City of Philadelphia

Business Improvement Districts

Geographic boundaries for Philadelphia's 15 Business Improvement Districts (BID) are available, encompassing the University City District and Sports Complex District. Each record includes the district's name, an identifier, and its spatial polygon geometry.

Example records
Namelegal entityEmailwebsitePhonephone numberWebsitewebsiteObjectididentifierNotesadditional dataCollectionswebsiteBill NumberregistrationExpiration DatetemporalUpdate DatetemporalOrdinationwebsiteShape Areageospatial
SOUTH ST/HEADHOUSE DISTRICTeleanor@southstreet.com(215) 413-3713southstreet.com16office@southstreet.com2307832027/12/31 00:00:00+002024/07/01 00:00:00+00https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?504919.953125
ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONcharrisse@roxboroughpa.com(215) 508-2358roxboroughpa.com15charrisse@roxboroughpa.com2209402033/06/30 00:00:00+002024/07/01 00:00:00+00https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?1118713.50390625
PORT RICHMOND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISEstevej@manufacturingonline.org(215) 948-9285facebook.com/PRIDE1913414stevej@manufacturingonline.org2203652027/12/31 00:00:00+002024/07/01 00:00:00+00https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?713682.390625
Use cases

Commercial Real Estate Underwriting by District Boundary

A commercial lender evaluating a property loan checks whether the collateral falls within an active BID, when that BID expires, and how large its geographic footprint is to assess whether organized district management and associated foot traffic support the property's income assumptions.

NameExpiration DateShape AreaShape LengthBill Number

Vendor Outreach Targeting for B2B Sales

A payments or point-of-sale company building a pipeline of small business corridors uses BID contact information and district boundaries to prioritize outreach to district managers who can facilitate bulk merchant introductions across a defined geography.

NameEmailPhoneWebsiteShape Area

Fraud Pattern Mapping Against Known Business Corridors

A fraud analyst at a bank investigating clusters of disputed transactions overlays BID boundaries against flagged merchant locations to determine whether fraud is concentrated within a specific organized commercial district, which may indicate a compromised point-of-sale network or coordinated scheme.

NameShape AreaShape LengthExpiration DateCollections
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