City of New York

Consumer and Worker Protection Licensed Vehicles

Name: Consumer and Worker Protection Licensed Vehicles
Creator: City of New York

DCWP issues license plates and/or decals to sightseeing buses, tow trucks, pedicabs and horse drawn cabs. This data set features all active vehicles licensed by DCWP. Maintained by the City of New York.

Example records

Namelegal entity	Alternate Namebrand	Stateaddress

Use cases

Vendor Legitimacy Check for Fleet Operators

A logistics company or event organizer contracting with a sightseeing bus or tow truck operator verifies that the vendor holds an active DCWP vehicle license before signing a service agreement, reducing exposure to unlicensed operators.

NameAlternate NameState

KYB Entity Matching for Commercial Insurance Underwriting

A commercial auto insurer underwriting a policy for a pedicab or tow truck fleet cross-references the applicant's legal name and trade name against DCWP licensing records to confirm the business is authorized to operate and to detect name discrepancies that may indicate misrepresentation.

NameAlternate NameState

Out-of-State Operator Screening for Fraud Detection

A fraud analyst at a payments or lending platform flags businesses registered outside New York that hold NYC vehicle licenses, investigating whether the state of registration aligns with claimed business addresses and tax filings to detect shell or front entities.

NameState