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# March-2026 Release Notes

☘️ Lucky you: March's data refresh has arrived, right on time.

# [Places](https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places) Highlights

* **2022 NAICS code columns** → added three additional columns to support the 2022 NAICS codes 📈
* **Improved auto network relationships** → improved mapping of POIs to auto networks via category tags 🚗
* **104 new brands** across **99** countries :tada:

## **2022 NAICS Codes Columns**

We now support 3 new columns that reflect the [2022 NAICS codes:](https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places-base-attributes#categorization-of-poi) `naics_code_2022` , `top_category_2022` ,  and`sub_category_2022`. Our current columns `naics_code`, `top_category`, and `sub_category` are all based on 2017 NAICS and will remain the same. Contact your Account Manager if you'd like to add the new 2022 columns!

## **Improved Auto Network Relationships**

We revamped how we handle auto shops' association with networks. We removed 4 brands (`Pronto Auto Parts`, `[Pronto] Auto Pride`, `Federated Auto Parts`, and `Federated Car Care Center`) and instead added these values as category tags, which better reflects the relationship of shops with these networks. `Pronto Network`, `Federated Auto Care`, and `TechNet` category\_tag values are now available to distinguish POI that are part of these networks. 🚗

## **Places Growth**

This month, SG Places totals **76,042,222 POIs** (including POIs with/without geometry, closed POIs, and parking lots) - a net increase of 423,684. The increase comes from our source updates, new brands, and targeted coverage work. Country standouts & top NAICS gains:

* **United States: +79k POIs** 🇺🇸
  * `naics_code` = 72251 (Restaurants and Other Eating Places): **+58k POIs**🥘
  * `naics_code` = 447190 (Gasoline Stations): **+16k POIs** ⛽
  * `naics_code` = 445120 (Convenience Stores): **+15k POIs** 🏪
* **Great Britain: +13k POIs** 🇬🇧
  * `naics_code` = 447190 (Gasoline Stations): **+8k POIs**  ⛽
  * `naics_code` = 722511 (Full-Service Restaurants): **+3k POIs** 🍝

Of course, you can always visit our [Places Summary Stats](https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places-summary-statistics) to find more details on our continued growth.

### **Brands**

This month, we added a grand total of **104 brands** across **99 countries** including:

* **Benefit Cosmetics BrowBar** (`SG_BRAND_74c9a16195257c53`) - **1,338 POIs** 💄
* **Amoco** (`SG_BRAND_a72049a07f6224c9`) - **1,007 POIs** ⛽
* **TurboTax** (`SG_BRAND_63aef508b3601d42`) - **570 POIs** 🏦

:eyes: Are we missing a brand or country? :eyes: Please let us know [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXeH2AesJShaJ9pySJno71znUWdBGiN2VaNVxzFJ37GssZfQ/viewform)

#### **Brand Openings and Closings**

* We rely on POI metadata to track store openings and closings, and we are especially interested in understanding open/close dates for branded POIs. It can take more than a month to infer open/close dates, so we report brand open/close metrics on a one month delay.
* In this release, we flagged **312** brands with at least one store closure in February 2026 and **1642** brands with at least one store opening in February 2026. [Learn more about our open/close columns here](https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places-rich-attributes#determining-poi-openclose-opened_on-closed_on-tracking_closed_since).

### **Drops** ⬇️

* We are ingesting many sources and due to source changes and processing changes, Placekeys do drop over time. In this release, we dropped **628,902** Placekeys (**243,512** branded and **385,387** non-branded).