Financial Services in Belgium from OpenStreetMap, Including Banks and ATMs

OpenStreetMap data for Belgium contains points of interest tagged with the `amenity` key for financial services, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data to HDX, with a last update timestamp of 2026-06-26 01:51:32.524417. Coverage likely reflects volunteer mapping activity, which may be denser in urban areas.

Use Cases

• Map financial service accessibility for inclusion studies based on the described amenity types.
• Plan cash distribution networks based on the locations of ATMs and banks.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of economic infrastructure based on the geospatial point data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly lists financial service types: banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Coverage is described as potentially sparse in remote areas, reflecting volunteer mapper bias.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged via the `amenity` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 01:51:32.524417; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Belgium