# Peter-Frans Pauwels

> Peter-Frans Pauwels is co-founder of TomTom. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, TomTom.

Peter-Frans Pauwels founded Palmtop Software, later renamed TomTom, in 1991 with Pieter Geelen, a fellow student at the University of Amsterdam, where he had studied business and computer science.

## What Peter-Frans builds

- [TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.md), graded C, 54.9/100, in Maps, geocoding & places. Search, Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding, Routing, Matrix Routing, Reachable Range, EV routing and live traffic, plus map tiles. Co-founder, TomTom, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Corinne Vigreux](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/corinne-vigreux/), Co-founder and CMO, TomTom
- [Harold Goddijn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/harold-goddijn/), Co-founder and CEO, TomTom
- [Pieter Geelen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pieter-geelen/), Co-founder, TomTom

## Questions

### Who is Peter-Frans Pauwels?

Peter-Frans Pauwels founded Palmtop Software, later renamed TomTom, in 1991 with Pieter Geelen, a fellow student at the University of Amsterdam, where he had studied business and computer science.

### What does TomTom make?

Anchor Terminal lists TomTom Maps APIs + MCP from TomTom. Search, Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding, Routing, Matrix Routing, Reachable Range, EV routing and live traffic, plus map tiles.

### How are Peter-Frans's tools graded?

TomTom Maps APIs + MCP is graded C, 54.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://docs.tomtom.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomTom
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Goddijn
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Vigreux
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Geelen
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter-Frans_Pauwels

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