Occupational Business Licenses in Orleans Parish

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.