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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.

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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 August 20, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    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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