New Wholesale / Distribution Businesses in Chicago

16 new wholesale / distribution 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, 16 new wholesale / distribution businesses were licensed in Chicago. Recent licenses cluster in Loop, New City, and Austin.

Most recent license on file: June 2, 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 wholesale / distribution businesses are opening

Neighborhoods ranked by their share of the 41 newest wholesale / distribution licenses, issued since July 26, 2024.

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Common questions

How many new wholesale / distribution businesses are there in Chicago?

BizPulse has 41 wholesale / distribution businesses on file that were newly licensed in Chicago, including 16 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 wholesale / distribution businesses licensed most often in Chicago?

Among the 41 most recently licensed wholesale / distribution businesses BizPulse has on file, licenses cluster in Loop, New City, Austin, Lower West Side, and Near North Side.

What share of new Chicago businesses are wholesale / distribution?

Wholesale / Distribution businesses made up about 0.4% of all new business licenses issued in Chicago in the past year (16 of 4,040).

What counts as a "new" wholesale / distribution 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.