Checked September 27, 2026

How to find new business records in Texas

Name: certificate of occupancy — City of Austin
Creator: City of Austin

Two records in Texas were read and checked against the same six questions. 2 are published where anyone can read them, 2 carry a date you can filter on, and 2 carry the premises address rather than a filing address. Published by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and City of Austin.

records checked

published where anyone can read them

that carry a date you can filter on

class of record

Which of the record classes Texas publishes

What each class means.
Class of record	Published in Texas	Carries a date
city and county licences and tax certificates	2 of 2	2 of 2

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.

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Business licence · city and county licences and tax certificates
Endpoint
https://data.texas.gov/resource/jrea-zgmq.json
Date
outlet_permit_issue_date
Address
Premises address, in the file
Cadence
a weekly new-permit report, with the full file monthly, stamped 2026-09-26 at 888,000 rows
Terms
free, public domain
One statewide sales-tax permit file covers every metro in the state, filtered by county code. It carries a code for what the outlet sells.
6 of six verified · read September 27, 2026
City of Austin
Certificate of occupancy · city and county licences and tax certificates
Endpoint
https://data.austintexas.gov/resource/f9mz-m6dy.json
Date
issue_date
Address
Premises address, in the file
Cadence
continuous, stamped 2026-09-27
Terms
free
No business name, only the applicant. A secondary signal.
6 of six verified · read September 27, 2026

Doing this yourself

Take the 2 endpoints above and read them on a schedule. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts charges for the file, so a Texas build either pays or works from the open records above. Nothing on this page is held back.

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