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Chicago Business Licenses Scraper

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Chicago Business Licenses Scraper

Scrape Chicago's open business license database - 100,000+ active licenses with business name, address, license type, activity, expiration, and GPS coordinates. Search by name, license type, neighborhood, or ZIP code.

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Scrape Chicago's open business license database — over 100,000 active licenses with business name, address, license type, business activity, expiration date, GPS coordinates, and more.

Data source: City of Chicago Data Portal — publicly available with no API key required.

What can it do?

  • Search businesses by name, license type, business activity keyword, neighborhood, or ZIP code
  • Lookup specific licenses by license number
  • Filter by license status (active, revoked, inactive)
  • Retrieve GPS coordinates for location-based analysis

Input

FieldTypeDescription
modeselectsearchBusinesses or getBusinessProfile
querystringPartial match on legal name or DBA name
licenseTypestringFilter by license description (e.g. "Retail Food Establishment")
businessActivitystringFilter by activity keyword (e.g. "attorney", "food")
neighborhoodselectChicago neighborhood (e.g. "LOOP", "LINCOLN PARK")
zipCodestringChicago ZIP code (e.g. "60601")
licenseStatusselectAAI (active), AAC (conditional), REV (revoked)
licenseNumbersarrayLicense numbers for getBusinessProfile mode
maxItemsintegerMax records to return (default: 100, max: 10,000)

Output

Each record contains:

{
"licenseId":"3082190",
"licenseNumber":"2818291",
"legalName":"ALTRUISTIC ESTHETICS INC.",
"doingBusinessAsName":"ALTRUISTIC ESTHETICS",
"address":"4809 N RAVENSWOOD AVE 116",
"city":"CHICAGO",
"state":"IL",
"zipCode":"60640",
"neighborhood":"UPTOWN",
"communityAreaName":"UPTOWN",
"licenseDescription":"Limited Business License",
"businessActivities":["Skincare Services","Provide Waxing Services"],
"primaryActivity":"Skincare Services",
"licenseStatusCode":"AAI",
"licenseStatus":"Active (Issued)",
"licenseStartDate":"2026-11-16",
"expirationDate":"2027-11-15",
"latitude":41.9650268,
"longitude":-87.6665356,
"sourceUrl":"https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/uupf-x98q.json?license_number=2818291",
"recordType":"businessLicense",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-30T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

  • Business prospecting — find businesses by type or neighborhood
  • Market research — analyze business density by area or industry
  • Competitive intelligence — track restaurant, law firm, or retail openings
  • Data journalism — investigate business license patterns in Chicago

FAQs

Is this free to use? Yes — the data comes from Chicago's open data portal and requires no API key.

How current is the data? The City of Chicago updates the dataset daily.

Can I search by attorney or law firm? Yes — use businessActivity: "attorney" or query: "law".

What neighborhoods are available? All 77 Chicago community areas plus named neighborhoods. Use the neighborhood dropdown in the input schema.

Does it work globally? This scraper is specific to the City of Chicago. For other cities, open data portals (data.cityofla.org, data.cityofnewyork.us, etc.) offer similar datasets.

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