City of New York

Other Tobacco Products Licenses

Name: Other Tobacco Products Licenses
Creator: City of New York

Licenses for wholesale dealers of tobacco products, excluding cigarettes, issued by New York City. Each record includes the business name, street address, city, state, zip code, and phone number of the licensee.

Example records

Namebrand	Street Addressaddress	Cityaddress	ZIP Codeaddress	Phonephone number	Stateaddress

Use cases

Wholesale Tobacco Vendor Onboarding Check

A fintech platform onboarding a new merchant in the tobacco distribution space checks whether the applicant holds a valid NYC wholesale tobacco license before extending payment processing services, using the business name and address to confirm the entity is a known, licensed operator.

NameStreet AddressZIP CodeState

Illicit Trade and Unlicensed Dealer Detection

A tobacco manufacturer's compliance team cross-references their distributor list against this license registry to flag any wholesale buyers who lack a valid NYC license, identifying potential gray-market or unlicensed resellers in their supply chain.

NameStreet AddressCityZIP Code

Commercial Insurance Underwriting for Tobacco Retailers

An insurance underwriter evaluating a business owner's policy for a tobacco wholesaler uses the license data to verify the applicant's address and operating status, reducing the risk of insuring an entity that is not recognized as a legitimate licensee by the city.

NameStreet AddressZIP CodePhone