New Convenience Store Businesses in Chicago

169 new convenience store 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
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Past year

In the past year, 169 new convenience store businesses were licensed in Chicago — 11 in the last 30 days, below the past year’s average pace. Recent licenses cluster in West Town, Near West Side, and Austin.

Most recent license on file: October 20, 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 convenience store businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 200 newest convenience store licenses, issued since August 29, 2025.

New convenience store businesses by neighborhood

Every Chicago neighborhood with a dedicated page for new convenience store businesses. Numbers show businesses first licensed in the past year.

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Common questions

How many new convenience store businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 373 convenience store businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 169 in the past year and 11 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 convenience store businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 200 most recently licensed convenience store businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in West Town, Near West Side, Austin, Loop, and Lincoln Park.

What share of new Chicago businesses are convenience store?

Convenience Store businesses made up about 4.2% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (169 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" convenience store 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.