In the past year, 60 new lodging / hotel businesses were licensed in Chicago — 14 in the last 30 days, outpacing the past year’s average. Recent licenses cluster in West Town, Near North Side, and Loop.
Most recent license on file: October 22, 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
- Fremont Street InnLake View · 3742 N FREMONT ST
- Marko DragojevicPortage Park · 4742 N LAVERGNE AVE UNIT 1
- The Blackstone HotelLoop · 636 S MICHIGAN AVE
- Myah's Bed And BreakfastWest Town · 838-842 W GRAND AVE 2ND - 3RD
- Anthony ValdiviesoLake View · 3636 N RACINE AVE 1 1
- Marisol DobladoNew City · 5139 S HERMITAGE AVE CH
- La Quinta Inn And Suites Chicago DowntownLoop · 1 S FRANKLIN ST LL-9
- Encun SituArmour Square · 2419 S WENTWORTH AVE 3 B
- Christine FuentesNear North Side · 30 E HURON ST 51 5102, 5104
- Birken Lofts LLCNear West Side · 202 N JUSTINE ST
- Jill OliverLogan Square · 3517 W PALMER ST FIRST 1
- Justin Wallace LeeSouth Lawndale · 2820 W 21ST PL
- Sebastian MysliwiecNear West Side · 2130 W WASHINGTON BLVD
- Juanfang MjasiriWashington Park · 5430 S DEARBORN ST 1
- Pauline AessaRogers Park · 7068 N SHERIDAN RD FIRST
- Hotel SilversmithLoop · 10-16 S WABASH AVE 1-10
- Karen JacobsenUptown · 737-745 W GORDON TER 3 3RD/205
- Rahela TapLower West Side · 2127 W 18TH ST GF
- Irenity IncorporatedLoop · 8 E 9TH ST 25TH 2501
- Hotel 55 ChicagoNear North Side · 55 E ONTARIO ST
- Pnina Issac-zippershteinEdgewater · 1064 W THORNDALE AVE 1 Q
- 1539 Devon Partners, LLC.Edgewater · 1539 W DEVON AVE
- The BlairNear North Side · 1516 N LAKE SHORE DR
- Dariusz SobierajEdgewater · 1555 W OLIVE AVE 2E
- James MartinezWest Town · 1449 N ASHLAND AVE 2 R
- The Tremont HotelNear North Side · 100 E CHESTNUT ST
- Elizabeth MastersonLincoln Park · 751 W WILLOW ST 2 2R
- Danica ThomasLincoln Park · 454 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE
- George LiakopoulosWest Town · 1544 N ASHLAND AVE 1
- Matthew LissLogan Square · 2425 N KIMBALL AVE
- Lynette PitcockAvondale · 4124 W WELLINGTON AVE
- Heritage HospitalityNear North Side · 446 E ONTARIO ST 6-10
- Dario Paul Tapia SalazarDouglas · 500 E 33RD ST 1402
- Adresa LLCDouglas · 2951 S DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR 12 1202
- Opeyemi OdukoyaGrand Boulevard · 4520 S ST LAWRENCE AVE 1
- Shaunee CrumpNorth Lawndale · 3650 W GRENSHAW ST 3RD FLOOR
- Ehimwenma Emmanuel OsaweRoseland · 10150 S WENTWORTH AVE
- Yolanda CarreraWest Town · 1408 N MILWAUKEE AVE
- Tanya HrudkaNear North Side · 104 W OAK ST 4 4W
- Abdulkareem AbuRogers Park · 1231 W LUNT AVE 3N
- Stephen KuhnLake View · 3821 N CLARK ST 1 1
- 7754 W Higgins J LLCNorwood Park · 7754 W HIGGINS AVE J
- Dream ManagementLoop · 417 S DEARBORN ST FLOORS 2-11
- Coty WilliamsLower West Side · 1907 S CANALPORT AVE 1
- Kevin O'donnellWest Town · 1547-1549 N MILWAUKEE AVE
- Matthew LongWest Town · 2637 W SUPERIOR ST 2 2
- Desiree LeachGrand Boulevard · 4222 S LANGLEY AVE UNIT 3
- Millenium Park LoftLoop · 15- 19 S WABASH AVE 3-5
Where lodging / hotel businesses are opening
Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 121 newest lodging / hotel licenses, issued since July 23, 2024.
New lodging / hotel businesses by neighborhood
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Common questions
How many new lodging / hotel businesses are there in Chicago?
BizPulse has 121 lodging / hotel businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 60 in the past year and 14 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 lodging / hotel businesses licensed most often in Chicago?
Among the 121 most recently licensed lodging / hotel businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in West Town, Near North Side, Loop, Logan Square, and Lake View.
What share of new Chicago businesses are lodging / hotel?
Lodging / Hotel businesses made up about 1.5% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (60 of 3,986).
What counts as a "new" lodging / hotel 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.