New Other Businesses in Chicago

33 new other 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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Past year

In the past year, 33 new other businesses were licensed in Chicago. Recent licenses cluster in West Town, Lake View, and Loop.

Most recent license on file: July 27, 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 other businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 61 newest other licenses, issued since July 23, 2024.

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Common questions

How many new other businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 61 other businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 33 in the past year and 0 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 other businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 61 most recently licensed other businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in West Town, Lake View, Loop, Logan Square, and Roseland.

What share of new Chicago businesses are other?

Other businesses made up about 0.8% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (33 of 4,040).

What counts as a "new" other 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.