The weekly and quarterly business license files are ACII fixed field text files. The record length is 175 - 176 characters. Record layout is shown below:
| Field Description | Start | End | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Name | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Start Date | 61 | 68 | 8 |
| License Type | 69 | 71 | 3 |
| Activity Code 1 | 72 | 73 | 2 |
| Activity Code 2 | 74 | 75 | 2 |
| Activity Code 3 | 76 | 77 | 2 |
| NAICS Code | 78 | 83 | 6 |
| Owner Type | 84 | 86 | 3 |
| Street Number | 87 | 92 | 6 |
| Street Direction | 93 | 94 | 2 |
| Street Name | 95 | 114 | 20 |
| Street Suffix | 115 | 118 | 4 |
| Suite/Apt No. | 119 | 138 | 20 |
| City | 139 | 153 | 15 |
| State | 154 | 155 | 2 |
| Zip Code | 156 | 164 | 9 |
| Phone | 165 | 174 | 10 |
| N or U or Q | 175 | 176 | 1 |
The address provided is the business mailing address. NAICS code information can be found at https://www.naics.com/search/. In the weekly files, an N in the last field denotes a new license; a U denotes an updated license. In the quarterly file, a Q in the last field denotes quarterly. The charts below give descriptions for license type, activity codes, and owner type.
License Type:
| AAL | Alarm Agent |
| ACH | Adult Care Homes and Facilities |
| AEE | Adult Entertainment Enterprises and Establishments |
| AEI | Adult Entertainer - Independent |
| AEM | Adult Entertainment Employee |
| AEU | Adult Entertainer |
| AUA | Auctioneer Class A |
| AUB | Auctioneer Class B |
| AUH | Auction House |
| DHE | Dance Hall--Single Event |
| DHL | Dance Halls |
| DVI | Drive-In Restaurants |
| ESB | Escort Bureaus |
| ESC | Escorts |
| FTL | Fortunetellers |
| GOB | Fire sale; going out of business |
| ICT | Ice Cream Truck Vendors |
| L01 | Distiller's License |
| L02 | Brewer's License |
| L03 | Winer's License |
| L05 | Government License |
| L06 | On Sale All Liquor |
| L07 | On Sale Beer & Wine |
| L09 | Off Sale Retailer All Liq |
| L10 | Off Sale Retailer Beer & Wine |
| L11 | Hotel/Motel License--All liquor |
| L12 | Restaurant--All liquor |
| L14 | Club License - All Liquor |
| L17 | Governmental License--serve/sell liquor on special premises |
| L18 | Liquor--Special Event |
| LEP | Liquor--Extension of Premises |
| MAE | Massage Establishments |
| PAB | Primary Alarm Business |
| PAW | Pawnbrokers & Secondhand Dealers |
| PED | Peddlers |
| PLL | Privilege License License |
| PLN | Non Profit Business |
| PLT | Privilege License Tax |
| PRT | Promoter |
| RAB | Reciprocal Alarm Business |
| SCP | Scrap Dealer |
| SML | Swap Meets |
| SVL | Service License (Occupational) |
| TOB | Retail Tobacco Sales |
| VMD | Vending Machine Distributor |
| VMT | Vending Machine Operator Machines |
Activity Codes:
| 1 | Transportation |
| 2 | Timbering/Extraction |
| 3 | Mining |
| 4 | Utilities |
| 5 | Communications |
| 6 | RR/Aircraft |
| 9 | Publishing |
| 10 | Job Printing |
| 11 | Restaurants |
| 12 | Amusements |
| 13 | Real Property Rentals |
| 14 | Personal Property Rentals |
| 15 | Construction Contracting |
| 16 | Manufactured Buildings |
| 17 | Retail Sales |
| 18 | Transient Rentals |
| 19 | Swap Meet Proprietors |
| 20 | Public Utilities |
| 22 | # of Taxable Rooms |
| 25 | Contracting Rio Nuevo |
| 30 | Public Utilities 2 |
| 31 | Peddler-Food |
| 37 | Peddler-Variety |
| 98 | Use Tax |
| 99 | Use Tax |
Owner Type:
| CRP | Corporation |
| GEN | General Partnership |
| EST | Estate |
| TRT | Trust |
| REC | Receivership |
| UNK | Unknown |
| LLP | Ltd Liab Partnership |
| LLL | Ltd Liab Ltd Partnership |
| LTD | Limited Partnership |
| PRT | Partnership |
| LMC | Local Municipality |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| JVT | Joint Venture |
| MAR | Married |
| SOL | Sole Proprietorship |
| NPC | Non-Profit Corporation |
| OTH | Other |
| SAZ | State of Arizona |
| PCY | Pima County |
| COT | City of Tucson |