# OpenDataPhilly, free: Business verification API

> Information includes license application type, applicant, property for which the license would be issued, application date, issue date, and expiration date.

OpenDataPhilly's Keyless plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. OpenDataPhilly's docs list 3: Registered name, Formation date, Principal address.
OpenDataPhilly limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), this plan scores 75.0 out of 100.
We rank 1,735 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 227 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,735 plans. [See the best free business verification API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
[Scoris' €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris' €19 pack costs less up front than SafeDeal's ₸50,000 (about $110) 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/opendataphilly/free
- [Business verification API in 2026: the 8 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://opendataphilly.org/datasets/licenses-and-inspections-business-licenses/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://phl.carto.com/api/v2/sql`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://opendataphilly.org/datasets/licenses-and-inspections-business-licenses/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: OpenDataPhilly (https://opendataphilly.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Registered name: ✓
- Formation date: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 75.0
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 63
- Cost to get started score: 100
- 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 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Information includes license application type, applicant, property for which the license would be issued, application date, issue date, and expiration date.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: TERMS OF USE: Browsing City data on this site constitutes acceptance of the license, the City's terms of use and your agreement to be bound by them. The City of Philadelphia reserves all rights in the database and any data contained therein, and the end user's use of the data does not constitute a transfer of, nor does the end user receive, any title or interest in the database or any other City data. [...] The user of this data will assume complete responsibility for any and all occurrences resulting from its use or display and will hold the City of Philadelphia harmless from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, damages, suits, judgments or settlements [...] that arise from use of this data.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.25 s

## The call

- You send: q
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v2/sql

## About the plan

- Plan: Keyless
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 49 fields the plan's answer can hold

record ID, geometry, web Mercator geometry, object ID, POSSE job ID, address object ID, council district, street address, unit type, unit number, ZIP code, census tract, parcel ID number, OPA account number, OPA owner, owner occupied, addressed license, license number, revenue code, license type, rental category, initial issue date, most recent issue date, expiration date, inactive date, license status, number of units, legal first name, legal last name, legal name, legal entity type, business name, business mailing address, owner contact 1 name, owner contact 1 mailing address, owner contact 1 city, owner contact 1 state, owner contact 1 ZIP code, owner contact 2 name, owner contact 2 mailing address, owner contact 2 city, owner contact 2 state, owner contact 2 ZIP code, geocode X, geocode Y, geodatabase geometry attributes, owner is managing agent in Philadelphia, CAL number, effective date

## OpenDataPhilly's plans (1)

- [OpenDataPhilly, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opendataphilly/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day

## OpenDataPhilly's calls (1)

- `GET /api/v2/sql`: [OpenDataPhilly, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opendataphilly/free/llms.txt)

## OpenDataPhilly's APIs (2)

- [OpenDataPhilly: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opendataphilly/free/llms.txt)
- [OpenDataPhilly: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/opendataphilly/free/llms.txt)

## OpenDataPhilly: 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
- [Paianjenul, free, check_vat](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/paianjenul/free-check-vat/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours
- [eucompliance.tools, free, no key, GET /free/company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eucompliance-tools/free-no-key-get-free-company/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://opendataphilly.org/FAQ/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://opendataphilly.org/datasets/licenses-and-inspections-business-licenses/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://phl.carto.com/api/v2/sql?q=SELECT%20*%20FROM%20business_licenses%20LIMIT%202&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing