# data.sf.gov, free, Application token: Business verification API > This dataset includes the locations of businesses that are registered with the Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector in the City and County of San Francisco. data.sf.gov's business verification API on its Application token plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 2 of the 11 key fields we check: Formation date, Principal address. You get as many calls as you like. In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), this plan scores 84.8 out of 100. Half of the 793 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 60 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 793 plans. [Scoris's €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs less up front than EuroValidate's €149 monthly plan. [GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/top-up/llms.txt), [Didit](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/didit/top-up-from-50/llms.txt) and [CompanyData.com](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best business verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country. - This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-sf-gov/free-application-token - [Business verification API: 11 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) - Get it: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - Request: `GET https://data.sf.gov/resource/g8m3-pdis.json` - API key: with the plan, on https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - Its API docs: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.sf.gov/g8m3-pdis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - Sold by: data.sf.gov (https://data.sf.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing) - Checked: 2026-11-03 ## In the answer - Completeness: 18% - Formation date: ✓ - Principal address: ✓ ## Score - Overall score: 84.8 - Price score: 100 - Accuracy score: 93 - Cost to get started score: 77 - Bundle score: 0 ## Price - $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00 - Per: call - Billing: free ## Aggregators - Aggregators: none ## Charges - Also pays for: nothing else ## Not found - $ per 1,000: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: This dataset includes the locations of businesses that are registered with the Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector in the City and County of San Francisco. ## Data - Freshness: 1 day - Countries: United States - Keep data: no limit - Use data: "Except where otherwise stated in the file containing such Data or on the page from which such Data is accessed, including its metadata, Data is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 [...] You hereby understand and agree that You will not take any measures to re-identify the Data or to contact individuals whose information is represented by the Data. You shall not combine the Data with data from any other data sets for the purpose of re-identification. [...] To the fullest extent permitted by law, You shall indemnify and save harmless the City, from any claim, loss, damage, injury or liability of any kind [...] that arise directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Your use of the Data, including without limitation Your use of the Data in a Derivative Work. [...] For certain of the Data, there may be additional terms and conditions that are stated in the file containing such Data or on the page from which such Data is accessed. You understand and agree that You are bound by such additional terms and conditions." ## Plan - Pay: $0 - Enough for: no limit ## Rate limit - Batch: 1 ## Speed - Answer: in the call - Median: 3.17 s ## The call - You send: $q. Optional: $where, $limit, $offset, $order - Method: GET - Path: /resource/g8m3-pdis.json ## About the plan - Plan: Application token - Who can get it: anyone who registers an application token in a Socrata profile ## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold unique ID, business account number, location ID, ownership name, DBA name, street address, city, state, ZIP code, business start date, business end date, location start date, location end date, administratively closed, mailing address, mailing city, mailing state, mailing ZIP code, self-reported NAICS code, LIC code, LIC code description, LIC code descriptions list, parking tax, transient occupancy tax, business location, business corridor, supervisor district, community benefit district, analysis neighborhood, data as of, data loaded at ## data.sf.gov's plans (2) - [data.sf.gov, free, Application token](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-sf-gov/free-application-token/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 day - [data.sf.gov, free, No application token](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-sf-gov/free-no-application-token/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 day ## data.sf.gov's calls (1) - `GET /resource/g8m3-pdis.json`: [data.sf.gov, free, Application token](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-sf-gov/free-application-token/llms.txt) ## data.sf.gov's APIs (2) - [data.sf.gov: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-sf-gov/free-application-token/llms.txt) - [data.sf.gov: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/data-sf-gov/free-application-token/llms.txt) ## data.sf.gov: business verification API alternatives - [INSEE, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/insee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours - [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live - [data.gov.il, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-gov-il/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, 1 day - [ABN Lookup, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/abn-lookup/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, 1 hour ## Sources From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-03. - https://data.sf.gov/Economy-and-Community/Registered-Business-Locations-San-Francisco/g8m3-pdis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://data.sf.gov/api/views/g8m3-pdis.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/limit.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/offset.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/q.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/where.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/docs/response-codes.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.sf.gov/g8m3-pdis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://www.sf.gov/reports--april-2017--datasf-terms-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing