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Licensed businesses by area

Every business in our data holds an active license or registration published by its city: Chicago, New York City, San Francisco or Los Angeles. These free pages count the licensed businesses in each community area, borough, neighborhood or council district, split them by category, show the newest, and give you the full list for any area as a spreadsheet, an API call or an answer from your AI agent.

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Manhattan, New York CityLoop, ChicagoFinancial District/South Beach, San FranciscoCouncil District 4, Los AngelesCouncil District 5, Los AngelesQueens, New York CityNear North Side, ChicagoMission, San FranciscoAll 128 areas →

New business licenses by US city, as a CSV (Chicago, NYC, SF, LA) →

756,070
licensed businesses in the imported dataset
53,830
licensed businesses in Council District 4, Los Angeles, the largest area
2026-10-04
data refreshed

Licensed businesses by license category

Lessors of Real Estate (including Mini Warehouses & Self-Storage Units): 42,279 licensed businesses42,279Lessors of Re…All Other Personal Services: 40,762 licensed businesses40,762All Other Per…Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers: 34,479 licensed businesses34,479Independent A…Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics): 16,335 licensed businesses16,335Single Family…Limited Business License: 16,203 licensed businesses16,203Limited Busin…All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services: 15,768 licensed businesses15,768All Other Pro…Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services: 14,699 licensed businesses14,699Management, S…Motion Picture & Video Industries (except Video Rental): 14,120 licensed businesses14,120Motion Pictur…
Count of licensed businesses by license category, all areas in our data.
License categorylicensed businessesShare
Lessors of Real Estate (including Mini Warehouses & Self-Storage Units)42,2795.6%
All Other Personal Services40,7625.4%
Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers34,4794.6%
Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics)16,3352.2%
Limited Business License16,2032.1%
All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services15,7682.1%
Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services14,6991.9%
Motion Picture & Video Industries (except Video Rental)14,1201.9%

The total and full download include all 756,070 matching records in this import. Type charts show up to eight categories; date charts use the displayed period and exclude missing or future dates. The area directory covers 596,043 records in 128 named areas with at least 100 records each.

Areas with at least 100 records, ranked by number of licensed businesses

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1Council District 4, Los Angeles53,830Download
2Council District 5, Los Angeles48,846Download
3Council District 14, Los Angeles42,503Download
4Council District 11, Los Angeles40,452Download
5Council District 13, Los Angeles38,360Download
6Council District 3, Los Angeles34,538Download
7Council District 2, Los Angeles34,534Download
8Council District 10, Los Angeles33,264Download
9Council District 6, Los Angeles29,480Download
10Council District 12, Los Angeles29,191Download
11Council District 1, Los Angeles24,069Download
12Council District 7, Los Angeles20,271Download
13Council District 8, Los Angeles18,100Download
14Council District 9, Los Angeles17,415Download
15Council District 15, Los Angeles15,645Download
16Queens, New York City8,755Download
17Brooklyn, New York City8,450Download
18Manhattan, New York City6,402Download
19Near North Side, Chicago4,312Download
20Financial District/South Beach, San Francisco4,075Download
21Bronx, New York City3,888Download
22Loop, Chicago3,598Download
23Near West Side, Chicago2,919Download
24Mission, San Francisco2,795Download
25West Town, Chicago2,643Download
26Outside Nyc, New York City2,597Download
27Lake View, Chicago2,251Download
28Staten Island, New York City2,078Download
29Sunset/Parkside, San Francisco1,861Download
30Lincoln Park, Chicago1,635Download
31Logan Square, Chicago1,633Download
32South of Market, San Francisco1,602Download
33Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco1,527Download
34New City, Chicago1,505Download
35Marina, San Francisco1,454Download
36Outer Richmond, San Francisco1,416Download
37Chinatown, San Francisco1,329Download
38Nob Hill, San Francisco1,241Download
39West of Twin Peaks, San Francisco1,149Download
40Austin, Chicago1,118Download
41Belmont Cragin, Chicago1,117Download
42Pacific Heights, San Francisco1,108Download
43Lower West Side, Chicago1,102Download
44Castro/Upper Market, San Francisco1,016Download
45Inner Richmond, San Francisco1,002Download
46South Lawndale, Chicago956Download
47Tenderloin, San Francisco949Download
48Irving Park, Chicago942Download
49Hayes Valley, San Francisco930Download
50West Ridge, Chicago914Download
51Russian Hill, San Francisco900Download
52Portage Park, Chicago892Download
53Inner Sunset, San Francisco888Download
54Uptown, Chicago849Download
55Noe Valley, San Francisco841Download
56North Center, Chicago827Download
57Edgewater, Chicago824Download
58North Beach, San Francisco819Download
59Humboldt Park, Chicago810Download
60Haight Ashbury, San Francisco797Download
61Lincoln Square, Chicago795Download
62Albany Park, Chicago785Download
63Bernal Heights, San Francisco772Download
64Avondale, Chicago762Download
65Rogers Park, Chicago690Download
66Potrero Hill, San Francisco656Download
67Presidio Heights, San Francisco645Download
68Near South Side, Chicago606Download
69Brighton Park, Chicago602Download
70Western Addition, San Francisco587Download
71Ohare, Chicago567Download
72Excelsior, San Francisco548Download
73Garfield Ridge, Chicago542Download
74Bridgeport, Chicago528Download
75Chicago Lawn, Chicago527Download
76Mission Bay, San Francisco526Download
77Lone Mountain/USF, San Francisco525Download
78Dunning, Chicago522Download
79Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago447Download
80Hyde Park, Chicago432Download
81Gage Park, Chicago427Download
82Chatham, Chicago427Download
83Norwood Park, Chicago422Download
84Armour Square, Chicago417Download
85South Shore, Chicago414Download
86Outer Mission, San Francisco405Download
87West Lawn, Chicago401Download
88Ashburn, Chicago382Download
89Auburn Gresham, Chicago362Download
90Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, San Francisco361Download
91Jefferson Park, Chicago357Download
92Hermosa, Chicago353Download
93North Lawndale, Chicago342Download
94Archer Heights, Chicago314Download
95Roseland, Chicago310Download
96McKinley Park, Chicago290Download
97North Park, Chicago289Download
98Clearing, Chicago285Download
99West Englewood, Chicago282Download
100Beverly, Chicago280Download
101Grand Boulevard, Chicago277Download
102East Garfield Park, Chicago275Download
103Japantown, San Francisco260Download
104Forest Glen, Chicago255Download
105West Garfield Park, Chicago248Download
106Morgan Park, Chicago245Download
107Portola, San Francisco243Download
108Woodlawn, Chicago242Download
109South Chicago, Chicago231Download
110Glen Park, San Francisco230Download
111Washington Heights, Chicago223Download
112Englewood, Chicago221Download
113West Elsdon, Chicago220Download
114East Side, Chicago212Download
115Douglas, Chicago206Download
116South Deering, Chicago204Download
117Visitacion Valley, San Francisco200Download
118Twin Peaks, San Francisco183Download
119Mount Greenwood, Chicago180Download
120Lakeshore, San Francisco176Download

Licensed businesses licensed per month

2024-10: 4,358 licensed businesses2024-11: 3,517 licensed businesses2024-12: 3,812 licensed businesses2025-01: 10,113 licensed businesses2025-02: 4,846 licensed businesses2025-03: 5,341 licensed businesses2025-04: 5,259 licensed businesses2025-05: 5,162 licensed businesses2025-06: 5,101 licensed businesses2025-07: 5,331 licensed businesses2025-08: 4,845 licensed businesses2025-09: 5,018 licensed businesses2025-10: 5,349 licensed businesses2025-11: 4,227 licensed businesses2025-12: 4,517 licensed businesses2026-01: 7,153 licensed businesses2026-02: 4,588 licensed businesses2026-03: 4,987 licensed businesses2026-04: 5,052 licensed businesses2026-05: 5,012 licensed businesses2026-06: 5,010 licensed businesses2026-07: 4,903 licensed businesses2026-08: 4,393 licensed businesses2026-09: 3,245 licensed businesses2026-10: 279 licensed businesses2024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-10279
Records by the month they were licensed, all areas.

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