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    Basic Business License in Last 30 Days

    Metadata Updated: January 28, 2026

    In order to operate legally in District of Columbia, most businesses must get a Basic Business License (BBL) from the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP). The Basic Business License (BBL) Program streamlines District of Columbia business licensing procedures. The BBL groups licenses by the type of business activity and regulatory approvals required.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 28, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 28, 2026
    Publisher Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a9ac9f8d9d1546e8bd6610b48cb29810&sublayer=1
    Data First Published 2015-04-29T17:24:50.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-27T05:50:39.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id b8394f3a-3c42-4c06-aeb7-6eb76741a400
    Harvest Source Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::basic-business-license-in-last-30-days
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.1196,38.7915,-76.9090,38.9959
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 51fbe773cb06f8b7087c8aa839e0c72f6ca3a8245292269b5d4410de4d99420c
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -77.1196, 38.7915, -77.1196, 38.9959, -76.9090, 38.9959, -76.9090, 38.7915, -77.1196, 38.7915}

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