Free Address QR Code Generator — Maps, Find Us, vCard

Search your business in Google Maps, confirm it is your verified listing, tap Share and copy the link (or build https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Your+Business,+City). Paste it into EZQR, add your colors and logo, and download PNG for screens or SVG/PDF for large print. The code is free with no watermark and no expiration, and the whole process takes under a minute.

A map URL pointed at your Business Profile. It opens Google Maps on Android, routes cleanly on iPhone, and carries your hours, reviews, and a Directions button. A typed address relies on the geocoder and can miss; a raw geo: coordinate (RFC 5870) is honored inconsistently by iOS. A vCard QR is the right pick only when the goal is saving your business to someone's contacts rather than navigating there now.

It depends on the format and the phone. A Google Maps URL opens the Google Maps app on Android and the app or browser on iPhone. An Apple Maps URL opens Apple Maps on iPhone and a browser on Android. On iOS, a typed address or raw coordinate defaults to Apple Maps. For a mixed public audience, a Google Maps URL is the safest cross-platform choice.

Yes — that's what a Business Profile address QR does. When the scan opens your listing, the Directions button is right there and one tap starts turn-by-turn navigation from the scanner's location. You can also encode a directions URL directly: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=... for Google Maps, or https://maps.apple.com/?daddr=... for Apple Maps.

An address QR encodes a postal street address for a named place — a storefront, office, or venue — usually as a map URL tied to a Business Profile. A location QR is broader and also covers raw GPS coordinates and directions links for places with no street address, like a trailhead or a festival field. Same maps apps, different starting point: a named address versus a coordinate.

Only with a dynamic code. A static address QR encodes the destination directly into the pattern, so changing the address means regenerating and reprinting. A dynamic QR ($5/month Lite plan) encodes a redirect you repoint from the dashboard in seconds — right for a business that may relocate or a yard sign reused across listings. The printed code never changes.

A static address QR keeps working forever — the map URL is encoded directly into the QR pattern, so it never depends on EZQR's servers or any subscription. Only dynamic codes need an active plan for the redirect to resolve. For a building sign or anything you can't easily reprint, use a static code.

Use the 10:1 rule: minimum code size in inches equals the scan distance in feet divided by 10. A yard sign read from about 6 feet needs roughly a 7-inch code; a storefront window decal read from the sidewalk needs 8 cm or more; parking-lot signage read from 15+ feet needs 30 cm or more. Export as SVG or PDF for large print and test at production size before the full run.

With a static code, no — the URL is encoded directly in the pattern and there is no analytics layer. With a dynamic code ($5/month Lite plan), every scan logs timestamp, device type, approximate city, and referrer in your dashboard. That's how you measure whether a yard sign, a mailer, or a storefront decal is actually driving directions requests.

Whichever one the phone defaults to, which you do not control. iOS opens Apple Maps unless the user changed it; Android opens Google Maps. Encoding a plain geo: address rather than a Google Maps URL is what keeps both platforms happy. A Maps-specific link forces one app on everyone.

Coordinates, whenever the address is ambiguous. Business parks, rural properties, festival gates and anywhere with a shared postcode routinely geocode to the wrong pin. Drop the pin yourself and copy the numbers. Your visitor arrives at the entrance rather than the middle of the estate.

Your address opens in the map app offline. Routing needs a connection unless the visitor downloaded the area first. For remote venues, print the address in text beside the code. Signal at a rural gate is where the scan is most needed and least reliable.

Not well, and that is worth planning around. One pin means one destination, so delivery drivers and disabled visitors both get routed to your main door. Give each entrance its own code and coordinates. Label them clearly and the problem disappears.

A static code points at your old premises forever. A dynamic code lets you update the destination the day you move, which is worth it on vehicles, packaging or long-life signage. The alternative is sending customers to a former address for years.

Same job, different starting point. An address code starts from a postal address; a location code starts from a map pin. Use whichever data you hold. Prefer coordinates when precision matters.