New Accounting / Finance Businesses in Chicago

86 new accounting / finance businesses were licensed in Chicago in the past year. Sourced from City of Chicago license records, updated daily.

Counts are based on first-ever Chicago business licenses. A license is not an opening date — some businesses open weeks later, and some are already operating when the license is issued.

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New this week
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Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
86
Past year

In the past year, 86 new accounting / finance businesses were licensed in Chicago — 4 in the last 30 days, below the past year’s average pace. Recent licenses cluster in Loop, West Lawn, and Near North Side.

Most recent license on file: October 19, 2026. Data refreshed daily from the City of Chicago open data portal.

How to read this data

"New businesses" = accounts receiving their first-ever Chicago business license, excluding pop-up/transient permits. Counts are based on first-ever Chicago business licenses. A license is not an opening date — some businesses open weeks later, and some are already operating when the license is issued. Every count on this page comes from that same daily City of Chicago license feed.

Recently licensed

Where accounting / finance businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 176 newest accounting / finance licenses, issued since July 23, 2024.

New accounting / finance businesses by neighborhood

Every Chicago neighborhood with a dedicated page for new accounting / finance businesses. Numbers show businesses first licensed in the past year.

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Common questions

How many new accounting / finance businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 176 accounting / finance businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 86 in the past year and 4 in the last 30 days. Counts are based on first-ever Chicago business licenses. A license is not an opening date — some businesses open weeks later, and some are already operating when the license is issued.

Where are new accounting / finance businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 176 most recently licensed accounting / finance businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Loop, West Lawn, Near North Side, Archer Heights, and Roseland.

What share of new Chicago businesses are accounting / finance?

Accounting / Finance businesses made up about 2.2% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (86 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" accounting / finance business?

"New businesses" = accounts receiving their first-ever Chicago business license, excluding pop-up/transient permits. Counts are based on first-ever Chicago business licenses. A license is not an opening date — some businesses open weeks later, and some are already operating when the license is issued.

How often is this data updated?

BizPulse re-ingests the City of Chicago business-license feed every day. A newly issued license is typically searchable here within a week of being licensed.