The Kentucky business graph
211,000+ places. Category, location, narrative, KY-specific signals. Free for readers, open for developers, licensable for labs.
Open dataset
The whole public graph as a CC-BY-4.0 Parquet file on Hugging Face. Free for any use, including commercial. Refreshed as the graph improves.
Download on HF →Developer API
Live, query-by-query access with daily dedup. Pay-as-you-go ($0.005/lookup), no subscription. Best for apps and agents.
See API →Bulk licensing
Need the full enriched graph, fresh snapshots, or fields excluded from the public dataset? Talk to us about a custom license.
Contact usWhat's in the graph
Identity & location
place_id · name · category · template_family · address · town_slug · latitude · longitude · canonical_url
Kentucky signals
is_gem · gem_mode · local_gem_score · kentucky_proud_status · sources_local_ingredients · ky_sos_entity_name · ky_sos_status · ky_sos_formation_date · founding_year
Narrative
seo_description · editorial_summary · community_contribution_summary · chef_name · founder_name · owner_name · signature_dishes
Contact & links
phone · website · social_* · contact_page_url · menu_page_url · order_online_url · reservation_url · gift_cards_url
Service attributes
takeout · delivery · dine_in · outdoor_seating · serves_* · has_wifi · wheelchair_accessible · allows_dogs · parking · live_music · brunch
How it's built
Every row is a real Kentucky business that survived our publishability gate. Sources: Overture Maps, OpenStreetMap, CommonCrawl, Kentucky Secretary of State, Census County Business Patterns, and targeted website crawls.
Enrichment runs on our hardware via a local Nemotron 3 Super 120B pipeline — no third-party LLM calls, no vendor lock-in on the narrative fields.
Ratings and review summaries are YouMeKY-native — not imported from Google or Yelp.
Building on Kentucky data?
We want to hear about it. Researchers, civic tech, KY-first apps, tourism agents — if what you're building helps Kentuckians and their businesses, we'll make the data work for you.