New Grocery Businesses in Chicago

153 new grocery 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, 153 new grocery businesses were licensed in Chicago — 12 in the last 30 days, roughly in line with the past year’s average. Recent licenses cluster in Austin, West Garfield Park, and Greater Grand Crossing.

Most recent license on file: October 23, 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 grocery businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 200 newest grocery licenses, issued since July 10, 2025.

New grocery businesses by neighborhood

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

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Common questions

How many new grocery businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 308 grocery businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 153 in the past year and 12 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 grocery businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 200 most recently licensed grocery businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Austin, West Garfield Park, Greater Grand Crossing, West Ridge, and Humboldt Park.

What share of new Chicago businesses are grocery?

Grocery businesses made up about 3.8% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (153 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" grocery 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.