# texas-taxpayer-permit-records

> https://texas-taxpayer-permit-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **the 11-digit Texas taxpayer number (e.g. 17515166332)**.
Format: ^[0-9]{11}$
Entities: 474859

## Source

- Origin: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — Active Sales Tax Permit Holders, Mixed Beverage Tax Permits, Hotel Tax Permits, Cigarette/Tobacco Retailers, Licensed Fuels Taxpayers, Direct Pay Taxpayers (Texas Open Data Portal)
- URL: https://data.texas.gov/d/jrea-zgmq
- Last collected: 2026-10-01
- Re-use: Public Domain (as stated on each 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://texas-taxpayer-permit-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://texas-taxpayer-permit-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [identifier, name, city, state, type]
- `https://texas-taxpayer-permit-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 taxpayer number.
- Other permits are joined on the exact taxpayer number.
- Sole proprietors are excluded.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

Sole proprietors and person-named taxpayers are left out.