Business Improvement District Locations and Attributes for Washington D.C.

Geospatial data on Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and a Community Improvement District (CID) in the District of Columbia. The dataset contains location boundaries and attributes for 12 BIDs, first authorized under the 1996 Business Improvement Districts Act. It is managed by the District of Columbia Department of Small and Local Business Development and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map BID jurisdictional boundaries for spatial analysis of commercial zones using the geospatial geometry data.
• Analyze the distribution and number of BIDs (12 total) to assess coverage of commercial areas in Washington D.C.
• Study the attributes of specific BIDs like Downtown, Georgetown, or NoMa for comparative urban economic research.
• Integrate BID location data with property tax or business license datasets to model the impact of self-taxing districts.

Strengths

• Covers 12 distinct Business Improvement Districts in a major U.S. city.
• Sourced from authoritative public records including legacy GIS data and real property records.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ArcGIS REST API for flexibility.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count for individual geographic features or records.
• Sample data and specific column names (attributes) are unavailable for preview.
• Geographic scope is limited exclusively to the District of Columbia.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia government.

Collection Method

Jurisdictions identified from public records including websites, legacy GIS data, and real property records.

Time Range

Data reflects districts established since the 1996 Act; specific temporal coverage of attributes is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

District of Columbia, Washington D.C., USA.