers of interest". GEO Jobe. 2017-07-17. https://www.geo-jobe.com/events/2017-esriuc-by-the-numbers-facts-stats-and-numbers-of-interest/. 
  31. ↑ "Esri for Nonprofits". https://www.techsoup.org/esri?srsltid=AfmBOoq5nM3-rwlSk9Su2zW47PnA2F_wAuNhFLNMarxc1-gSPmOkKlzJ. 
  32. ↑ Chen, Liyan. "Billionaire Jack Dangermond's Esri Pledges $1 Billion Of Mapping Software To America's K-12 Schools" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2014/05/27/billionaire-jack-dangermonds-esri-pledges-1-billion-of-mapping-software-to-americas-k-12-schools/. 
  33. ↑ Boone, Rosemary (1 October 2025). "Esri Young Professionals Network". AAG Newsletter (American Association of Geographers). https://www.aag.org/helping-students-bridge-the-gap-from-student-to-gis-professional-how-esri-ypn-supports-educators/. 
  34. ↑ "Esri Workshops and Presentations @ AAG '24". ESRI. https://community.esri.com/t5/higher-education-docs/esri-education-sessions-and-activities-at-aag-2024/ta-p/1407181?attachment-id=79029. 
  35. ↑ "2025 AAG Annual Meeting". American Association of Geographers. https://www.aag.org/events/aag2025/. 
  36. ↑ "Esri Conservation Program – SCGIS UA – Natute Conservation with GIS" (in en). https://scgis.org.ua/projects/arcgis/. 
  37. ↑ "GIS Technology Will Help Power United Nations' New Global Data Hub | Sensors and Systems" (in en-US). https://sensorsandsystems.com/gis-technology-will-help-power-united-nations-new-global-data-hub/. 
  38. ↑ "Esri will help power the UN's new global Data Hub" (in en-US). 2017-12-12. https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/esri-technology-will-help-power-united-nations-new-global-data-hub/. 
  39. ↑ "Esri, Jane Goodall Institute partner to protect ecosystems - GPS World" (in en-US). 2019-07-10. https://www.gpsworld.com/esri-jane-goodall-institute-partner-to-protect-ecosystems/. 
  40. ↑ Member, Staff (2019-07-08). "Esri and the Jane Goodall Institute Partner to Provide Community Mapping Tools to Protect Nature • Workflow" (in en-US). https://workflowotg.com/esri-jane-goodall-institute-partner-community-mapping-tools/. 
  41. ↑ Nappier, Terri (2022-10-17). "Inspiring hope through action - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis" (in en-US). https://source.wustl.edu/2022/10/inspiring-hope-through-action/. 
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