# Venue Authority full context

> Venue Authority is a self-serve facility verification and monitoring API for payment facilitators, marketplaces, KYB providers, and restaurant platforms.

## Product identity

- Name: Venue Authority
- Operator: Zupa Print
- Canonical origin: https://venueauthority.com/
- Support: support@venueauthority.com
- API contract version: 2026-08-13
- Primary audience: payment facilitators, marketplaces, KYB data providers, restaurant portfolios, and developers who need facility-level regulator evidence

Venue Authority accepts a merchant name and street address. The resolver either accepts one supported regulator record or rejects the request under a frozen ambiguity policy. It does not guess through materially tied candidates or address conflicts.

An accepted response can include the canonical facility ID, source class, source attribution, source URL, snapshot identity, available history, authority-state assessment, and evidence hashes. A policy rejection includes its reason and receipt context. One valid authenticated resolution or canonical facility request consumes one prepaid decision unit, including a policy rejection. Exact replay of the same request ID and payload returns stored work without another debit.

## Current serving data

- Serving records: 645,934
- Serving sources: 39
- Serving snapshot: 2026-08-15T08:29:03.542Z

| Source ID | Source class | Records | Last validated pull | Freshness |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| alameda-county-restaurant-inspections-arcgis | food inspection | 5,114 | 2026-08-14T21:37:28.419Z | healthy |
| austin-food-inspection-scores-ecmv-9xxi | food inspection | 6,518 | 2026-08-14T21:38:08.255Z | healthy |
| baton-rouge-retail-food-inspections-ux2t-b9wr | food inspection | 5,319 | 2026-08-14T21:38:46.581Z | healthy |
| boulder-county-restaurant-inspections-tuvj-xz3m | food inspection | 1,798 | 2026-08-14T21:39:20.818Z | healthy |
| california-abc-active-licenses-daily-export | alcohol license | 87,754 | 2026-08-14T21:39:54.039Z | healthy |
| cambridge-food-establishment-permits-iect-ma2e | food inspection | 1,629 | 2026-08-14T21:42:06.335Z | healthy |
| chicago-current-liquor-licenses-nrmj-3kcf | alcohol license | 6,710 | 2026-08-14T21:42:37.704Z | healthy |
| chicago-food-inspections-4ijn-s7e5 | food inspection | 47,563 | 2026-08-14T21:43:13.460Z | healthy |
| cincinnati-food-safety-program-rg6p-b3h3 | food inspection | 9,127 | 2026-08-14T21:44:36.720Z | healthy |
| colorado-cdor-active-liquor-licenses-ier5-5ms2 | alcohol license | 16,652 | 2026-08-14T21:45:55.401Z | healthy |
| connecticut-liquor-permits-nesc-tyaz | alcohol license | 4,188 | 2026-08-14T21:46:54.139Z | healthy |
| connecticut-restaurant-liquor-licenses-gm8q-ur5f | alcohol license | 2,201 | 2026-08-14T21:47:24.394Z | healthy |
| detroit-restaurant-establishments-arcgis | food inspection | 7,811 | 2026-08-14T21:47:50.196Z | healthy |
| fairfax-permitted-food-establishments-arcgis | food inspection | 3,869 | 2026-08-14T21:48:22.661Z | healthy |
| fulton-county-food-service-inspections-w896-7wba | food inspection | 6,035 | 2026-08-14T21:48:52.496Z | healthy |
| kansas-city-food-permits-sz9c-c5ux | food inspection | 3,673 | 2026-08-14T21:49:26.077Z | healthy |
| king-county | food inspection | 12,254 | 2026-08-15T08:29:01.196Z | healthy |
| los-angeles-county-food-safety-bulk-discovery | food inspection | 37,211 | 2026-08-14T21:49:58.018Z | healthy |
| louisville-food-service-inspections-arcgis | food inspection | 4,306 | 2026-08-14T21:51:07.275Z | healthy |
| maricopa-county-restaurants-arcgis | food inspection | 27,405 | 2026-08-14T21:45:55.978Z | healthy |
| marin-food-facility-inspections-73zb-z5me | food inspection | 1,504 | 2026-08-14T21:47:06.539Z | healthy |
| massachusetts-abcc-active-retail-licenses | alcohol license | 12,605 | 2026-08-14T21:47:35.979Z | healthy |
| massachusetts-abcc-active-state-licenses | alcohol license | 5,173 | 2026-08-14T21:48:17.066Z | healthy |
| minneapolis-food-inspections-arcgis | food inspection | 2,897 | 2026-08-14T21:48:49.040Z | healthy |
| montgomery-county-md-food-inspections-5pue-gfbe | food inspection | 4,160 | 2026-08-14T21:49:19.088Z | healthy |
| new-york-active-food-service-inspections-2hcc-shji | food inspection | 33,400 | 2026-08-14T21:49:51.616Z | healthy |
| new-york-state-liquor-authority-active-licenses-9s3h-dpkz | alcohol license | 59,872 | 2026-08-14T21:50:59.188Z | healthy |
| nyc | food inspection | 31,274 | 2026-08-15T00:00:07.881Z | healthy |
| oregon-olcc-alcohol-licensed-businesses-srxe-qkm2 | alcohol license | 17,725 | 2026-08-14T21:52:29.909Z | healthy |
| philadelphia-food-business-licenses-carto | food inspection | 39,210 | 2026-08-14T21:45:56.518Z | healthy |
| prince-georges-food-inspections-umjn-t2iz | food inspection | 3,380 | 2026-08-14T21:47:18.541Z | healthy |
| san-francisco-health-inspections-tvy3-wexg | food inspection | 8,574 | 2026-08-14T21:47:47.529Z | healthy |
| santa-clara-food-business-inventory-vuw7-jmjk | food inspection | 9,711 | 2026-08-14T21:48:23.737Z | healthy |
| texas-tabc-license-information-7hf9-qc9f | alcohol license | 78,118 | 2026-08-14T21:49:02.802Z | healthy |
| tri-county-colorado-restaurant-inspections-869n-zj3f | food inspection | 4,004 | 2026-08-14T21:51:10.636Z | healthy |
| virginia-abc-active-permanent-premises | alcohol license | 18,172 | 2026-08-14T21:51:40.196Z | healthy |
| wake-county | food inspection | 4,059 | 2026-08-15T08:29:03.542Z | healthy |
| washington-lcb-active-off-premise-licenses | alcohol license | 5,707 | 2026-08-14T21:52:27.890Z | healthy |
| washington-lcb-active-on-premise-licenses | alcohol license | 9,252 | 2026-08-14T21:53:01.597Z | healthy |

The source list above is generated from the active public serving state. Source rights, freshness, and serving admission can change. The [Coverage](https://venueauthority.com/coverage) page is the canonical source-by-source presentation, and the [Status](https://venueauthority.com/status) page is the canonical availability presentation.

## Interpretation limits

- A regulator facility record is not necessarily the legal operator.
- Current source presence is not a universal operating license.
- A missing record is not called a closure unless the source contract supports that conclusion.
- Source history is returned only where the source provides it or where the product has retained permitted history.
- The service does not guarantee that a venue is physically open.
- The response is not legal advice, regulator endorsement, sanctions screening, beneficial-ownership data, or complete nationwide KYB.

## API behavior

- Base URL: https://venueauthority.com
- Authentication: bearer API key for commercial endpoints; signed-in customer session is also accepted for supported workspace-management endpoints
- Resolver: POST /api/v1/resolve
- Canonical facility: GET /api/v1/facilities/{id}
- Public coverage: GET /api/v1/coverage
- Watchlists: /api/v1/portfolios and nested item and event endpoints
- Webhooks: /api/v1/webhooks and /api/v1/webhooks/deliveries
- Audit exports: /api/v1/audit-exports and /api/v1/audit-exports/{id}
- Idempotency: X-Request-Id accepts a stable 8 to 128 character identifier
- Webhook delivery: at least once; consumers must verify the HMAC signature and deduplicate the stable event ID

Machine-readable integration files:

- [OpenAPI 3.1 contract](https://venueauthority.com/openapi.json): Authoritative endpoint and schema contract.
- [Postman collection](https://venueauthority.com/postman/venue-authority.json): Generated request collection.
- [Quick start](https://venueauthority.com/docs/quick-start.md): Markdown integration steps and cURL example.
- [Error catalogue](https://venueauthority.com/docs/error-catalogue.json): HTTP error and metering behavior.
- [Webhook verification example](https://venueauthority.com/docs/verify-webhook.mjs): Node.js HMAC verification example.

## Pricing

All published plans are one-time prepaid purchases. There is no automatic renewal. Larger plans provide a lower effective unit price and a higher sustained request rate.

| Plan | Price | Decision units | Sustained rate | Burst capacity |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Pilot | $149 | 100 | 1 req/s | 2 |
| Professional | $499 | 400 | 5 req/s | 10 |
| Scale | $1,999 | 2,000 | 20 req/s | 40 |
| Production | $10,000 | 12,000 | 50 req/s | 100 |
| Portfolio | $30,000 | 40,000 | 100 req/s | 200 |
| Embedded program | $100,000 | 150,000 | 200 req/s | 400 |

The [Pricing](https://venueauthority.com/pricing) page and Checkout are canonical for current availability. The plan total and unit grant are exact. Displayed per-decision figures are rounded for readability.

## Public evidence and acquisition pages

- [Product overview](https://venueauthority.com/product): Facility resolution, source-linked receipts, monitoring, and integration paths.
- [Solutions overview](https://venueauthority.com/solutions): Buyer-specific paths for using local regulator evidence.
- [Resources overview](https://venueauthority.com/resources): Public evidence, coverage, methodology, and service status.
- [Business license lookup](https://venueauthority.com/business-license-lookup): Public facility evidence archive.
- [Restaurant inspection reports](https://venueauthority.com/restaurant-inspection-reports): Closure and reopening examples.
- [Restaurant license verification API](https://venueauthority.com/restaurant-license-verification-api): Product capability and prepaid access overview.
- [Food-service business verification API](https://venueauthority.com/food-service-business-verification-api): Developer-focused facility resolution page.
- [Merchant risk monitoring API](https://venueauthority.com/merchant-risk-monitoring-api): Watchlist and webhook workflow.
- [Payment facilitators](https://venueauthority.com/solutions/payment-facilitators): Facility evidence for merchant onboarding.
- [Marketplace onboarding](https://venueauthority.com/solutions/marketplace-onboarding): Facility checks for listing review.
- [KYB data providers](https://venueauthority.com/solutions/kyb-data-providers): A facility-level signal to complement entity-level KYB.
- [Restaurant portfolios](https://venueauthority.com/solutions/restaurant-portfolios): Portfolio resolution and monitoring.

## Methodology and trust

- [Record-matching methodology](https://venueauthority.com/methodology): Matching rules, source interpretation, benchmark, and limits.
- [Trust Center](https://venueauthority.com/trust): Index of implemented product controls.
- [Source coverage and publication rights](https://venueauthority.com/trust/source-coverage-and-rights): Venue Authority serves supported regulator records only when the delivery channel has current permission evidence.
- [Data flow and retention](https://venueauthority.com/trust/data-flow-and-retention): Portfolio Proof minimizes submitted merchant data and keeps billing truth separate from behavioral data.
- [API-key handling and tenant isolation](https://venueauthority.com/trust/api-key-and-tenant-security): API keys are workspace-owned credentials whose plaintext value is shown once.
- [Billing and entitlement controls](https://venueauthority.com/trust/billing-and-entitlements): Only a verified Stripe event can create paid capacity.
- [Refresh validation and last-known-good behavior](https://venueauthority.com/trust/refresh-and-last-known-good): A failed source refresh does not replace a validated serving snapshot.
- [Webhook signing and retry semantics](https://venueauthority.com/trust/webhook-delivery): Venue Authority sends signed, versioned change events with stable identifiers.
- [Subprocessors in current use](https://venueauthority.com/trust/subprocessors): Venue Authority uses hosted providers for identity, application delivery, persistence, and payment processing.
- [Incident support and current status](https://venueauthority.com/trust/incident-support-and-status): Support is asynchronous and request IDs provide the starting point for investigation.

## Policies and support

- [Privacy Policy](https://venueauthority.com/privacy): Account, billing, API, analytics, and support data practices.
- [Terms of Service](https://venueauthority.com/terms): Business-use terms, permitted use, and limitations.
- [Refund policy](https://venueauthority.com/refunds): Refund handling for one-time prepaid capacity.
- [Support](https://venueauthority.com/support): Asynchronous support. Do not send API keys, passwords, full card numbers, or private source exports.

## Discovery and citation

- Sitemap: https://venueauthority.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://venueauthority.com/robots.txt
- Concise LLM index: https://venueauthority.com/llms.txt
- Full LLM context: https://venueauthority.com/llms-full.txt

For changing facts, cite the canonical page that displays the fact. Use Coverage for record and source counts, Status for availability, Pricing for commercial terms, Developer API or OpenAPI for integration behavior, Methodology for resolver claims, and the individual facility page for source-linked evidence.