Jurisdiction · DC

Starting a business in DC

The largest industries in DC by operator count, each linking to the full record for that industry in this jurisdiction. 282 occupational licences are on record here across 135 distinct titles, 177 of them exam-gated.

Industry	Operators here	People employed	Where it is easiest
Offices of Lawyers	1,197	31,104	licensing
Full-Service Restaurants	974	29,842	licensing
Administrative Management and General Manage	925	23,247	licensing
Limited-Service Restaurants	851	12,775	licensing
Business Associations	497	12,496	licensing
Public Relations Agencies	493	6,904	licensing
Religious Organizations	485	5,057	licensing
Parking Lots and Garages	418	2,771	licensing
Other Social Advocacy Organizations	412	9,848	licensing
Computer Systems Design Services	364	7,286	licensing
Custom Computer Programming Services	352	6,841	licensing
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	352	2,483	licensing
Food Service Contractors	341	7,210	licensing
Residential Property Managers	338	1,913	licensing
Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellin	323	2,191	licensing
Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health	320	4,752	licensing
Human Rights Organizations	311	9,264	licensing
Professional Organizations	310	10,482	licensing
Offices of Dentists	310	1,952	licensing
Child Care Services	303	4,282	licensing
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars	266	4,202	licensing
Grantmaking Foundations	264	4,595	licensing
Commercial Banking	256	3,680	licensing
Engineering Services	248	6,186	licensing
Civic and Social Organizations	248	2,988	licensing

Operator and employment counts are from the US Census County Business Patterns; licence counts from the CareerOneStop register. Suppressed cells are excluded rather than counted as zero.