Liquor License FeedNew liquor licenses in Chicago, Illinois
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Illinois licenses are issued by each city first, then by the state. This covers every newly issued state license and every Chicago liquor application in its public notice period.
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WindowLast 7 days30 days90 days
StatusAnyNewly Licensed78Pending Application40
CountyAnyCook40Cook County34Will County12Kane County11Lake County11DuPage County10
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How to look up a liquor license in Illinois
Use the ILCC's lookup at ilccportal.illinois.gov to check one license by name, number or address. This page lists what's new, from the same record.
Every row here is a public record Illinois publishes. We check each state's rules before we carry it and leave out any that restrict commercial use of licensee lists; so far that's only Kansas. About the data.
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Questions about the Illinois page
How do I find new liquor licenses in Illinois?
The Illinois record this page reads lists licenses once they're issued, not applications while they're pending; Illinois publishes it at ilccportal.illinois.gov. A newly issued license is the public sign of a place about to open. This page reads that record as often as Illinois updates it and lists the new licenses by county, city and license type, each linked back to the record.
Can I get an alert when a new bar or restaurant shows up in Illinois?
Yes. The free Watch email sends each week's Illinois list on Monday: city, license type, status and date, without business names. A Illinois subscription, $79 a month, sends every new filing the morning after it appears, with the business name and address, and for new bars and restaurants a phone number or website looked up online where the state prints none. A CSV, an API and webhooks come with every plan.
How often does the Illinois page update?
The Illinois source refreshes every weekday, and this page is rebuilt from it each morning.
Where does the Illinois data come from?
Every row is read from ilccportal.illinois.gov, the public record Illinois itself publishes, and links back to it. Nothing here comes from a reseller or a news report.
What does the free Illinois sample contain?
Every Illinois filing from one full week a few weeks back, in the layout a subscriber gets: business, address, license type, status, the date filed, and a phone or website where we found one. The link to each state record is left blank; subscribers get it. It downloads ready for HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, AgencyZoom or Repsly.
What do the license types mean?
The types you will see most on the Illinois page. 1A Retailer (bar, restaurant or store): The state retail license every bar, restaurant and liquor store holds; the city or county license says what it can actually pour. 1B Caterer: Caterer pouring at events it feeds. 3I Non-resident dealer (under 500,000 gal): Out-of-state supplier shipping into Illinois; no premises to call on. 2B Importing distributor: Distributor that brings product in from other states. 3U Winery shipper (under 250,000 gal): Winery, usually out of state, shipping direct to consumers; no premises to call on. Every row shows the type by its plain name; the i beside it opens the state's own wording.
What is left out?
One-day and temporary permits (weddings, festival booths, charity auctions, tastings), and licenses nobody sells to: wholesalers, suppliers, importers, shippers, carriers, and employee or manager permits. Breweries, wineries and distilleries stay in. The first time we read a state we also treat everything it already listed as the starting point, not as new filings.
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