August 2026 FFL Listings Processed — What Changed Since May
We’ve finished processing the ATF’s August 2026 FOIA release of federally licensed firearm dealer records. The updated data is live for our customers, so every license check runs against the most recent listing the ATF has published — not a stale copy.
APB360 has been collecting and tracking FFL statistics since 2013. Each release gets compared against the one before it, which is what makes the churn visible: since the May 2026 listing, the ATF file picked up a batch of brand-new licensees, a larger batch of records with changed details, and a large majority that came through unchanged.
Corrected November 1, 2026: this post first said 4,022 new, 10,581 updated and 69,049 unchanged records. New and updated records had been counted twice. The figures below are correct.
August 2026 vs. May 2026
2,011
New licenses — FFLs that did not appear in the May listing.
5,291
Updated records — existing licensees with changed details, including phone numbers and addresses.
69,849
Unchanged records — sound, with no change since May.
Why It Matters
An FFL number that was valid in the spring is not automatically valid today. Licenses get surrendered, expire, or move; premises and phone numbers change more often than most people expect. Shipping a firearm against outdated license information is the kind of avoidable paperwork problem that turns into an IOI conversation later.
- Validity at the moment of transfer — confirm the receiving party holds a current, approved license
- Current premises and contact data — catch address moves before a shipment goes to the old location
- Clean bound-book entries — licensee details recorded accurately the first time
- A dated trail — know which ATF listing a verification was checked against
The next FOIA listing will be processed and posted the same way. Questions about FFL verification inside APB360? Email sales@apb360.com.