Geotab

The company was founded in North America in 2000 by Neil Cawse, the current CEO.

• 2000: CEO Neil Cawse established Geotab Canada in Oakville, Ontario.[5]  
• 2002: The GO2 fleet management device was introduced to the market.
• 2010: Launched GO4 version 3 with more memory and accelerometer data, supported all protocols in one hardware, Geotab was officially named Garmin’s Fleet Management Partner,[6] Geotab launched their fleet management software, MyGeotab.[7]
• 2011: The GO5 hardware plug-and-play device was launched.[8]
• 2012: Sprint signs as partner.[9]
• 2013: Geotab launched the first telematic NFC Driver ID Key Solution,[10] Geotab launched their partnership with Navistar Inc. for Remote diagnostics,[11] Geotab launched their partnership with PassTime.[12]
• 2014: Geotab announced GO7 new commercial telematics solution. Geotab announced their J1939 integration with the Mobileye 560 (Mobileye’s Advanced Driver Assistance System),[13] Enterprise Fleet Management announces partnership with Geotab,[14] Geotab and Telefonica announce a working partnership.[15]
• 2015: O2 (United Kingdom) signs as partner,[16] Geotab launched their Marketplace, which complements their pre-existing MyGeotab platform.[17]
• 2016: Geotab defeats two IP trolls: Rothschild Location Technologies[18] and Orthosie.[19]
• 2017: T-Mobile partners to sell SyncUP FLEET,[20] Registered "Geotab Cloud ELD" (Electronic Logging Device) that works on Android and iOS and connects the GO device with the app via cloud-based servers, The US Department of Homeland Security issues a blanket purchase agreement to Geotab.[21]
• 2018: Registers 1 million subscribers,[22] Geotab launched the GO8 device, data.geotab.com and the MyGeotab app, AT&T signs as a partner.[23]
• 2019: Geotab launched the GO9 device,[24] Geotab was awarded the world’s largest telematics contract by General Services Administration (GSA),[25] Geotab locations expanded with new offices in China, Australia, Italy and France.  
• 2020: Registers 2 million subscribers,[26] Geotab launched its Public Works Solution in North America,[27] Geotab achieved FedRAMP authorization for its cloud-based telematics platform,[28] Geotab achieved ISO 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System,[29] Geotab unveiled Geotab Keyless, one of the world’s first platform that integrates a secured digital key function with a comprehensive and data-driven fleet management product.[30]
• 2021: Geotab launched their advanced electricity demand management, Geotab Energy,[31] Geotab releases an upgraded GO9+ device, including Wi-Fi connectivity,[32] Geotab surpassed 2,000 government customers, connecting over 250,000 government vehicles,[33] Geotab expanded its business operations into Southeast Asia by opening an office in Singapore.[34]
• 2022: Geotab surpassed 3 million global subscribers.[35]

In 2009, Geotab USA, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware and is owned by Geotab Inc, headquartered in Oakville, Ontario. Geotab USA has offices in Las Vegas, NV. Another subsidiary, Geotab GmbH, has a presence in Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, the UK and France. In 2015, Geotab acquired Strategic Telecom Solutions.[36] In 2018, Geotab acquired time-of-use EV charging software FleetCarma.[37][38] The following year, Geotab acquired BSM Technologies,[39][40] and Intendia.[41]

Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in North America, eight times in the last 10 years (2010-2014, 2017, 2018, 2019).[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in Canada four times (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014). In 2014 and 2017, Geotab was a recipient of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ Leadership Award.[50] In 2020, Geotab was named one of Canada’s Enterprise Fast 15 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ awards.[51]

Geotab’s CEO, Neil Cawse, was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. Geotab was awarded Oakville’s Large Business of the Year in 2016.[52] GreenFleet awarded Geotab for IT Innovation in fleet technology in 2017.[53] In 2020, Geotab placed no. 210 on Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list.[54]

In 2018, Geotab was recognized as Frost & Sullivan’s North American Company of the Year in the commercial fleet telematics industry.[55] In 2018 and 2020, Geotab ranked on Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies Growth 500.[56][57] Geotab was also recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.[58][59][60][61] In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Geotab became a certified Great Place to Work in Canada,[62] as well as a Great Place to Work in the USA in 2018, 2019 and 2020.[63]

Geotab was presented Oakville’s 2019 Business Icon Award.[64] Geotab was also ranked the number one Commercial Telematics vendor in the world in 2019 and 2020 by ABI Research.[65][66]