New Retail - Apparel Businesses in Chicago

117 new retail - apparel 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, 117 new retail - apparel businesses were licensed in Chicago — 3 in the last 30 days, below the past year’s average pace. Recent licenses cluster in New City, Near North Side, and West Town.

Most recent license on file: October 20, 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 retail - apparel businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 200 newest retail - apparel licenses, issued since April 18, 2025.

New retail - apparel businesses by neighborhood

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

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Common questions

How many new retail - apparel businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 294 retail - apparel businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 117 in the past year and 3 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 retail - apparel businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 200 most recently licensed retail - apparel businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in New City, Near North Side, West Town, Lincoln Park, and Near West Side.

What share of new Chicago businesses are retail - apparel?

Retail - Apparel businesses made up about 2.9% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (117 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" retail - apparel 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.