Professional License Transactions by Type and Jurisdiction

Counts of original, renewal, and reinstatement transactions for professional licenses. Data covers from July 2020 through the last complete month. The dataset is published by data.wa.gov.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal trends in license renewals using Transaction Date and Transaction Type columns.
• Compare licensing activity across different professions using Professional Area and Count columns.
• Assess geographic distribution of new license issuances using State, County, and Transaction Type columns.
• Model reinstatement rates for specific License Types such as realtor or security guard.

Strengths

• Data includes three distinct Transaction Types (original, renewal, reinstatement).
• Covers multiple Professional Areas and geographic jurisdictions (State, County).

Limitations

• Exact row count and sample size are unknown.
• Data begins in July 2020, lacking historical context prior to that date.
• Potential geographic bias as the publishing organization is data.wa.gov.

Provenance

Source

data.wa.gov

Collection Method

Administrative records from a state Department of Licensing.

Time Range

July 2020 through the last complete month.

Freshness

Updated monthly, with last update in March 2026.

Geography

Likely Washington State, USA, based on publisher; specific State column may contain other jurisdictions.