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Listing of Active Businesses

All businesses registered with the Office of Finance that have not reported closing: name, DBA, address, mailing address, NAICS, council district, start date

Listing of Active Businesses is published by Los Angeles Office of Finance for Los Angeles, California. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates monthly, last updated 2026-10-15. Reuse: free to reuse. Check status: verified.

UpdatesMonthly
Last updated2026-10-15
ReuseFree to reuse
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About this source

PublisherLos Angeles Office of Finance
Originalhttps://data.lacity.org/d/6rrh-rzua ↗
PlaceLos Angeles, California · city
ShelfHousing, buildings and business
FormatsCSV, JSON, XML, SODA API (Socrata)
Update rateMonthly
Located byStreet address, ZIP, lat/lon, council district, census tract,…
LicenceCreative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication)
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: Los Angeles Office of Finance, “Listing of Active Businesses”, https://data.lacity.org/d/6rrh-rzua, last updated 2026-10-15. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/260 (verified).

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