Basic Business Licenses in the District of Columbia, Last 30 Days

Basic Business License (BBL) records for entities operating legally in the District of Columbia, sourced from the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP). The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and was last updated on March 25, 2026. It likely contains information on recent business licensing activity within a 30-day window.

Use Cases

• Track recent business formation rates based on license issuance data.
• Analyze the distribution of business types and activities based on license categories.
• Monitor regulatory compliance and licensing procedures for commercial entities.
• Map the geographic distribution of newly licensed businesses based on available geospatial formats.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Multiple file formats are available, including CSV and geospatial formats like GEOJSON and KML.
• Update timestamp is precise to the second (2026-03-25 08:19:04.511922).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP).

Collection Method

Likely an administrative extract from the BBL Program system.

Time Range

Covers licenses from the last 30 days relative to the update date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 08:19:04.511922; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Columbia, Washington D.C.