Chicago, IL business license requirements
A new business in Chicago, IL needs a general local business license or registration, called Limited Business License (for a business that no other city license covers), according to the source cited below.
- General local business license required
- Yes
- License name
- Limited Business License (for a business that no other city license covers)
- Issuing office
- Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP)
- Fee
- Not stated on the source page
- Renewal
- Not stated on the source page
- Where to apply
- No separate application page was found; start from the official source below.
- Official source
- https://www.chicago.gov/dam/city/depts/bacp/ordinances/GeneralLicensingProvisions.pdf
- Verified date
- 2026-10-06
- How this summary was compiled
- The official source page above could not be fetched directly, so an AI agent read excerpts of it returned by a web search limited to the official domain; this summary is less complete for that reason and should be confirmed on the city page first.
The verified date is the day this summary was compiled. Fees, forms and deadlines change: confirm them with Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) before filing.
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