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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 | Data is archived by year with the current year provided as live feed and updated as licenses are issued. |
| Available free online | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| Available free of charge | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, JSON, KML, SHP | |
| findable | 4 | District of Columbia Open Data DC |
| findable_steps | Search keywords business or business license | District of Columbia Open Data DC |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov. |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Government of the District of Columbia | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov. |
| characteristics | Business name, Business address, Contact information, Business type | |
| location | https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2012, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2013, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2014, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2015, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2016, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2017, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/basic-business-license- - Basic Business License 2018 | Data is archived by year with the current year updated from a live feed as licenses are issued. |
