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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 CityMission, San FranciscoNear North Side, ChicagoAll 129 areas →

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

823,837
licensed businesses in the imported dataset
53,892
licensed businesses in Council District 4, Los Angeles, the largest area
2026-10-25
data refreshed

Licensed businesses by license category

Lessors of Real Estate (including Mini Warehouses & Self-Storage Units): 42,258 licensed businesses42,258Lessors of Re…All Other Personal Services: 40,857 licensed businesses40,857All Other Per…Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers: 34,511 licensed businesses34,511Independent A…Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics): 16,322 licensed businesses16,322Single Family…Limited Business License: 15,948 licensed businesses15,948Limited Busin…All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services: 15,785 licensed businesses15,785All Other Pro…Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services: 14,720 licensed businesses14,720Management, S…Janitorial Services: 14,071 licensed businesses14,071Janitorial Se…
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)42,2585.1%
All Other Personal Services40,8575%
Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers34,5114.2%
Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics)16,3222%
Limited Business License15,9481.9%
All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services15,7851.9%
Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services14,7201.8%
Janitorial Services14,0711.7%

The total and full download include all 823,837 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 661,858 records in 129 named areas with at least 100 records each.

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

#arealicensed businessesList
1Council District 4, Los Angeles53,892Download
2Council District 5, Los Angeles48,897Download
3Council District 14, Los Angeles42,586Download
4Council District 11, Los Angeles40,514Download
5Council District 13, Los Angeles38,337Download
6Council District 3, Los Angeles34,660Download
7Council District 2, Los Angeles34,648Download
8Council District 10, Los Angeles33,340Download
9Council District 6, Los Angeles29,578Download
10Council District 12, Los Angeles29,322Download
11Council District 1, Los Angeles24,094Download
12Council District 7, Los Angeles20,361Download
13Council District 8, Los Angeles18,145Download
14Council District 9, Los Angeles17,431Download
15Council District 15, Los Angeles15,675Download
16Financial District/South Beach, San Francisco14,357Download
17Queens, New York City8,755Download
18Brooklyn, New York City8,450Download
19Mission, San Francisco8,015Download
20Manhattan, New York City6,402Download
21South of Market, San Francisco6,231Download
22Sunset/Parkside, San Francisco5,082Download
23Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco4,728Download
24Near North Side, Chicago4,310Download
25Bronx, New York City3,888Download
26Outer Richmond, San Francisco3,600Download
27Loop, Chicago3,496Download
28Marina, San Francisco3,427Download
29Castro/Upper Market, San Francisco3,427Download
30Chinatown, San Francisco3,333Download
31West of Twin Peaks, San Francisco3,054Download
32Tenderloin, San Francisco2,931Download
33Pacific Heights, San Francisco2,880Download
34Near West Side, Chicago2,878Download
35Nob Hill, San Francisco2,875Download
36West Town, Chicago2,706Download
37Outside Nyc, New York City2,597Download
38Hayes Valley, San Francisco2,562Download
39Mission Bay, San Francisco2,538Download
40Inner Richmond, San Francisco2,350Download
41Lake View, Chicago2,230Download
42Inner Sunset, San Francisco2,224Download
43Noe Valley, San Francisco2,172Download
44Bernal Heights, San Francisco2,110Download
45Russian Hill, San Francisco2,093Download
46Potrero Hill, San Francisco2,080Download
47Staten Island, New York City2,078Download
48Haight Ashbury, San Francisco2,024Download
49North Beach, San Francisco2,005Download
50Excelsior, San Francisco1,781Download
51Western Addition, San Francisco1,675Download
52Lincoln Park, Chicago1,624Download
53Logan Square, Chicago1,604Download
54New City, Chicago1,508Download
55Presidio Heights, San Francisco1,485Download
56Lone Mountain/USF, San Francisco1,337Download
57Outer Mission, San Francisco1,289Download
58Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, San Francisco1,124Download
59Austin, Chicago1,119Download
60Belmont Cragin, Chicago1,111Download
61Lower West Side, Chicago1,087Download
62Irving Park, Chicago969Download
63South Lawndale, Chicago956Download
64West Ridge, Chicago900Download
65Portage Park, Chicago888Download
66Uptown, Chicago847Download
67North Center, Chicago841Download
68Edgewater, Chicago820Download
69Humboldt Park, Chicago817Download
70Portola, San Francisco805Download
71Avondale, Chicago779Download
72Lincoln Square, Chicago778Download
73Albany Park, Chicago778Download
74Lakeshore, San Francisco712Download
75Japantown, San Francisco697Download
76Glen Park, San Francisco686Download
77Brighton Park, Chicago597Download
78Visitacion Valley, San Francisco596Download
79Rogers Park, Chicago579Download
80Ohare, Chicago574Download
81Near South Side, Chicago573Download
82Garfield Ridge, Chicago542Download
83Bridgeport, Chicago528Download
84Dunning, Chicago518Download
85Chicago Lawn, Chicago507Download
86Presidio, San Francisco475Download
87Twin Peaks, San Francisco448Download
88Hyde Park, Chicago432Download
89Norwood Park, Chicago426Download
90Gage Park, Chicago421Download
91Armour Square, Chicago414Download
92South Shore, Chicago406Download
93West Lawn, Chicago389Download
94Ashburn, Chicago388Download
95Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago381Download
96Chatham, Chicago371Download
97Auburn Gresham, Chicago364Download
98Jefferson Park, Chicago358Download
99Hermosa, Chicago355Download
100North Lawndale, Chicago342Download
101Archer Heights, Chicago313Download
102Roseland, Chicago300Download
103North Park, Chicago291Download
104McKinley Park, Chicago286Download
105Clearing, Chicago285Download
106Beverly, Chicago278Download
107West Englewood, Chicago273Download
108Grand Boulevard, Chicago270Download
109Treasure Island, San Francisco266Download
110East Garfield Park, Chicago265Download
111Forest Glen, Chicago258Download
112West Garfield Park, Chicago250Download
113Morgan Park, Chicago246Download
114Woodlawn, Chicago235Download
115Washington Heights, Chicago226Download
116South Chicago, Chicago225Download
117West Elsdon, Chicago216Download
118East Side, Chicago211Download
119South Deering, Chicago207Download
120Douglas, Chicago204Download

Licensed businesses licensed per month

2024-10: 4,311 licensed businesses2024-11: 3,960 licensed businesses2024-12: 4,240 licensed businesses2025-01: 11,414 licensed businesses2025-02: 5,453 licensed businesses2025-03: 6,047 licensed businesses2025-04: 6,089 licensed businesses2025-05: 5,911 licensed businesses2025-06: 5,848 licensed businesses2025-07: 6,306 licensed businesses2025-08: 5,527 licensed businesses2025-09: 5,637 licensed businesses2025-10: 5,970 licensed businesses2025-11: 4,809 licensed businesses2025-12: 5,184 licensed businesses2026-01: 8,642 licensed businesses2026-02: 5,542 licensed businesses2026-03: 5,949 licensed businesses2026-04: 6,071 licensed businesses2026-05: 5,946 licensed businesses2026-06: 5,854 licensed businesses2026-07: 5,827 licensed businesses2026-08: 5,339 licensed businesses2026-09: 4,954 licensed businesses2026-10: 3,197 licensed businesses2024-102025-022025-062025-102026-022026-062026-103,197
Records by the month they were licensed, all areas.

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