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Basic Business Licenses

Metadata Updated: August 20, 2025

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.

Access & Use Information

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 August 20, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DC data

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date August 20, 2025
Publisher Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
Maintainer
Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=85bf98d3915f412c8a4de706f2d13513&sublayer=0
Data First Published 2018-01-05T14:17:31.000Z
Data Last Modified 2025-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
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
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Harvest Source Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
Harvest Source Title DC data
Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::basic-business-licenses
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 499f92787e3bfd8691aea1c0ece52a846ad74e2c20a7e4cd41d98afeca5bee45
Source Schema Version 1.1
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