# nyc-business-license-records

> https://nyc-business-license-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **the DCWP license number (e.g. 0016371-DCA)**.
Format: ^[0-9A-Z-]+$
Entities: 55272

## Source

- Origin: New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection — Issued Licenses (NYC Open Data)
- URL: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w7w3-xahh
- Last collected: 2026-08-20
- Re-use: NYC Open Data terms of use (attribution: NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection)

## Access points

Every HTML page has a Markdown twin at the same path with the `.md` extension. Example: `/how-to-read/` -> `/how-to-read.md`. Links inside the Markdown files already point to the twins.

Search index, served as JSON with open CORS:

- `https://nyc-business-license-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://nyc-business-license-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [identifier, name, city, state, type]
- `https://nyc-business-license-records.pages.dev/d/r/<fragment>.json` — records; fragment = hash of the identifier: h = 0, then for each character h = (h*31 + character code) modulo 4096; in hexadecimal on 3 digits
- `/sitemap.xml` — every page

These paths are **version 1** and will not change without notice. Bulk access, an availability guarantee or a change feed goes through `/pro/`.

Indexable pages: 11

## What this site is NOT

- This is not the official register and does not replace consulting it.
- Holding a licence is the minimum legal requirement, not a quality mark.
- One record per license.
- No individual licensees.
- Not found is not 'unlicensed'.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

No individual licenses; no list of suspended or revoked licenses.