This dataset includes over 30 thousand licenses issued by Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR),
which regulates and licenses designated businesses, professions, occupations, and other specified activities.
Each Licensee is registered with license type, license number, licensee name, business name, office location, license issue date, etc.
Dataset Information
Subject
Business and Economy
Jurisdiction
State of Rhode Island
Data Provider
Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR)
The Department of Business Regulation (DBR) implements state laws mandating the regulation and licensing of designated businesses, professions, occupations, and other specified activities.
The areas regulated include Banking, Securities, Commercial Licensing, Office of Cannabis Regulation, Gaming and Athletics, Insurance, Accountants and the Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals.
The Department has the following Divisions: Insurance, Banking, Securities and Commercial Licensing, the Office of Cannabis Regulation, State Board of Accountancy, the State Building Commissioner, State Fire Marshal, the Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review, the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors, Board of Examination and Registration of Architects, the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects and the Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board which have been consolidated within the Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals.
This dataset includes all licenses and credentials recorded in the eLicensing system.
The information for each licensee includes license number, licensee name, business name,
issued date, expiration date, office address, etc.
The Rhode Island State Data Plan is a framework for the state's executive branch agencies to engage in a consistent approach to data stewardship, use, and access.
It is beyond just an open data plan, applicable to all data in the custody and control of executive branch agencies, developed in accordance with Section 4-67p of the Rhode Island General Statutes.
The mission of the Rhode Island State Data Plan is to connect the people and processes involved with data to promote communication between, and appropriate integration of, formerly siloed data, teams, and systems. The Plan was created to ensure that data are treated as State assets and managed consistently and appropriately across state government.
The Chief Data Officer (CDO) position was established in 2018 in accordance with Section 4-67p of the Rhode Island General Statutes.
The CDO takes a leading role in operating the state's Open Data Portal.
Statistics
The most popular license types are Real Estate Salesperson (19.54%), Professional Engineer (16.54%), Charitable Organization (13.15%),
Manufacturer (11.59%), Real Estate Broker (5.94%), Architect (5.12%), and Certified Public Accountant (5.04%).
While many of licensees are located in the state of Rhode Island (35.23%), the majority of licensees are out of state. A significant number of licensees have offices in
Massachusetts (16.09%), Connecticut (3.98%), New York (3.94%), California (2.56%), Pennsylvania (2.03%), and Florida (2.01%).
The most popular cities of all licensees are Providence (5.65%), Warwick (4.14%), Cranston (3.08%), Boston (2.16%),
New York (1.97%), Washington (1.82%), and East Greenwich (1.65%).
The total number of licencees have a noticeable increase in recent years. In 2019 and 2020, the number of licensees decreased slightly comparing with 2018 due to the pandemic.
In 2021, the number grows significantly higher than the pre-pandemic years.
We expect to see more individuals and facilities being licensed in the upcoming years.