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Search a state’s government databases for liquor licenses by business name, owner, or street address. Matching is case-insensitive and accepts partial input.

Query parameters

string
required
The two-digit USPS state code (for example, ny). Must be a supported state your key is scoped to. Unsupported states return a 404.
string
The full or partial, case-insensitive business or owner name to search for. Required if address is not provided. Cannot be used together with address.
string
The full or partial, case-insensitive address line 1 to search for. Required if name is not provided. Cannot be used together with name.
Provide exactly one of name or address. Supplying both, or neither, returns a 400.

Headers

string
Pins the API version. Send 2026-08-01 for the multi-type shape, where each result carries a types array covering every license type that number holds. Omit for the default version. A malformed value returns a 400.

Returns

Returns an array of up to 10 license objects if the call succeeds. Each result is a distinct license number, even when a number holds several license types. Pagination is not currently supported.