A list of contractor licenses issued for registry assessment and remediation within New York State. The dataset includes business details, license status, and compliance flags such as debarment and wage assessments. It is provided by data.ny.gov and was last updated on April 3, 2026.
Use Cases
- Flagging ineligible contractors for public bids using Business has been debarred, Debarment End Date, and Business has outstanding wage assessments (from 30+ available columns).
- Analyzing contractor business types and locations for market studies using Business Type, State, City, and Zip Code (from 30+ available columns).
- Tracking license validity and renewal cycles for compliance audits using Issued Date, Expiration Date, and Status (from 30+ available columns).
- Verifying worker protections and insurance coverage using Business has Workers Compensation Insurance and Business is exempt from Workers Compensation Insurance (from 30+ available columns).
Strengths
- Dataset includes over 30 columns detailing business, license, and compliance status.
- Provides specific compliance flags like debarment dates and wage assessments for contractor vetting.
- Data is georeferenced via the Georeference column for potential spatial analysis.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Likely collected by the Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement for contractor registration.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-03 09:02:11; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York State, United States