This dataset includes over 400 thousands business tax certificates registered with the Office of the City Treasurer of the City of San Diego.
Businesses that operate within San Diego must get a business tax certificate issued by the City Treasurer.
Each business is registered with certificate account number, DBA name, owner name, business address, business phone number, account created date, certificate expiration date, etc.
Dataset Information
Subject
Economy and Community
Jurisdiction
City of San Diego, State of California
Data Provider
Office of the City Treasurer, City of San Diego
Source
data.sandiego.gov
Dataset Details
Tax administration is one of the duties of the San Diego City Treasurer and is outlined in the City Charter, San Diego Municipal Code and California Government Code. The City of San Diego assesses a business tax on any business operating within the City of San Diego. All businesses operating in the City of San Diego are required to register for a Business Tax Certificate. The City of San Diego issues a Business Tax Certificate instead of a business license. Issuance of the Business Tax Certificate acknowledges payment of business taxes.
Issuance of the certificate does not authorize the conduct of any illegal or unlawful business or any business activity for which a license or permit is required by state law, county ordinance or the San Diego Municipal Code, including but not limited to police, health, zoning, planning building or engineering permits, or state contractors licenses and the like. The issuance of a Business Tax Certificate shall not relieve an owner or operator from obtaining any licenses or permits that may be necessary under other provisions of law for employees or for operation of the business.
This dataset includes all active and inactive business tax certificates issued since 1990.
The information for each business includes account key, account status (active or inactive), account creation date or certificate issue date, certificate expiration date,
business owner name, ownership type (including Corp - Coporation,H-W - Married, LLC - Limited Liability Co (LLC), LP - Limited Partnership (LP), NO/PRF - Non-profit entity, Partnr-partnership, SCORP - S Corporation, Sole Propriethorship, Trust)
business start date, Doing Business As name, NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) sector, code and description, business street address, council district.
The City of San Diego is committed to the principles of open, accessible, efficient, and transparent government, and the use of technology to help put those principles into practice. On December 17, 2013, the San Diego City Council approved San Diego Resolution R-308684 (Jan. 2, 2014) in support of creating an open data policy.
This policy creates a process for making City data available online using open standards. The City recognizes that making data available online in this manner will promote civic engagement, improve service delivery, allow for more effective communication with the public, and increase opportunities for economic development.
Statistics
The most common businss types among San Diego businesses are Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (8.00%),
All Other Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (4.66%), Janitorial Services (2.71%), All Other Personal Services (1.96%),
Other Personal Services (1.83%), Swap Meet Vendor (1.50%), Beauty Salons (1.49%), Other Activities Related To Real Estate (1.48%),
Management Consulting Services (1.32%), Legal Services (1.18%), Other Direct Selling Establishments (1.14%).
While the vast majority of businesses are located in San Diego (81%) and its neighborhoods La Jolla (2.86%), there are also significant number of businesses in the neighboring cites:
Cula Vista (1.51%), San Ysidro (1.19%), El Cajon (1.11%), La Mesa (0.81%), Spring Valley (0.80%) and Escondido (0.64%).
The total number of licenced businesses noticeably decreased in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic; it dropped by about 50% in 2020 (from about 16,000 in 2019 to 8,000), and gained only slightly in 2021.
In 2022, the number of businesses gets recovered a little bit, but still far below the 2018-2019 level.
We expect to see more businesses being licensed in the upcoming years.