Cincinnati Business License Records with Geospatial Attributes

Business license records for the City of Cincinnati, covering categories such as Amusement Games, Antique Dealers, and Massage Services. The dataset is processed and published daily by the city's Treasury Division and Office of Performance and Data Analytics. It includes administrative data with added geocoding and neighborhood information.

Use Cases

• Analyze license distribution across NEIGHBORHOOD and COMMUNITY_COUNCIL_NEIGHBORHOOD using LATITUDE and LONGITUDE for mapping.
• Forecast municipal REVENUE_CODE trends based on LICENSE type, QUANTITY, and EFFECTIVEFROM dates.
• Identify business density and types by joining on PARCELID for land-use analysis.
• Track license validity periods and renewal rates using EFFECTIVEFROM and EFFECTIVETO columns.

Strengths

• Includes geocoded location data with LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, and PARCELID for spatial analysis.
• Contains 24 columns detailing business, financial, temporal, and administrative attributes.
• Processed with address verification and addition of administrative areas like police districts.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical significance.
• Temporal coverage (time_range) is unspecified, making trend analysis over time uncertain.

Provenance

Source

Treasury Division, City of Cincinnati Department of Finance.

Collection Method

Licenses processed by the Treasury division, with standard processing by the Office of Performance and Data Analytics including address verification and geocoding.

Freshness

Daily

Geography

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.