District of Columbia

DC Alcohol License Cancellations

ABCA liquor license cancellations. Cancellations are processed at the request of the licensee or administratively when a licensee fails to pay annual and renewal fees. Data is updated as ABCA completes renewal and annual payment cycles. Maintained by the District of Columbia.

Example records
NamebrandAlternate Namelegal entityZIP CodeaddressStreet AddressaddressXgeospatialYgeospatialObjectididentifierLicenseregistrationSmdgeographicClassclassificationTypeindustryCancellation Datetemporal
HeatIl Padrino, LLC200021025 H STREET NE-8570678.79274707355.33353914ABRA-127695CTavern2024/11/06 00:00:00+00
Kitchen CrayKitchencray H LLC200021301 H STREET NE-8570273.40794707349.68323913ABRA-113864CRestaurant2024/08/14 00:00:00+00
Old City 1 CafeOld City 1 LLC200021307 H STREET NE-8570257.03134707361.43273912ABRA-124035CRestaurant2024/10/09 00:00:00+00
Use cases

KYB Screening for Alcohol-Related Vendor Onboarding

A fintech platform onboarding a hospitality business as a merchant checks whether the entity holds a valid liquor license or has had one cancelled, and whether the cancellation was voluntary or due to non-payment, to assess financial reliability before extending credit.

Alternate NameLicenseCancellation DateReasonType

Commercial Real Estate Vacancy Intelligence

A commercial real estate broker tracking retail turnover in DC neighborhoods cross-references cancelled liquor licenses against street addresses to identify recently vacated food and beverage locations that may be available for re-leasing.

Street AddressZIP CodeCancellation DateTypeMar Ward

Fraud Pattern Detection Across License Filings

A compliance investigator at a licensing data aggregator flags legal entities that appear in both active license records and cancellation records across multiple addresses, looking for patterns where the same LLC repeatedly obtains and loses licenses due to fee non-payment.

Alternate NameLicenseReasonCancellation DateStreet Address