Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

ATF is a law enforcement agency in the United States Department of Justice that protects communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations, the illegal use and trafficking of firearms, the illegal use and storage of explosives, acts of arson and bombings, acts of terrorism, and the illegal diversion of alcohol and tobacco products. ATF publishes firearms trace data, crime statistics, and regulatory information.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: ATF eRegulations API. Tagged areas include Alcohol, Explosives, Federal-Government, Firearms, and Geospatial.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, and 23 more developer resources.

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Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

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Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

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A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

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Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ATF Firearms Trace Data

ATF publishes annual firearms trace data reports covering the source and age of crime guns traced by law enforcement agencies across the United States. Data includes state-level...

ATF Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Listing

ATF publishes listings of all active Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) by state. The data is available as downloadable files and can be accessed programmatically for compliance ...

ATF eRegulations API

A read-only JSON API over the ATF regulations in Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations — Parts 447, 478, 479, 555, 646 and 771 — served by ATF's eRegulations deployment. I...

ATF Federal Firearm Licensee Locations (ArcGIS Feature Service)

An anonymous Esri GeoServices REST feature service carrying 77,514 geocoded Federal Firearms Licensee premises, published by ATF's National Geospatial Intelligence Branch from t...

ATF Office Locations (ArcGIS Feature Service)

An anonymous Esri GeoServices REST feature service listing 537 ATF offices and field divisions across the United States, with office type, name, street address, city, state, ZIP...

MCP Servers 1

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

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Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms And Explosives Atf Plans Pricing

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Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms And Explosives Atf Rate Limits

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RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms And Explosives Atf Finops

FINOPS

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Federal Firearm License Location

90 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ATF Office Location

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms And Explosives Atf Authentication

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SECURITY

Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms And Explosives Atf Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

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Documentation 4

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Authentication

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PrivacyPolicy

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FinOps

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 3

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Publications

Publications

Statistics

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Overlay

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
tags:
- Alcohol
- Explosives
- Federal-Government
- Firearms
- Geospatial
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
- Public Safety
- Regulations
- Tobacco
tags_raw:
- Alcohol
- Explosives
- Federal Government
- Firearms
- Geospatial
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
- Public Safety
- Regulations
- Tobacco
type: Index
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-21'
modified: '2026-09-05'
position: Producing
description: ATF is a law enforcement agency in the United States Department of Justice that protects communities from violent
  criminals, criminal organizations, the illegal use and trafficking of firearms, the illegal use and storage of explosives,
  acts of arson and bombings, acts of terrorism, and the illegal diversion of alcohol and tobacco products. ATF publishes
  firearms trace data, crime statistics, and regulatory information.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-:atf-firearms-trace-data
  name: ATF Firearms Trace Data
  tags:
  - Firearms
  - Federal-Government
  - Law Enforcement
  - Public Safety
  - Statistics
  tags_raw:
  - Firearms
  - Federal Government
  - Law Enforcement
  - Public Safety
  - Statistics
  humanURL: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/2022-firearms-trace-data-report/download
  properties:
  - url: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/firearms-trace-data-2022
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/data-statistics/firearms-trace-data-reports
    type: APIReference
  description: ATF publishes annual firearms trace data reports covering the source and age of crime guns traced by law enforcement
    agencies across the United States. Data includes state-level statistics on firearms trafficking and recovery.
- aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-:atf-federal-firearms-licensee-listing
  name: ATF Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Listing
  tags:
  - Federal Firearms Licensees
  - Firearms
  - Federal-Government
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Firearms Licensees
  - Firearms
  - Federal Government
  humanURL: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/listing-federal-firearms-licensees
  baseURL: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/listing-federal-firearms-licensees
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/
    type: DataAPI
  description: ATF publishes listings of all active Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) by state. The data is available as downloadable
    files and can be accessed programmatically for compliance verification purposes.
- aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-:atf-eregulations-api
  name: ATF eRegulations API
  tags:
  - Regulations
  - Federal-Government
  - Firearms
  - Explosives
  - Compliance
  - Legal
  tags_raw:
  - Regulations
  - Federal Government
  - Firearms
  - Explosives
  - Compliance
  - Legal
  humanURL: https://regulations.atf.gov/
  baseURL: https://regulations.atf.gov/api
  properties:
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--eregulations-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: overlays/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--eregulations-overlay.yaml
    type: Overlay
  - url: https://regulations.atf.gov/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://regulations.atf.gov/api/regulation
    type: APIReference
  description: A read-only JSON API over the ATF regulations in Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations — Parts 447, 478,
    479, 555, 646 and 771 — served by ATF's eRegulations deployment. It exposes the full nested regulation text tree at any
    effective version, the Federal Register notices that amended it with their verbatim amendment instructions, version-to-version
    diffs, and full-text search. Every state of a regulation is identified by the Federal Register document number that produced
    it, so regulation text and rulemaking history join on a single key. Anonymous, free and unmetered; ATF publishes no OpenAPI
    for it, and the description in this repository was modeled by API Evangelist from live probes.
- aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-:atf-ffl-locations-feature-service
  name: ATF Federal Firearm Licensee Locations (ArcGIS Feature Service)
  tags:
  - Firearms
  - Federal Firearms Licensees
  - Federal-Government
  - Geospatial
  - Open Data
  tags_raw:
  - Firearms
  - Federal Firearms Licensees
  - Federal Government
  - Geospatial
  - Open Data
  humanURL: https://opendata-atf-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/e7a13c9919314e51b240031e697ae095_0
  baseURL: https://services6.arcgis.com/PrP5ZtrES07DmVmv/arcgis/rest/services/Federal_Firearm_Licensees_locations/FeatureServer
  properties:
  - url: geoservices/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--ffl-locations-featureserver.json
    type: DataContract
  - url: json-schema/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--ffl-locations.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: https://opendata-atf-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/e7a13c9919314e51b240031e697ae095_0
    type: Documentation
  description: 'An anonymous Esri GeoServices REST feature service carrying 77,514 geocoded Federal Firearms Licensee premises,
    published by ATF''s National Geospatial Intelligence Branch from the same source as the agency''s downloadable FFL listing.
    Ninety attribute fields: the licensee identity and premises and mailing addresses in the USER_ columns, the licence number
    decomposed across five integer columns, and Esri geocoder match quality in the rest. Query-only at maxRecordCount 2000,
    with CSV, GeoJSON, KML and Shapefile downloads offered alongside it on ATF''s ArcGIS Hub open-data site.'
- aid: bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf-:atf-office-locations-feature-service
  name: ATF Office Locations (ArcGIS Feature Service)
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Law Enforcement
  - Geospatial
  - Open Data
  - Locations
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Law Enforcement
  - Geospatial
  - Open Data
  - Locations
  humanURL: https://opendata-atf-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/8456bb4e8e68446aa27e3061ab6d4ac9_0
  baseURL: https://services6.arcgis.com/PrP5ZtrES07DmVmv/arcgis/rest/services/ATF_Office_Locations/FeatureServer
  properties:
  - url: geoservices/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--office-locations-featureserver.json
    type: DataContract
  - url: json-schema/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--office-locations.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: https://opendata-atf-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/8456bb4e8e68446aa27e3061ab6d4ac9_0
    type: Documentation
  description: An anonymous Esri GeoServices REST feature service listing 537 ATF offices and field divisions across the United
    States, with office type, name, street address, city, state, ZIP and the field division each office rolls up to. Query
    and Extract capabilities, a stable globalid per record, and downloads in CSV, GeoJSON, KML, Shapefile, GeoPackage, File
    Geodatabase and Excel from ATF's ArcGIS Hub open-data site.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/atfweb
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atf
- type: Website
  url: https://www.atf.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.atf.gov/privacy-policy
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://opendata-atf-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/
- type: Publications
  url: https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/publications
- type: Statistics
  url: https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/data-statistics
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--eregulations-openapi.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--eregulations-overlay.yaml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--ffl-locations.json
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--conformance.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--lifecycle.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--plans-pricing.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--llms.txt
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-atf--finops.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://regulations.atf.gov/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://regulations.atf.gov/api/regulation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: local-v3

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