New Laundry / Dry Cleaning Businesses in Chicago

26 new laundry / dry cleaning 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, 26 new laundry / dry cleaning businesses were licensed in Chicago — 1 in the last 30 days, below the past year’s average pace. Recent licenses cluster in Near North Side, Portage Park, and Albany Park.

Most recent license on file: August 24, 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 laundry / dry cleaning businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 59 newest laundry / dry cleaning licenses, issued since August 28, 2024.

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Common questions

How many new laundry / dry cleaning businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 59 laundry / dry cleaning businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 26 in the past year and 1 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 laundry / dry cleaning businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 59 most recently licensed laundry / dry cleaning businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Near North Side, Portage Park, Albany Park, Dunning, and Irving Park.

What share of new Chicago businesses are laundry / dry cleaning?

Laundry / Dry Cleaning businesses made up about 0.6% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (26 of 4,040).

What counts as a "new" laundry / dry cleaning 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.