Now Covering 100+ US Cities

Business License Requirements. One API Call.

Stop spending hours researching .gov websites. Get a complete compliance checklist for any business type in any US city - with fees, deadlines, and renewal schedules.

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Business Type:

POST /requirements REQUEST

POST https://api.bizcomplianceapi.com/v1/requirements
Authorization: Bearer bc_live_abc123
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "business_type": "restaurant",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA"
}

200 OK RESPONSE

{
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "business_type": "restaurant",
  "requirements": [
    {
      "name": "Business License",
      "agency": "SF Office of the Treasurer",
      "fee": 91,
      "renewal": "annual"
    },
    {
      "name": "Seller's Permit",
      "agency": "CA CDTFA",
      "fee": 0,
      "renewal": "none"
    },
    {
      "name": "Health Permit",
      "agency": "SF Dept of Public Health",
      "fee": 685,
      "renewal": "annual"
    }
  ],
  "total_initial_cost": 776,
  "total_annual_cost": 776
}

100+ US Cities 50 Business Types 4,200+ Requirements Mapped

The Gap

Where Does Your Business Compliance Solution Live?

Today, you either spend hours doing it yourself or pay enterprise prices. We built the middle ground.

DIY Research

! Hours of manual .gov research per city
! Incomplete - miss county or federal requirements
! No renewal tracking - fines sneak up
! Info goes stale - regulations change quarterly
! Does not scale past 1-2 locations

BizComplianceAPI

$49-499/mo

✓ Complete requirements in one API call
✓ City + county + state + federal coverage
✓ Renewal monitoring with webhook alerts
✓ Verified quarterly against .gov sources
✓ Scales to unlimited locations via API

Managed Services

$1,000+/yr

x Harbor Compliance, CorpNet, etc.
x Enterprise pricing - $1,000+ per entity/year
x No API - manual portal only
x Overkill for SaaS platforms and apps
x Multi-week onboarding process

Features

Everything You Need for Business Compliance

Built for developers who need structured compliance data at scale.

📋

Complete Requirements Lookup

Every license, permit, and registration required by jurisdiction - city, county, state, and federal level. No more guesswork.

📚

NAICS-Based Taxonomy

50 standardized business categories mapped to NAICS codes. Send a business type, get exact requirements - no ambiguity.

🔔

Renewal Monitoring

Webhook alerts at 60, 30, and 7 days before deadlines. Never miss a renewal and avoid late fees or license lapses.

🌎

Multi-Jurisdiction Support

City, county, state, and federal requirements in a single response. One call covers every layer of government.

💰

Cost Estimation

Total initial setup cost plus annual renewal costs calculated automatically. Help your users budget for compliance from day one.

✅

Quarterly Verification

Requirements verified against source .gov sites every quarter. Data freshness you can count on - not a static database.

How It Works

Three Steps to Full Compliance

Integrate in minutes. No compliance expertise needed.

Send Business Type + Location

POST your business type (e.g., "restaurant") and location (city + state). We handle the rest.

Get Complete Requirements

Receive a structured list of every license, permit, and registration - with fees, issuing agencies, documents needed, and deadlines.

Subscribe to Renewal Monitoring

Opt in to webhook alerts for renewal deadlines. We notify you at 60, 30, and 7 days before each expiration - never miss a deadline.

Use Cases

Built For Platforms That Serve Businesses

Embed compliance intelligence directly into your product.

🏢

For Business Formation Platforms

Embed a compliance checklist right after incorporation. Show your users exactly which licenses and permits they need - before they ask. Reduce support tickets and increase post-formation revenue.

🏦

For Banking Apps

Surface business compliance requirements during small business onboarding. Identify missing licenses before account approval. Add value with proactive compliance alerts for existing customers.

📈

For Franchise Operations

Automate multi-location compliance across cities and states. Get a per-location requirements matrix for new franchise openings. Track renewals across your entire portfolio from one dashboard.

Pricing

Simple, Predictable Pricing

Start small, scale as you grow. Early bird pricing locked for life.

Starter

$49 $10 /mo forever

100 checks/month

10 requests/min

All US jurisdictions
JSON + CSV response
Email support

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Frequently Asked Questions

Each response includes a full list of required licenses, permits, and registrations for your business type and location. For each requirement, you get the name, issuing agency, initial fee, renewal fee, renewal frequency, required documents, estimated processing time, and a direct link to the application. You also get total initial and annual cost estimates.

We currently cover 100+ US cities, including all major metro areas (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco, etc.) and growing. We prioritize cities by new business formation volume. If your target city is not covered yet, let us know - we typically add new cities within 2-3 weeks.

Our data is sourced directly from official .gov websites and verified quarterly by our compliance research team. We track fee changes, new requirements, and regulatory updates. Each requirement entry includes the source URL and last-verified date so you can confirm independently. We aim for 99%+ accuracy on active requirements.

When you subscribe a business to renewal monitoring, we track all its license and permit expiration dates. We send webhook notifications at 60, 30, and 7 days before each deadline. You configure your webhook endpoint once, and we deliver structured JSON payloads with the business ID, requirement name, expiration date, and renewal instructions. The add-on costs $3/business/month.

We support 50 standardized business categories mapped to NAICS codes, including restaurants, retail stores, salons, food trucks, construction, professional services, healthcare, real estate, ecommerce, and more. You can pass either our category name or a NAICS code. Use the GET /business-types endpoint to see the full list with descriptions.

Yes. When you join the waitlist, you will get early access that includes a generous free trial period. No credit card required. You can test the API with real data for your target cities and business types before choosing a paid plan.

Harbor Compliance is a managed service - they handle filings for you at $1,000+/entity/year. BizComplianceAPI is a data API - we tell you exactly what is required, but you handle the filings. This makes us 10-100x cheaper and perfect for platforms that want to embed compliance info into their own products. If you need someone to file for you, Harbor is great. If you need compliance data at scale, that is us.

Yes. A single API call returns requirements from all relevant jurisdictions: city, county, state, and applicable federal requirements. For example, a San Francisco restaurant query returns the SF business license (city), California seller's permit (state), SF health permit (city), food handler certifications (state), and any applicable federal requirements like EIN registration.

The default response format is JSON. Pro and higher plans can also request CSV format by setting the Accept header to text/csv. The JSON schema is fully documented with OpenAPI/Swagger specs available in our developer docs. Every response includes metadata like request ID, timestamp, and data freshness date.

We verify all requirements quarterly against official .gov sources. When we detect regulatory changes (fee updates, new permits, process changes), we update our database within 5 business days. Each requirement in the API response includes a last_verified_date field so you always know how fresh the data is. Critical changes (new requirements, removed requirements) are flagged in our changelog feed.

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