{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "cocadmin", "hasEmail": "mailto:no-reply@data.cityofchicago.org"}, "description": "NOTE, 9/25/2025 - We have populated the Address column for <a href=\"https://data.cityofchicago.org/stories/s/pnmi-a3z5\" target=\"_blank\">additional records</a>.\n\nBusiness licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection in the City of Chicago from 2002 to the present. This dataset contains a large number of records/rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search. \n \nData fields requiring description are detailed below. \n\nAPPLICATION TYPE:  \u2018ISSUE\u2019 is the record associated with the initial license application.  \u2018RENEW\u2019 is a subsequent renewal record.  All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date.  \u2018C_LOC\u2019 is a change of location record.  It means the business moved.   \u2018C_CAPA\u2019 is a change of capacity record.  Only a few license types may file this type of application.  \u2018C_EXPA\u2019 only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses.  It means the business location expanded.  'C_SBA' is a change of business activity record. It means that a new business activity was added or an existing business activity was marked as expired.\n\nLICENSE STATUS: \u2018AAI\u2019 means the license was issued. \u2018AAC\u2019 means the license was cancelled during its term.  \u2018REV\u2019 means the license was revoked. 'REA' means the license revocation has been appealed.\n\nLICENSE STATUS CHANGE DATE:  This date corresponds to the date a license was cancelled (AAC), revoked (REV) or appealed (REA).\n\nBusiness License Owner information may be accessed at:  https://data.cityofchicago.org/dataset/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn. To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name, which may be obtained from this Business Licenses dataset. \n\nData Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. Time Period: January 1, 2002 to present. Frequency: Data is updated daily.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/columns.json", "describedByType": "application/json", "downloadURL": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/json"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/columns.rdf", "describedByType": "application/rdf+xml", "downloadURL": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/rows.rdf?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/rdf+xml"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/columns.xml", "describedByType": "application/xml", "downloadURL": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/xml"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "text/csv"}], "identifier": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr", "issued": "2025-02-21", "keyword": ["business", "licenses"], "landingPage": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/r5kz-chrr", "modified": "2026-05-03", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "data.cityofchicago.org"}, "theme": ["Community & Economic Development"], "title": "Business Licenses"}