How to read these records

Account and location

The City gives each business an account number (the certificate number) and one record per location. The location ID joins the account, the location and the certificate.

Open

A record is shown when the file has no end date for the business name or the location and the City has not closed it administratively. Many businesses stop without telling the City.

Two start dates

“Business name in use since” is the start of the name; “At this location since” is the start at this address.

Industry

The NAICS code the business reported itself. It is not checked by the City, and many records have none.

What is not here

Individuals, and any name without a company word (Inc, LLC, Corp, Co…). The owner's name, which this site never downloads. Mailing addresses. Tax amounts. Closed locations.