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    Basic Business Licenses

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 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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    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC opendata json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2025
    Publisher Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2018-01-05T14:17:31.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
    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 35240a53-6f59-4643-a181-df09cfde77fb
    Harvest Source Title DC opendata json
    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 c61938923e2b98886984e5f80b172e8ddf7d9a11d41cda6c92ec85653e1a420b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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