New Retail - Liquor Businesses in Chicago

15 new retail - liquor 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, 15 new retail - liquor businesses were licensed in Chicago — 2 in the last 30 days, outpacing the past year’s average. Recent licenses cluster in Irving Park, Near North Side, and Calumet Heights.

Most recent license on file: October 14, 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 - liquor businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 31 newest retail - liquor licenses, issued since August 12, 2024.

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Common questions

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

BizPulse has 31 retail - liquor businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 15 in the past year and 2 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 - liquor businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 31 most recently licensed retail - liquor businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Irving Park, Near North Side, Calumet Heights, Lower West Side, and North Center.

What share of new Chicago businesses are retail - liquor?

Retail - Liquor businesses made up about 0.4% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (15 of 3,986).

What counts as a "new" retail - liquor 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.