New Retail - Tobacco Businesses in Chicago

22 new retail - tobacco 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, 22 new retail - tobacco businesses were licensed in Chicago. Recent licenses cluster in Austin, Lincoln Park, and Near West Side.

Most recent license on file: August 3, 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 - tobacco businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 45 newest retail - tobacco licenses, issued since September 11, 2024.

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Common questions

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

BizPulse has 45 retail - tobacco businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 22 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 retail - tobacco businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 45 most recently licensed retail - tobacco businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Austin, Lincoln Park, Near West Side, East Garfield Park, and Chicago Lawn.

What share of new Chicago businesses are retail - tobacco?

Retail - Tobacco businesses made up about 0.5% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (22 of 4,040).

What counts as a "new" retail - tobacco 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.