This dataset includes business licence records from 2013 to May 3, 2024 with original categories (BusinessType).
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.
Business licences dataset includes business licence records from 2024 onwards with their new categories (BusinessType).
Business licences 1997 to 2012 dataset remains the same.
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.
There is a small chance that a licence number has been used twice. Licence RSN is an unique identifier.
Business licences issued to out of town (outside of City of Vancouver) addresses do not have coordinates and will not show up on the map. Not all City of Vancouver addresses have coordinates.
A small percentage of businesses are issued with a replacement licence in a displayed year due to changes or when business type names were retired during mid-year.
Address data of some selected business types was not disclosed to provide privacy protection.
There may be addresses that do not return coordinates in the geoding process. These records will appear in the Table view but not on the Map.
Liquor License Application business type does not have Issued Date or Expired Date information because it is interim application for a valid business licence.
There may be some loss of quality from data entry errors.