Business licences 2013 to 2024

This dataset includes business licence records from 2013 to May 3, 2024 with original categories (BusinessType). ​Under Licence By-Law No.4450, a valid business licence is required in order to operate a business in the City of Vancouver. A business licence can be obtained from the City's Licence Office and is valid for the remainder of the​ calendar year unless stated otherwise. Note ​​This is a new dataset containing busine​​​​ss licence records from 2013 to May 5, 2024 with original categories (BusinessType). Business licences dataset includes business licence records from 2024 onwards with their new categories (BusinessType). Business licences 1997 to 2012 dataset remains the same. Effective May 6, 2024, the City streamlined its business licence categories, consolidating over 500 categories into fewer than 100. Learn more about this update Business licences | City of Vancouver .​ ​Effective April 12, 2018, the business license dataset, including historical data files from 1997 forward to the current year, has been updated for home-based businesses. The City has removed the business address from the home-based business license category.​​ Data currency ​This dataset is static.…

Publisher
City of Vancouver
Resources
1
Catalogue metadata updated
2025-04-22

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CSV
File languages
English
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1 loadable resources · 1 mapped resources

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