# Find new restaurant and food business licenses in Chicago

**Use case:** 

Returns the 50 most recently issued brand-new Retail Food Establishment licenses in Chicago, renewals excluded - the license the city issues to restaurants, grocery stores and other retail food sellers. Each row has the legal name, DBA, address, ZIP, issue and expiration dates, license number and coordinates. Used by food distributors, POS and payroll vendors, and commercial real-estate teams.

## Input

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "chicago"
  ],
  "registeredSince": "2026-06-01",
  "registeredUntil": "2026-09-30",
  "businessNameContains": "LLC",
  "industryContains": "retail food establishment",
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50,
  "maxRunSeconds": 240
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "businessName": {
    "label": "Business",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "dbaName": {
    "label": "DBA",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "industry": {
    "label": "Industry / license",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "zip": {
    "label": "ZIP",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "email": {
    "label": "Email",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "registeredDate": {
    "label": "Registered",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ownerOrAgent": {
    "label": "Owner / agent",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Business License Scraper - New Business Leads, 7 Markets](https://apify.com/maydit/us-business-licenses-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/maydit/us-business-licenses-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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