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Business listings provide a directory of all licensed businesses in the municipal area, including key information such as name, address, contact information, and business type. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city economic activity and holding businesses accountable for good corporate citizenship. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, RDF, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 4 | First Google result for "los angeles city business listings" |
| findable_steps | I went to https://data.lacity.org and searched "business listings" | |
| licence_url | https://data.lacity.org/A-Prosperous-City/Listing-of-Ac | In the metadata scroll down to the license information |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | The data can be viewed on the portal and it is easily exportable to clean, usable formats. |
| collector_name | City of Los Angeles Department of Finance | |
| characteristics | Business name, Business address, Contact information, Business type | |
| location | href="https://data.lacity.org/A-Prosperous-City/Listing-of-Active-Businesses/6rrh-rzua" https://data.lacity.org/A-Prosperous-City/Listing-of-Ac">rel="nofollow">https://data.lacity.org/A-Prosperous-City/Listing-of-Ac - City of Los Angeles Open Data Portal |
