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So far in 2026, 🏢 business registrations Licenses are 3.8k, down by 11% from last year's 4.3k to this date of February 25, 2026.
Jan 1 – Feb 25, 2026
Comparing Jan 1 – Feb 25, 2026 to same period last year
This metric counts new business licenses issued by the City of Chicago as recorded in the Business Licenses dataset. Each record represents a license issued to a business location. Tracks new registrations over time by license start date, enabling analysis of business activity trends by ward, community area, and license type.
This data comes from 🏢 Business Registrations, a public dataset maintained by Chicago on the city's open data portal.
Most recent: April 3, 2026
Last checked Apr 6, 2026