# nyc-certified-business-records

> https://nyc-certified-business-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **the SBS account number (digits)**.
Format: ^[0-9]{3,8}$
Entities: 11809

## Source

- Origin: New York City Department of Small Business Services — SBS Certified Business List (NYC Open Data)
- URL: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/ci93-uc8s
- Last collected: 2026-10-01
- Re-use: NYC Open Data — public data published by the City of New York under its Open Data terms of use (attribution: Department of Small Business Services)

## Access points

Every HTML page has a Markdown twin at the same path with the `.md` extension. Example: `/how-to-read/` -> `/how-to-read.md`. Links inside the Markdown files already point to the twins.

Search index, served as JSON with open CORS:

- `https://nyc-certified-business-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://nyc-certified-business-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [identifier, name, city, state, type]
- `https://nyc-certified-business-records.pages.dev/d/r/<fragment>.json` — records; fragment = hash of the identifier: h = 0, then for each character h = (h*31 + character code) modulo 4096; in hexadecimal on 3 digits
- `/sitemap.xml` — every page

These paths are **version 1** and will not change without notice. Bulk access, an availability guarantee or a change feed goes through `/pro/`.

Indexable pages: 11

## What this site is NOT

- This is not the official register and does not replace consulting it.
- Holding a licence is the minimum legal requirement, not a quality mark.
- One record per certified business.
- Owner details in the source are not republished.
- Not found is not 'not certified'.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

Owners' names, phone numbers, ethnicity, street and mailing addresses and client names in the city's file are not republished.