District of Columbia Corporate Registration Records

Corporate registration records from the District of Columbia's Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. The dataset includes business entity details such as file number, entity status, business name, address, and report filing dates. It is maintained by the DC Corporations Division as the official Office of Corporate Registrar.

Use Cases

• Analyze entity status distribution and trends using the effective date and latest report date filed fields.
• Map business locations and density across the District using the business address and locale fields.
• Track corporate compliance by examining the next report year and latest report year filed for each entity.
• Identify foreign corporations operating in DC by filtering on the foreign date of organization field.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the official District of Columbia Office of Corporate Registrar, ensuring authoritative sourcing.
• Includes multiple data formats (CSV, GEOJSON, API) for flexible access and analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY license, allowing for broad reuse and distribution.

Limitations

• The exact number of records (rows) and specific data columns are not documented in the input.
• Sample data is unavailable, making it difficult to assess data structure and quality prior to download.
• The description does not specify the time range covered by the records, limiting temporal analysis.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, United States