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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 130 areas →
662,001
licensed businesses in 130 areas
53,871
licensed businesses in Council District 4, Los Angeles, the largest area
2026-08-25
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Licensed businesses by license category

Lessors of Real Estate (including Mini Warehouses & Self-Storage Units): 43,759 licensed businesses43,759Lessors of Re…All Other Personal Services: 40,702 licensed businesses40,702All Other Per…Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers: 34,466 licensed businesses34,466Independent A…Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics): 16,313 licensed businesses16,313Single Family…Limited Business License: 16,175 licensed businesses16,175Limited Busin…All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services: 15,767 licensed businesses15,767All Other Pro…Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services: 14,717 licensed businesses14,717Management, S…Motion Picture & Video Industries (except Video Rental): 14,144 licensed businesses14,144Motion 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)43,7596.6%
All Other Personal Services40,7026.1%
Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers34,4665.2%
Single Family Housing Construction (1997 Naics)16,3132.5%
Limited Business License16,1752.4%
All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services15,7672.4%
Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services14,7172.2%
Motion Picture & Video Industries (except Video Rental)14,1442.1%

Every area, ranked by number of licensed businesses

#arealicensed businessesList
121South Deering, Chicago201Download
122Mount Greenwood, Chicago179Download
123West Pullman, Chicago172Download
124Montclare, Chicago154Download
125Edison Park, Chicago151Download
126Avalon Park, Chicago142Download
127Kenwood, Chicago133Download
128Seacliff, San Francisco131Download
129Calumet Heights, Chicago123Download
130Pullman, Chicago102Download

Licensed businesses licensed per month

2024-09: 4,804 licensed businesses2024-10: 5,158 licensed businesses2024-11: 4,141 licensed businesses2024-12: 4,364 licensed businesses2025-01: 11,474 licensed businesses2025-02: 5,543 licensed businesses2025-03: 6,113 licensed businesses2025-04: 6,168 licensed businesses2025-05: 5,986 licensed businesses2025-06: 5,921 licensed businesses2025-07: 6,398 licensed businesses2025-08: 5,709 licensed businesses2025-09: 5,882 licensed businesses2025-10: 6,160 licensed businesses2025-11: 4,852 licensed businesses2025-12: 5,221 licensed businesses2026-01: 8,447 licensed businesses2026-02: 5,510 licensed businesses2026-03: 5,914 licensed businesses2026-04: 6,019 licensed businesses2026-05: 5,811 licensed businesses2026-06: 5,655 licensed businesses2026-07: 5,506 licensed businesses2026-08: 3,558 licensed businesses2026-09: 96 licensed businesses2024-092025-012025-052025-092026-012026-052026-0996
Records by the month they were licensed, all areas.

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