Look up a Cambridge STR licence by name

Type a name — yours, your company's, or just part of one — and see every short-term rental registration the city has on record for it: the address, the licence number, whether it is currently active, and a link to check each line against the city's open-data record.

Counts read directly from the city's open-data portal on 2026-08-04. They change as the city updates its register — the lookup always reads it live, at the moment you check.

Why a licence stops being current without telling you

Registrations are maintained by the city and can change status over time; the register is the authoritative view.

What Cambridge's register does — and deliberately doesn't — tell you

Cambridge publishes registrations with an issue date but no expiry column. That means the register alone cannot tell you whether a registration is still current — only that it was granted, when, and for which address. The practical consequence: a Cambridge operator has to track their own renewal against the city's certification rules, because nothing in the public data will flip to "expired" on the day it matters. Our lookup shows you every registration under a name with its issue date, and links each to the city's own record.

What you get back

• Every matching record — not just the first one. Operators often hold licences across several entities.
• The address on each record, as the city has it written.
• Current status, marked plainly — active, or no active licence on file.
• A verification link per line to the city's open-data record, so nothing here asks for your trust.

Common questions

Because the city's open data doesn't publish one. The register records grants, not lapses — checking currency means checking with Inspectional Services, which is where every row links.

Granted registrations. If you applied and don't appear, the registration hasn't been issued yet — the register has no pending queue to check.

Yes. The city publishes the register as open data — holder name, status and address are all part of the public record. Our lookup reads that same source and links each line back to it so you can confirm every row with the city rather than trusting us.

Type any part of it. The lookup matches on fragments, so a surname or one distinctive word from the company name is enough. Licences are often held under an LLC or a co-owner rather than the name you use day to day, so it's worth trying a few.

Neither. There is no signup, no card and nothing to install. You type a name and read the result.

No. BondPermit is an information service, not a law firm and not the city. We show you the public record and link to the city's own page for each entry; decisions about your properties should be confirmed with the issuing authority.

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Source: Cambridge open-data portal. BondPermit is an independent information service — not the city, not a law firm, and not legal advice. Confirm anything that matters with the issuing authority.