# pa-sales-tax-license-records

> https://pa-sales-tax-license-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **the record reference: 10 hexadecimal digits derived from the legal name**.
Format: ^[0-9A-F]{10}$
Entities: 191793

## Source

- Origin: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue — Sales, Use & Hotel Occupancy Tax Licenses and Certificates (data.pa.gov)
- URL: https://data.pa.gov/d/ugeq-ckxd
- Last collected: 2026-09-29
- Re-use: Public Domain (as stated on the dataset)

## Access points

Every HTML page has a Markdown twin at the same path with the `.md` extension. Example: `/how-to-read/` -> `/how-to-read.md`. Links inside the Markdown files already point to the twins.

Search index, served as JSON with open CORS:

- `https://pa-sales-tax-license-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://pa-sales-tax-license-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [identifier, name, city, state, type]
- `https://pa-sales-tax-license-records.pages.dev/d/r/<fragment>.json` — records; fragment = hash of the identifier: h = 0, then for each character h = (h*31 + character code) modulo 4096; in hexadecimal on 3 digits
- `/sitemap.xml` — every page

These paths are **version 1** and will not change without notice. Bulk access, an availability guarantee or a change feed goes through `/pro/`.

Indexable pages: 11

## What this site is NOT

- This is not the official register and does not replace consulting it.
- Holding a licence is the minimum legal requirement, not a quality mark.
- One record per legal name; the state file has one row per location.
- Account numbers are masked by the state.
- No individuals.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

Only legal names carrying a company word are published; individuals are left out.