Checked September 27, 2026

How to find new business records in Florida

Name: business tax certificate — City of Orlando
Creator: City of Orlando

Three records in Florida were read and checked against the same six questions. 3 are published where anyone can read them, 3 carry a date you can filter on, and 3 carry the premises address rather than a filing address. Published by Miami-Dade County Tax Collector, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and City of Orlando.

records checked

published where anyone can read them

that carry a date you can filter on

classes of record

Which of the record classes Florida publishes

What each class means.
Class of record	Published in Florida	Carries a date
city and county licences and tax certificates	2 of 2	2 of 2
health and liquor permits	1 of 1	1 of 1

Every record, with the facts that decide whether it is usable

Each cadence below is what the publisher’s own stamp said the day it was read.

Miami-Dade County Tax Collector
Business tax certificate · city and county licences and tax certificates
Endpoint
https://services.arcgis.com/8Pc9XBTAsYuxx9Ny/arcgis/rest/services/Local_Business_Tax_Feature_Layer_View/FeatureServer/0
Date
BUSSDATE
Address
Premises address, in the file
Cadence
weekly, stamped 2026-09-22, 194,000 rows
Terms
free
The whole county in one layer, with three fields describing the kind of business.
6 of six verified · read September 27, 2026
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Health permit · health and liquor permits
Endpoint
https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/sto/file_download/extracts/newfood.csv
Date
approval date
Address
Premises address, in the file
Cadence
a current fiscal-year file, cadence not stated
Terms
free, public records
Statewide food service. The companion district files carry active licences with an expiry date rather than a start date.
6 of six verified · read September 27, 2026
City of Orlando
Business tax certificate · city and county licences and tax certificates
Endpoint
https://data.cityoforlando.net/resource/7388-4re5.json
Date
business_open_date
Address
Premises address, in the file
Cadence
close to daily, stamped 2026-09-27
Terms
free
City of Orlando only.
6 of six verified · read September 27, 2026

Doing this yourself

Take the 3 endpoints above and read them on a schedule. Nothing on this page is held back.

Every state checked · who mails these cards

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