New York City Licensed Trade Waste Haulers

New York City's Business Integrity Commission provides a list of companies authorized to collect and remove commercial trade waste under Local Law 42 of 1996. Each record represents a licensed entity approved to operate within the city. The dataset includes application details, license status, and geographic information for these haulers.

Use Cases

• Map licensed haulers by BORO, COMMUNITY BOARD, and COUNCIL DISTRICT using LATITUDE and LONGITUDE for spatial analysis of service coverage.
• Analyze license status and renewal patterns by tracking EXPIRATION DATE, RENEWAL, and DISPOSITION DATE for compliance monitoring.
• Identify service types offered by haulers using columns like ORGANIC WASTE SERVICES PROVIDED and AUTHORIZED RECYCLING COLLECTION TYPE.
• Link business entities across systems using the unique BIC NUMBER or property identifiers like BBL and BIN.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (LATITUDE, LONGITUDE) for location-based analysis.
• Contains a unique identifier (BIC NUMBER) for reliable entity tracking.
• Covers multiple license status and service type dimensions with 27 distinct columns.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset completeness and representativeness.
• Sample data unavailable, making initial data quality and schema validation difficult.

Provenance

Source

Business Integrity Commission, City of New York (data.cityofnewyork.us).

Collection Method

Collected from entities applying to operate as licensed trade waste haulers.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-03, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

City of New York, with fields for BORO, COMMUNITY BOARD, and COUNCIL DISTRICT.