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Business Licenses (Chicago)

NOTE, 9/25/2025 - We have populated the Address column for <a href="https://data.cityofchicago.org/stories/s/pnmi-a3z5" target="_blank">additional records</a>. Business licenses issued by the Department of Business…

Business Licenses (Chicago) is published by City of Chicago for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates daily, last updated 2026-10-23. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

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Last updated2026-10-23
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About this source

PublisherCity of Chicago
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Licenses/r5kz-chrr ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfHousing, buildings and business
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateDaily
Located byNot stated
LicenceSee Terms of Use
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: City of Chicago, “Business Licenses (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Licenses/r5kz-chrr, last updated 2026-10-23. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1265 (verified).

Use it in your product

# Straight from the publisher's API (no key needed for light use)
curl "https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json?$limit=5"
Endpoint as listed by the publisher.
# Through SOS.city: this source and its neighbours, with publisher, licence and check status
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/1265 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"

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