Animal Licensing Register July 25
This dataset lists businesses that held an Animal Welfare licence as of July 2025, issued and maintained by Leicester City Council. It covers licensed operators within the council's local authority area, such as those running activities regulated under animal welfare licensing rules. The register provides a snapshot of currently licensed businesses at the stated date, useful for verifying licensing status of animal-related establishments operating in Leicester.A list of businesses currently holding Animal Welfare licences as of July 2025.
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Data schema (5 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name of BusinessName of business | text | Name of the licensed business.Name of the licensed business. |
| Licence TypeLicence type | text | Type of animal welfare licence held.Type of animal welfare licence held. |
| Licence HolderLicence holder | text | Name of the person or company holding the licence.Name of the person or company holding the licence. |
| Star RatingStar rating | text | Star rating awarded to the licensed business.Star rating awarded to the licensed business. |
| Expiry DateExpiry date | text | Date on which the licence expires.Date on which the licence expires. |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 27 days ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
| Name of Business | Licence Type | Licence Holder | Star Rating | Expiry Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Aquatics | Selling Animals as Pets | Christopher Rayns | 5 Star | 03/01/2026 |
| Pets at Home Leicester | Selling Animals as Pets | Pets at Home Ltd | 3 Star | 13/01/2027 |
| Blueberry Homeboarding | Boarding Dogs | Sian Challenger | 4 Star | 20/12/2026 |
| Clearwater Aquatics | Selling Animals as Pets | Zulkar Abdulla | 3 Star | 08/07/2025*(TBA) |
| Comfy Cats | Boarding Cats | Susan Woods | 5 Star (TBA) | 31/03/2025 (TBA) |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Verification Status
Using the API
Query examples
curl -sL 'https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/csv?use_labels=true' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
Dataset
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License
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Distributions (9)
animal-licensing-register-july-25.jsonl
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/jsonlanimal-licensing-register-july-25.csv
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/csv?use_labels=trueanimal-licensing-register-july-25.ttl
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/turtleanimal-licensing-register-july-25.rdf
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/rdfxmlanimal-licensing-register-july-25.parquet
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/parquetanimal-licensing-register-july-25.json
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/jsonanimal-licensing-register-july-25.n3
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/n3animal-licensing-register-july-25.jsonld
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/jsonldanimal-licensing-register-july-25.xlsx
https://data.leicester.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/animal-licensing-register-july-25/exports/xlsx?use_labels=true