# snap-retailer-records

> https://snap-retailer-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **a store name, with the city or the state**.
Format: ^[0-9]{1,8}$
Entities: 661456

## Source

- Origin: USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Historical SNAP Retailer Locator Data
- URL: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/retailer-locator/data
- Last collected: 2025-12-31
- Re-use: Public domain (work of the United States government).

## Access points

Every HTML page has a Markdown twin at the same path with the `.md` extension. Example: `/how-to-read/` -> `/how-to-read.md`. Links inside the Markdown files already point to the twins.

Search index, served as JSON with open CORS:

- `https://snap-retailer-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://snap-retailer-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [record id, name, city, state, authorized 1/0]
- `https://snap-retailer-records.pages.dev/d/r/<record id mod 4096, 3 hex digits>.json` — store records
- `/sitemap.xml` — every page

These paths are **version 1** and will not change without notice. Bulk access, an availability guarantee or a change feed goes through `/pro/`.

Indexable pages: 73

## What this site is NOT

- This is not the official register and does not replace consulting it.
- Holding a licence is the minimum legal requirement, not a quality mark.
- One record per store, with every authorization period since 2005.
- The file stops on December 31, 2025: 'authorized' means authorized on that date.
- An authorization that ended is not a penalty; the file gives no reason.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

The file names no owner and no customer; stores named only after a person are not listed on any page.