Liquor License FeedNew District of Columbia liquor license applications, updated weekly.
From the state's own record. Subscribers get a link to each one.
District of Columbia posts new licenses about once a week, so they reach the feed in batches. The last batch arrived Oct 22.
Filed in the last 30 daysTap a county for its filings, or a metro above to zoom in.
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Get new District of Columbia liquor license filings by email the next morning.
Each one has the business name and address. Many also have a phone number and owner. CSV export and API included.
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No phone on a filing yet? That usually means you're early. A new filing is often a place that hasn't opened, so there's no listing to call. You get the name and the address now, and we keep looking for a phone for a month and add it when one turns up.
Free sample: one full week of District of Columbia filings from a few weeks back, in the subscriber layout (CSV) (in your CRM's columns) · All weeks · Week of Oct 26, 2026 · Week of Oct 19, 2026 · Week of Oct 12, 2026 · Week of Oct 5, 2026
How to look up a liquor license in District of Columbia
Use the ABCA's lookup at abra.dc.gov to check one license by name, number or address. This page lists what's new, from the same record.
Every row here is a public record District of Columbia publishes. We check each state's rules before we carry it and leave out any that restrict commercial use of licensee lists; so far that's only Kansas. About the data.
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Questions about the District of Columbia page
How do I find new liquor license applications in District of Columbia?
District of Columbia publishes them at abra.dc.gov, where its tools answer one search at a time. This page reads that record as often as District of Columbia updates it and lists what's new by county, city and license type, each row linked back to the filing.
Can I get an alert when a new bar or restaurant shows up in District of Columbia?
Yes. The free Watch email sends each week's District of Columbia list on Monday: city, license type, status and date, without business names. A District of Columbia subscription, $79 a month, sends every new filing the morning after it appears, with the business name and address, and for new bars and restaurants a phone number or website looked up online where the state prints none. A CSV, an API and webhooks come with every plan.
How often does the District of Columbia page update?
The District of Columbia source refreshes about once a week, and this page is rebuilt from it on that schedule.
Where does the District of Columbia data come from?
Every row is read from abra.dc.gov, the public record District of Columbia itself publishes, and links back to it. Nothing here comes from a reseller or a news report.
What does the free District of Columbia sample contain?
Every District of Columbia filing from one full week a few weeks back, in the layout a subscriber gets: business, address, license type, status, the date filed, and a phone or website where we found one. The link to each state record is left blank; subscribers get it. It downloads ready for HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, AgencyZoom or Repsly.
What is left out?
One-day and temporary permits (weddings, festival booths, charity auctions, tastings), and licenses nobody sells to: wholesalers, suppliers, importers, shippers, carriers, and employee or manager permits. Breweries, wineries and distilleries stay in. The first time we read a state we also treat everything it already listed as the starting point, not as new filings.
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