Animated Store and Office Location Maps for Business Videos

A company video often needs one map: where we are. Head office, branches, stores, warehouses, partners. You can turn that list into an animated map with the map animation maker, with lines from the head office to each site and points that pulse when they appear.

TL;DR

Short version: An animated business location map shows your sites one after another, so viewers understand your footprint in a few seconds. The common layouts are hub and spoke (lines from the head office to each branch), a store rollout (points appearing city by city, often in the order they opened) and a regional view (countries or regions filled where you operate). In Animaps you type your list of places as a sentence, or you build the steps: Fly to, Label with a pulsing marker, Route for the lines, Land for the filled countries. Export an MP4 in 16:9 for presentations and websites, or 9:16 and 1:1 for social posts.

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Where Business Location Maps Are Used

A still map with dots does the job in a document. In a video, an animated map holds attention, and the order in which sites appear tells a story: where you started, and how you grew.

Three Layouts That Work

1. Hub and spoke

One head office in the center. A line draws from it to each branch, one after another. Each branch gets a pulsing point and its name. This layout says "we are connected", and it suits logistics, service networks and companies with one strong HQ.

2. Store rollout

No lines. Points appear on the map in the order the sites opened, with the year on screen. The camera starts close on the first city, then pulls out as the network grows. This layout says "we grew", and it suits retail, restaurants and franchises.

3. Regional footprint

Whole countries or regions fill with your brand color, one after another. Use it when you sell in countries rather than cities, or when a city level map would show too many points.

Build a Hub and Spoke Map, Step by Step

Example: a company with a head office in Amsterdam and branches in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Milan.

Or type the whole map as one prompt:

The AI builds the steps, and you edit any of them by hand before you export. The AI map prompts guide shows more ways to phrase a prompt.

More Prompts to Copy

Dark map of the United States. Show our stores appearing one by one in the order they opened: Austin 2015, Dallas 2017, Houston 2018, Denver 2020, Phoenix 2022, Atlanta 2024. Show the year next to each city. Zoom out as the list grows.

Fill Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Poland in dark blue, one after another, then add the text "Now shipping to 5 countries".

Start close on our warehouse in Rotterdam, then draw lines to Antwerp, Hamburg and Le Havre, with a pulsing point at each port.

Make It Look Like Your Brand

Tips for Clear Location Maps

Moving Things Between Sites

For logistics videos, a route can carry a 3D vehicle model along the line, such as a car, a ship or a plane. Animaps has 921 3D models and uses one by default when the route's travel mode has one. Sea routes avoid land, and road routes follow real roads. The 3D map animation article shows how depth and models look.

FAQ

How do I make a map of all our office locations? List the cities, then add one Label per site and one Route line from the head office to each branch. Or type the list as one sentence and let the AI build the steps.

Can the points pulse? Yes. The Label marker can pulse, and a route can end with a pulse ring on arrival.

Can I use my brand colors? Yes. Each line, fill and marker takes its own color.

Can I put my company logo on the map? The simplest way is your video editor: add the logo on top of the exported video.

Which format should I export for a presentation? 16:9 MP4 fits slides and websites. Use 1:1 or 9:16 for social posts.

For more ways to draw lines between places, see travel map animation. For pacing and shapes, read the map video maker guide.