New Professional Services Businesses in Chicago

168 new professional services 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, 168 new professional services businesses were licensed in Chicago — 9 in the last 30 days, below the past year’s average pace. Recent licenses cluster in Loop, Near North Side, and Near West Side.

Most recent license on file: October 19, 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 professional services businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 200 newest professional services licenses, issued since September 16, 2025.

New professional services businesses by neighborhood

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

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Common questions

How many new professional services businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 443 professional services businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 168 in the past year and 9 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 professional services businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 200 most recently licensed professional services businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Loop, Near North Side, Near West Side, West Town, and Lake View.

What share of new Chicago businesses are professional services?

Professional Services businesses made up about 4.2% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (168 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" professional services 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.