BuyerClearRegistry coverage and source policy
Production coverage. Confirm the exact licence class and authority before inviting buyers.
Professional licence checks depend on the issuing authority and exact licence class. The classes below have configured lookups; other professional applications require staff to check the official source. A result never approves a buyer automatically.
Registry catalog audited 4 September 2026. It contains 23 source resources and 132 jurisdiction-and-credential rows. 5 resources are withheld by policy or freshness gates. Production coverage JSON · Source catalog JSON.
The broader Registry service has 15 enabled US resources across 6 states and manual links for 37 US jurisdictions. Those totals include legacy lookups without licence-class scope and are not a claim that every professional licence in those states is supported. It also has 29 configured European VAT jurisdictions; the app does not accept VAT numbers. Catalog configuration is not a live availability guarantee.
Professional classes with configured lookups
Enter the license type and issuing authority as printed. Automatic lookup still depends on source availability and freshness at the time of the check. Texas TDLR and Illinois beauty licenses are not enabled.
Cosmetology and hairdressing: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- New York — New York Department of State
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Esthetics, waxing, eyelashes and electrology: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- New York — New York Department of State
- Texas — Texas Board of Nursing
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Nails: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- New York — New York Department of State
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Barbering: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- New York — New York Department of State
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Salons, barbershops and mobile salons: find an issuing authority
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- New York — New York State Liquor Authority
- New York — New York Department of State
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Tattoo and body art: find an issuing authority
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Massage and bodywork: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Dentistry: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Physicians, physician assistants and allied health: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- Texas — Texas Medical Board
- Texas — Texas Board of Nursing
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Nursing: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
- Texas — Texas Board of Nursing
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Pharmacy and controlled substances: find an issuing authority
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Veterinary: find an issuing authority
- Connecticut — Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Delaware — Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Alcohol licences and permits: find an issuing authority
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Tobacco and e-cigarette permits: find an issuing authority
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Cannabis: find an issuing authority
Follow the state link and check the exact class below. A profession label does not extend the listed scope.
Connecticut: configured license classes
Connecticut Department of Public Health
State Licenses and Credentials — official source
- Hairdresser/Cosmetician
- Barber
- Nail Technician
- Esthetician
- Eyelash Technician
- Combination Nail Technician, Esthetician or Eyelash Tech
- Electrologist
- Tattoo Technician
- Tattoo Technician - Training Permit
- Massage Therapist
- Massage Therapist Temp Permit
- Registered Nurse
- Registered Nurse - Temporary
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Licensed Practical Nurse - Temporary
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- Licensed Nurse Midwife
- Physician/Surgeon
- Resident Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Resident Physician Assistant
- Physician Assistant Temporary Permit
- Naturopathic Physician
- Chiropractic Physician
- Dentist
- Resident Dentist
- Dental Hygienist
- Dental Anesthesia/Deep Sedation Permit
- Dental Moderate Sedation Permit
- Veterinarian
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Optician
- Optician Apprentice
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Configured lookup; subject to source availability and freshness. Staff make every approval decision.
Delaware: configured license classes
Delaware Division of Professional Regulation
Professional and Occupational Licensing — official source
- Cosmetologist
- Cosmetologist Apprentice
- Cosmetologist Temporary Permit
- Cosmetology Instructor
- Nail Technician
- Nail Technician Apprentice
- Nail Technician Temporary Permit
- Nail Technician Instructor
- Aesthetician
- Aesthetician Apprentice
- Aesthetician Temporary Permit
- Aesthetician Instructor
- Barber
- Master Barber
- Barber Apprentice
- Barber Temporary Permit
- Barber Instructor
- Electrologist
- Cosmetology/Barbering Establishment
- Cosmetology/Barbering School
- Mobile Salon
- Dentist
- Dentist Academic
- Dentist Limited-Resident
- Dentist-Community Health
- Dental Hygienist
- Physician M.D.
- Physician D.O.
- Temporary Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Temporary P.A.
- Respiratory Practitioner
- Paramedic
- Acupuncture Practitioner
- Eastern Medicine Practitioner
- Certified Professional Midwife
- Registered Nurse
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Temporary Permit - RN
- Temporary Permit - LPN
- Temporary Permit - APRN
- Family NP
- Adult NP
- Adult/Gerontology NP
- Gerontology NP
- Pediatric NP
- Neonatal NP
- Acute Care NP
- Psych/Mental Health NP
- Women's Health/Gender-Related NP
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Certified Nurse Midwife
- Psych/Mental Health CNS
- Adult/Gerontology CNS
- Pediatric CNS
- Medical/Surgical CNS
- Adult Health CNS
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacist - Intern
- Pharmacy - Retail
- Pharmacy - Wholesale
- Pharmacy - Hospital
- Pharmacy - Manufacturer
- Non Resident Pharmacy
- Outsourcing Facility-Distributor
- Outsourcing Facility-Pharmacy
- Medical Gas Dispenser
- Veterinarian
- Veterinary Technician
- Temporary License Veterinarian
- Temporary Permit Veterinarian
- Licensed Massage Therapist
- Certified Massage Technician
- Temporary Massage Technician
- Massage Establishment
- Chiropractor
- Podiatrist
- Therapeutic Optometrist
- Diagnostic Optometrist
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Athletic Trainer
- Physician CSR
- Physician Assistant CSR
- Advanced Practice RN CSR
- Dentist CSR
- Pharmacy CSR
- Veterinarian CSR
- Podiatrist CSR
- Optometrist CSR
- Distributor/Manufacturer CSR
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Configured lookup; subject to source availability and freshness. Staff make every approval decision.
New York: configured license classes
New York State Liquor Authority
Current Liquor Authority Active Licenses — official source
- Restaurant
- Summer Restaurant
- Hotel
- Club
- Summer Club
- Cabaret
- Catering Establishment
- Vessel
- Summer Vessel
- Food & Beverage Business
- Summer Food & Beverage Business
- Restaurant Brewer
- Grocery Store
- Drug Store
- Liquor Store
- Wine Store
- Wholesale Liquor
- Wholesale Wine
- Wholesale Beer
- Wholesale Beer (Retail)
- Importer
- Winery
- Farm winery
- MicroFarm Winery
- Micro-Brewer
- Farm Brewer
- Farm Cidery
- Distiller Class A-1 (Micro-distiller)
- Distiller Class D (Farm Distiller)
- Direct Shipper Wine
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
New York Department of State
Active Appearance Enhancement and Barber Individual Licenses — official source
- Appearance Enhancement - Nail Specialty Trainee
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Cosmetology
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Cosmetology (Temporary)
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Esthetics
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Esthetics (Temporary)
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Nail Specialty
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Nail Specialty (Temporary)
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Natural Hair Styling
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Natural Hair Styling (Temporary)
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Waxing
- Appearance Enhancement Operator - Waxing (Temporary)
- Barber - Apprentice
- Barber - Operator
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
New York Department of State
Active Appearance Enhancement and Barber Business and Area Renter Licensees — official source
- DOSAEBUSINESS
- DOSAERENTER
- DOSBARRENTER
- DOSBARSHOPOWNER
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
New York State Office of Cannabis Management
Current OCM Licenses — official source
- Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License
- Adult-Use Conditional Retail Dispensary License
- Adult-Use Registered Organization Dispensary License
- Adult-Use Microbusiness License
- Adult-Use Processor License
- Adult-Use Processor Type Three-Branding
- Adult-Use Processor Type Three-Flower
- Adult-Use Cultivator License
- Adult-Use Distributor License
- Registered Organization
Source policy: weekly; observed 2026-09-03; maximum age 21 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Configured lookup; subject to source availability and freshness. Staff make every approval decision.
Texas: configured license classes
Texas Medical Board
DataSet-01-All Licenses — official source
- Physician License
- Physician Full Temporary License
- Telemedicine Physician License
- Administrative Medicine Physician License
- Physician Assistant License
- Physician Assistant Temporary License
- Surgical Assistant License
- Acupuncturist License
- Perfusionist License
- Medical Physicist License
- Respiratory Care Practitioner Certificate
- Medical Radiologic Technologist - General Certificate
- Medical Radiologic Technologist - Limited Certificate
Source policy: daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Texas Board of Nursing
- Registered Nurse
- Licensed Vocational Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Nurse Midwife
Source policy: monthly; observed 2026-09-01; maximum age 60 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Active Cigarette/Tobacco Retailers — official source
- Cigarette/Tobacco Retailer Permit
- E-Cigarette Retailer Permit
Source policy: not published; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days. This is catalog metadata, not a live source check.
Configured lookup; subject to source availability and freshness. Staff make every approval decision.
State or class not listed? Use the full US directory and manual lookup links. No configured class-and-authority match means manual review.
How a lookup runs
The application sends the credential type, two-letter jurisdiction and number, plus the license class and issuing authority for scoped professional checks, to the separate BuyerClear Registry Worker. The request never contains a buyer name, email, document, shop identifier or application identifier. The Registry Worker selects applicable enabled sources for that scope.
Identifier comparison belongs to each source connector. Leading zeroes are preserved, and a name never selects a record. If one applicable source is unreachable, stale or ambiguous, the result stays with a person instead of turning another source’s silence into “not found”.
US application coverage and official lookup links
These are the two credential types accepted by the production application. Automatic means a source is configured for the listed scope; each lookup still depends on availability and freshness. State-level fallback links can cover a different board or profession. Confirm the lookup’s authority and class before using it; the configured-class directory above links to each exact source.
| Jurisdiction | Professional licence | Resale certificate |
|---|---|---|
Alabama AL | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Alaska AK | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No state sales tax |
Arizona AZ | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Arkansas AR | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
California CA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Colorado CO | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Connecticut CT | Automatic for 34 listed classes · see exact scope · official search | Manual · official search |
Delaware DE | Automatic for 91 listed classes · see exact scope · official search | No state sales tax |
District of Columbia DC | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Florida FL | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Georgia GA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Hawaii HI | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Idaho ID | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Illinois IL | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Indiana IN | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Iowa IA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Kansas KS | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Kentucky KY | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Louisiana LA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Maine ME | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Maryland MD | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Massachusetts MA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Michigan MI | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No verified target |
Minnesota MN | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No verified target |
Mississippi MS | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Missouri MO | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No verified target |
Montana MT | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No state sales tax |
Nebraska NE | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Nevada NV | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
New Hampshire NH | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No state sales tax |
New Jersey NJ | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
New Mexico NM | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
New York NY | Automatic for 57 listed classes · see exact scope · official search | Manual · official search |
North Carolina NC | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
North Dakota ND | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Ohio OH | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Oklahoma OK | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Oregon OR | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No state sales tax |
Pennsylvania PA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No verified target |
Rhode Island RI | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
South Carolina SC | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
South Dakota SD | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Tennessee TN | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
Texas TX | Automatic for 21 listed classes · see exact scope · official search | Automatic (1 source) · official search |
Utah UT | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Vermont VT | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Virginia VA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | No verified target |
Washington WA | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match · official search | Manual · official search |
West Virginia WV | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Wisconsin WI | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | Manual · official search |
Wyoming WY | Manual review; no configured class-and-authority match | No verified target |
Your state is not checked automatically
Four states are checked against a register today. Everywhere else a licence still goes through BuyerClear, but staff open the authority’s own search and decide from what they see. Tell us which state you need and we will write to you once it is checked automatically. That is the only message you will get, and the order we build states in follows this list.
Source catalog by zone
The catalog includes sources that run, sources held back by a policy or freshness gate, and integrations that need production credentials. “Manual fallback” means BuyerClear does not call that API; staff receive the authority’s public search instead.
| Zone | Resource | Credential | Refresh rule | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesCO | Professional and Occupational Licenses in Coloradosocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Manual fallback; policy review |
| United StatesCO | Liquor Licenses in Coloradosocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | monthly; observed 2026-08-10; maximum age 60 days | Manual fallback; policy review |
| United StatesDE | Professional and Occupational Licensingsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesCT | State Licenses and Credentialssocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesWA | L&I Contractor License Data - Generalsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesWA | Health Care Provider Credential Datasocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Manual fallback; policy review |
| United StatesOR | CCB Active Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled; licence wording under follow-up |
| United StatesNY | Current Liquor Authority Active Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesNY | Active Appearance Enhancement and Barber Individual Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesNY | Active Appearance Enhancement and Barber Business and Area Renter Licenseessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesNY | Current OCM Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | weekly; observed 2026-09-03; maximum age 21 days | Enabled |
| United StatesMO | Missouri Active Alcohol License Datasocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | not published; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Manual fallback; policy review |
| United StatesTX | TDLR - All Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | not published; observed 2026-07-16; maximum age 14 days | Manual fallback; source stale |
| United StatesTX | DataSet-01-All Licensessocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | RN-Allsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | monthly; observed 2026-09-01; maximum age 60 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | VN-Allsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | monthly; observed 2026-09-01; maximum age 60 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | APRN-Allsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | monthly; observed 2026-09-01; maximum age 60 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | TABC License Informationsocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | daily; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | Active Cigarette/Tobacco Retailerssocrata-soda-2.1 | Professional licence | not published; observed 2026-09-04; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| United StatesTX | Active Sales Tax Permit Holderssocrata-soda-2.1 | Resale certificate | not published; observed 2026-08-29; maximum age 14 days | Enabled |
| EU VAT areaAT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, XI | VIES VAT number validationvies-rest | VAT number | live federated; no source timestamp; live lookup | Enabled |
| EEANO | Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities, entity lookupbrreg-rest-hal-v2 | VAT number | live register endpoint; no source timestamp; live lookup | Enabled |
| United KingdomGB, UK | Check a UK VAT number API v2hmrc-rest-v2-oauth2-client-credentials | VAT number | live register endpoint; no source timestamp; live lookup | Manual until production credentials |
European Registry capability
VIES validates VAT numbers across its EU VAT jurisdictions and Northern Ireland. Norway uses the live Brønnøysund entity endpoint. The UK HMRC connector remains a manual link until production OAuth credentials are approved and configured. These connectors belong to Registry and are not offered in the BuyerClear app, whose buyer form accepts US states only. A Shopify merchant does not need them: on Shopify Tax, a buyer VAT number entered on a customer profile or a company location is validated by Shopify itself against VIES and HMRC, across every EU country and the UK.
Storage, refresh and policy
- Lookup storage
- The Registry Worker has no database or object-store binding. It does not persist request bodies or upstream responses, sends
Cache-Control: no-storeon lookup results and disables invocation logs that could retain credential numbers. - Response limits
- Requests are capped at 2 KiB. A Socrata response is capped at 256 KiB; VIES, Brønnøysund and HMRC responses are capped at 64 KiB. Each upstream request has an eight-second timeout.
- Source freshness
- Each roster owns a maximum accepted age. A roster older than that limit becomes unavailable. Live VAT services do not publish a common per-record refresh timestamp, so their answer is evidence for the time of the request.
- Public metadata
- Coverage and source metadata may be cached for five minutes. The source catalog records the exact endpoint, selected fields, request trigger, timeout, response limit, publisher cadence, observed refresh, freshness limit and policy documents.
- Application evidence
- The calling BuyerClear application stores the returned evidence encrypted with the case record. Customer and shop erasure remove it. A time-based retention schedule for non-document evidence still has to be fixed before paid production use; the 90-day document setting does not define this separately.
Adding or enabling a source
A source moves to automatic use only after its identifier rules, response schema, freshness, reuse terms, attribution, privacy and deletion duties are recorded and tested. The live catalog is the source of truth for that decision, including sources that remain disabled.