City of New York

Consumer and Worker Protection Inspections

Name: Consumer and Worker Protection Inspections
Creator: City of New York

Inspections of New York City businesses and licensed vehicles, conducted by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Each record includes the business name, street address, city, state, zip code, and an additional business identifier.

Example records

Namebrand	Street Addressaddress	ZIP Codeaddress	Cityaddress	Stateaddress	Alternate Namelegal entity

Use cases

Vendor Due Diligence for Regulated NYC Businesses

A fintech lender onboarding a small business applicant checks whether the business holds a valid DCWP certificate, has a history of passed inspections, and has no recent violations before extending a credit line.

NameCertificate NumberInspection ResultInspection DateIndustry

Fraud Signal Detection for Insurance Underwriting

A commercial insurance underwriter flags businesses with repeated inspection failures or lapsed certificates at the same address as elevated risk before binding a policy, since a pattern of non-compliance can indicate operational instability or misrepresentation.

Street AddressNameInspection ResultInspection DateCertificate Number

Geographic Market Sizing for B2B Sales Targeting

A payments company building a sales pipeline for NYC licensed businesses uses industry classification and borough-level inspection records to estimate the number of active, compliant merchants in specific neighborhoods and prioritize outreach by density.

IndustryBoroughInspection ResultNeighborhood Tabulation Area (Nta) (2020)Latitude