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Chicago Business Licence Events Dataset

Chicago Business Licence Events Dataset

39,00 €

Explore recently issued Chicago business-licence records with application type, issue dates and reported status in a bounded download.

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Your purchase includes the edition described on this page. Later releases are separate unless this offer explicitly includes an update entitlement.

Source checks and new-release publication do not change the historical coverage or automatically add future editions to an earlier purchase.

Edition details

Edition
zf-028-2026-09-05-5492e830b025
Files
data/full.jsonl, data/full.csv, data/sample.json, schema.json, provenance.json, manifest.json, quality-report.json, LICENSE.md, README.md, CHANGELOG.md, sources/original-api-records.json, checksums.json
Formats
CSV, JSON, JSONL, MD
Coverage
The 50,000 most recently issued Chicago business-licence rows returned by the city API on 2026-09-05, including application type, issue dates and observed licence status.
Geographic scope
The 50,000 most recently issued Chicago business-licence rows returned by the city API on 2026-09-05, including application type, issue dates and observed licence status.
Publisher
data.cityofchicago.org
Source updated
Explicitly unknown; see immutable provenance for the recorded source retrieval.
Source checked
2026-09-05T12:19:59.248622+00:00
Released
2026-09-05T12:19:59.248622+00:00
Licence and attribution
Source records remain subject to the original publisher terms linked in provenance.json. Retain attribution and source notices. Zentra grants use of the normalization, schema and packaging for internal and commercial analysis; this does not grant exclusive rights over public source facts or third-party material. No endorsement by source publishers.

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Schema

FieldTypeDescription
application_created_datenull|string
application_typestring
business_activitystring|null
citystring
community_area_namestring|null
date_issuedstring
doing_business_as_namestring
expiration_datestring|null
idstring
license_descriptionstring
license_idstring
license_numberstring
license_start_datestring|null
license_statusstring
license_status_change_datenull|string
source_urlstring
statestring
zip_codestring|null

Sample preview

Open the public sample

application_created_dateapplication_typebusiness_activitycitycommunity_area_namedate_issueddoing_business_as_nameexpiration_dateidlicense_descriptionlicense_idlicense_numberlicense_start_datelicense_statuslicense_status_change_datesource_url
RENEWRetail Sales of Perishable FoodsCHICAGOLOWER WEST SIDE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000T JOELS FAMILY RESTAURANT2025-12-15T00:00:00.0001332161-20231216Retail Food Establishment293592913321612023-12-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWStorage or Use of Hazardous Materials (MFG)CHICAGOWEST TOWN2026-09-03T00:00:00.000CHICAGO IRON WORKS2028-09-15T00:00:00.0001383863-20260916Manufacturing Establishments309188713838632026-09-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWRetail Sales of Packaged LiquorCHICAGONEAR WEST SIDE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000TOP LESS LIQUOR INC2028-09-15T00:00:00.00017304-20260916Package Goods3091872173042026-09-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWRetail Sale of TobaccoCHICAGONEAR WEST SIDE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000TOP LESS LIQUOR INC2027-09-15T00:00:00.00017305-20260916Tobacco3091873173052026-09-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWRetail Sales of FlowersCHICAGONEAR NORTH SIDE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000ASHLAND ADDISON FLORIST2028-06-15T00:00:00.0001873440-20260616Limited Business License307956718734402026-06-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWCHICAGOLOOP2026-09-03T00:00:00.000AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST, THE NATION'S FOOD BANK NETWORK2028-09-15T00:00:00.0001891983-20260916Limited Business License309289918919832026-09-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWCHICAGONEAR WEST SIDE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000STAT ANALYSIS2028-09-15T00:00:00.0001904308-20260916Limited Business License309193019043082026-09-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
RENEWCHICAGOARMOUR SQUARE2026-09-03T00:00:00.000BG8808 WIRELESS2028-06-15T00:00:00.0001914394-20260616Limited Business License308010819143942026-06-16T00:00:00.000AAIhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
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Bring Chicago business-licence events into a structured analysis workflow. The extract concentrates on the most recently issued rows under its documented limit, providing licence-event evidence rather than speculative business-opening or closure dates.

What this download contains

A licence issue, application type or reported status does not necessarily correspond to the day a business opened its doors or stopped trading. The dataset preserves the source event meaning and makes the extraction boundary visible so it is not mistaken for a complete city business census.

Working with this edition

Use the documented identifiers and date fields to group licence activity, keeping repeated or related licence records distinct where the schema requires it. Follow the official registry for the current position of a particular business.

Product questions

Can I treat an issue date as a business opening date?

No. It is a licence-event date, not independently verified evidence of a physical opening.

Are all Chicago licences included?

No. The described extract is bounded to the most recently issued rows under the stated limit.

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