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Description
Occupational Business Licenses lists businesses authorized to operate in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, excluding temporary licenses. The dataset includes business names, owner details, start dates, and precise geospatial coordinates for mapping. Data is provided by the city's Bureau of Revenue and is linked to neighborhood and police districts for spatial analysis.
Use Cases
Mapping business density and commercial corridors using Latitude, Longitude, and Neighborhood Organizations.
Analyzing business longevity and startup trends using BusinessStartDate and BusinessName.
Verifying business registration details for compliance using BusinessLicenseNumber, OwnerName, and PhoneNumber.
Conducting demographic or service area analysis by linking business locations to Census - 2010 and Police Districts.
Strengths
Contains precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for mapping.
Includes multiple administrative boundaries for cross-analysis (Police Districts, Council Districts, Census - 2010).
Dataset is maintained across multiple government platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), indicating official use.
Limitations
Row count and total size are unknown across all sources.
Excludes businesses with Temporary Occupational Licenses, limiting completeness.
Last update dates conflict between sources (2026-04-03, 2026-04-05, 2026-04-11), suggesting potential synchronization issues.
Provenance
Source
Bureau of Revenue, City of New Orleans.
Collection Method
Administrative records from the business licensing process.
Time Range
Coverage begins with each business's BusinessStartDate; overall dataset temporal range is unspecified.
Freshness
Last updated on 2026-04-11 04:20:24 according to one Socrata source.
Geography
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.
License type and terms are not specified in the provided metadata.