Restaurant Licences
Source
Section titled “Source”The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department publishes every licensed restaurant in Hong Kong as a single XML feed.
- URL:
https://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/licensing/license/text/LP_Restaurants_EN.XML - Format: XML
- Update: Weekly
- Cost: Free, no API key
What’s Inside
Section titled “What’s Inside”17,154
Total Restaurants
12,594
General (RL)
4,555
Light Refreshment (RR)
5
Marine (MR)
Each record includes: name, address, district code, licence type. Enough to map every competitor around any address.
<LP> <TYPE>RL</TYPE> <DIST>18</DIST> <SS>Sammy's Kitchen Ltd.</SS> <ADR>G/F, 204-206 QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, WESTERN, HONG KONG</ADR></LP>Density by District (Top 10)
Section titled “Density by District (Top 10)”| Rank | District | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yau Tsim | 1,911 |
| 2 | Central/Western | 1,769 |
| 3 | Wan Chai | 1,769 |
| 4 | Mong Kok | 1,234 |
| 5 | Kowloon City | 1,027 |
| 6 | Yuen Long | 997 |
| 7 | Sham Shui Po | 954 |
| 8 | Sha Tin | 905 |
| 9 | Eastern | 895 |
| 10 | Kwun Tong | 876 |
How We Use It
Section titled “How We Use It”Filter by district code + geocode addresses → count competitors within any radius of the target address. For 14 Wa In Fong East: 289 restaurants within 400m.