---
title: "CBP ZIP establishment counts"
method: POST
path: "/api/locus_cbp_zip"
tags: ["census", "business", "establishments", "commercial-tenant", "read-only", "free", "free"]
---

# CBP ZIP establishment counts

`POST /api/locus_cbp_zip`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.locus.report`
- URL: `https://api.locus.report/api/locus_cbp_zip`
- Auth: none required

Census 2023 establishment counts by industry for the address ZIP, for agents reading area business context. Returns those ZIP-level counts, not premises or customers. No ZIP returns out_of_coverage; a source error returns unavailable. Direct flat-body route for this one free resource; no API key, payment, or catalog wrapper. Return only the cited bounded evidence described here; this route never produces a paid brief or full report.

## Request body

- object
  - `address` string, required: US street address, city, state and ZIP, e.g. 123 Main St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

## Response `200`

Free cited evidence response.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request body.
- `429`: Rate limited.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/locus/apis/locus-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/locus/apis/locus-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/locus/apis/locus-api/revisions/ba7786b74adb?raw)