Illinois Business Licenses

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General Illinois Guides & Resources

Illinois Business Licenses for Regulated Industries

Illinois Corporate Filings

Illinois Tax Filings

Illinois State Licensing Agencies

Below is a listing of the state-level licensing agencies within Illinois that a business should check for business license requirements.

Attorney General - Charitable Trust Bureau
Board of Examiners
Commerce Commission
Department of Employment Security

Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - Division of Real Estate
Department of Financial And Professional Regulation (IDFPR) - Public Accountancy Section
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation _ State Board of Pharmacy

Department of Insurance
Department of Labor
Department of Revenue
Liquor Control Commission
Secretary of State - Business Services Department

Illinois Local Business Licences

Below is a listing of the local jurisdictions within Illinois that a business should check for local business license requirements.

County / Parish

Adams County
Alexander County
Bond County
Boone County
Brown County
Bureau County
Calhoun County
Carroll County
Cass County
Champaign County
Christian County
Clark County
Clay County
Clinton County
Coles County
Cook County
Crawford County
Cumberland County
De Witt County
DeKalb County
Douglas County
DuPage County
Edgar County
Edwards County
Effingham County
Fayette County
Ford County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gallatin County
Greene County
Grundy County
Hamilton County
Hancock County

Hardin County
Henderson County
Henry County
Iroquois County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jefferson County
Jersey County
Jo Daviess County
Johnson County
Kane County
Kankakee County
Kendall County
Knox County
Lake County
LaSalle County
Lawrence County
Lee County
Livingston County
Logan County
Macon County
Macoupin County
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
Mason County
Massac County
McDonough County
McHenry County
McLean County
Menard County
Mercer County
Monroe County
Montgomery County

Morgan County
Moultrie County
Ogle County
Peoria County
Perry County
Piatt County
Pike County
Pope County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Randolph County
Richland County
Rock Island County
Saline County
Sangamon County
Schuyler County
Scott County
Shelby County
St. Clair County
Stark County
Stephenson County
Tazewell County
Union County
Vermilion County
Wabash County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
White County
Whiteside County
Will County
Williamson County
Winnebago County
Woodford County

City / Borough / Municipality / Neighborhood

Abingdon
Addieville
Addison
Albion
Aledo
Alexander
Alexis
Algonquin
Alhambra
Alsip
Altamont
Alton
Amboy
Anna
Annapolis
Annawan
Antioch
Apple River
Arcola
Arenzville
Arlington Heights
Arthur
Ashland
Ashley
Ashton
Assumption
Astoria
Athens
Atlanta
Auburn
Augusta
Aurora
Baileyville
Bannockburn
Barnhill
Barrington
Barry
Bartelso
Bartlett
Bartonville
Batavia
Beardstown
Bedford Park
Beecher
Belleville
Bellevue
Bellflower
Bellwood
Belvidere
Bement
Bensenville
Benton
Berkeley
Berwyn
Bethalto
Bethany
Big Rock
Biggsville
Bismarck
Bloomingdale
Bloomington
Blue Island
Blue Mound
Bluffs
Bolingbrook
Bourbonnais
Braceville
Bradford
Bradley
Braidwood
Breese
Bridgeport
Bridgeview
Brighton
Brimfield
Broadlands
Broadview
Brookfield
Brookport
Brownstown
Buda
Buffalo
Buffalo Grove
Buncombe
Bunker Hill
Burbank
Bureau
Burlington
Burnt Prairie
Burr Ridge
Bushnell
Byron
Cahokia
Caledonia
Calhoun
Calumet City
Cambridge
Camden
Camp Point
Campton Hills
Canton
Capron
Carbondale
Carlinville
Carlyle
Carmi
Carol Stream
Carpentersville
Carrier Mills
Carrollton
Carterville
Carthage
Cary
Casey
Catlin
Centralia
Cerro Gordo
Champaign
Channahon
Charleston
Chatham
Chatsworth
Chenoa
Cherry Valley
Chester
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Chicago Ridge
Chillicothe
Chrisman
Christopher
Cicero
Cissna Park
Clarendon Hills
Clay City
Clifton
Clinton
Coal City
Coal Valley
Cobden
Colchester
Colfax
Collinsville
Columbia
Cordova
Cortland
Coulterville
Country Club Hills
Countryside
Cowden
Creal Springs
Crescent City
Crest Hill
Crestwood
Crete
Creve Coeur
Crossville
Crystal Lake
Cuba
Cullom
Dahlgren
Dakota
Dallas City
Danvers
Danville
Darien
Davis
Davis Junction
Decatur
Deer Creek
Deer Park
Deerfield
DeKalb
Delavan
DePue
Des Plaines
Dieterich
Dixon
Dolton
Dongola
Donovan
Downers Grove
Downs
Du Quoin
Dundee
Dunlap
Dupo
Durand
Dwight
Earlville
East Alton
East Dubuque
East Moline
East Peoria
East Saint Louis
Edelstein
Edwards
Edwardsville
Effingham
El Paso
Elburn
Eldorado
Elgin
Elizabeth
Elk Grove Village
Elkhart
Ellis Grove
Elmhurst
Elmwood
Elmwood Park
Elsah
Elwood
Energy
Equality
Erie
Eureka
Evanston
Evansville
Evergreen Park
Fairbury
Fairfield
Fairview Heights
Farina
Farmer City
Farmington
Fenton
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Fithian
Flanagan
Flat Rock
Flora
Flossmoor
Forest Park
Forrest
Forreston
Forsyth
Fort Sheridan
Fox Lake
Fox River Grove
Frankfort
Franklin
Franklin Park
Freeburg
Freeport
Fulton
Galatia
Galena
Galesburg
Garden Prairie
Gardner
Geneseo
Geneva
Genoa
Georgetown
Germantown

Germantown Hills
Gibson City
Gilberts
Gillespie
Gilman
Girard
Glasford
Glen Carbon
Glen Ellyn
Glencoe
Glendale Heights
Glenview
Glenwood
Godfrey
Golconda
Golden
Golf
Goodfield
Goreville
Grafton
Grand Ridge
Granite City
Grant Park
Granville
Graymont
Grayslake
Great Lakes
Green Oaks
Green Valley
Greenfield
Greenup
Greenview
Greenville
Gridley
Griggsville
Groveland
Gurnee
Hamel
Hamilton
Hammond
Hampshire
Hampton
Hanna City
Hanover Park
Hardin
Harmon
Harrisburg
Harvard
Harvey
Harwood Heights
Havana
Hawthorn Woods
Hazel Crest
Hebron
Henderson
Henry
Herrick
Herrin
Herscher
Heyworth
Hickory Hills
Highland
Highland Park
Highwood
Hillsboro
Hillside
Hinckley
Hines
Hinsdale
Hoffman
Hoffman Estates
Homer Glen
Hometown
Homewood
Hoopeston
Hopedale
Hopkins Park
Hoyleton
Hudson
Hume
Huntley
Hurst
Hutsonville
Illiopolis
Ina
Industry
Ingleside
Iroquois
Irving
Irvington
Island Lake
Itasca
Iuka
Jacksonville
Jerseyville
Johnsburg
Johnston City
Joliet
Joppa
Joy
Junction
Justice
Kane
Kaneville
Kankakee
Kansas
Kenilworth
Kewanee
Kildeer
Kinderhook
Kingston
Kingston Mines
Kirkland
La Fox
La Grange
La Grange Park
La Harpe
Lacon
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Lake in the Hills
Lake Villa
Lake Zurich
Lakemoor
Lansing
LaSalle
Lawrenceville
Le Roy
Leaf River
Lebanon
Lee
Leland
Lemont
Lena
Lewistown
Lexington
Liberty
Libertyville
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
Lincolnwood
Lindenhurst
Lisle
Litchfield
Livingston
Lockport
Logan
Lombard
London Mills
Long Grove
Louisville
Loves Park
Lovington
Lyndon
Lyons
Machesney Park
Mackinaw
Macomb
Macon
Madison
Magnolia
Mahomet
Malta
Manhattan
Manito
Manteno
Maple Park
Mapleton
Marengo
Marine
Marion
Markham
Maroa
Marseilles
Marshall
Martinsville
Maryville
Mascoutah
Mason
Mason City
Matteson
Mattoon
Maywood
McHenry
McLean
McLeansboro
McNabb
Medinah
Melrose Park
Menard
Mendon
Mendota
Meredosia
Metamora
Metropolis
Mettawa
Midlothian
Milan
Milford
Milledgeville
Millstadt
Mineral
Minonk
Minooka
Mokena
Moline
Momence
Monee
Monmouth
Montgomery
Monticello
Mooseheart
Morris
Morrison
Morton
Morton Grove
Mossville
Mounds
Mount Carmel
Mount Carroll
Mount Morris
Mount Prospect
Mount Pulaski
Mount Sterling
Mount Vernon
Mount Zion
Moweaqua
Mundelein
Murphysboro
Naperville
Nashville
Nauvoo
Neponset
New Baden
New Berlin
New Haven
New Lenox
New Salem
Newark
Newman
Newton
Niantic
Niles
Nokomis
Normal
Norridge
Norris City
North Aurora
North Chicago
Northbrook
Northfield
Northlake
O'Fallon
Oak Brook
Oak Forest
Oak Lawn
Oak Park

Oakbrook Terrace
Oakwood
Oblong
Oconee
Odell
Odin
Oglesby
Okawville
Olney
Olympia Fields
Oneida
Oquawka
Orangeville
Oregon
Orland Park
Oswego
Ottawa
Palatine
Palmyra
Palos Heights
Palos Hills
Palos Park
Pana
Paris
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Patoka
Paw Paw
Pawnee
Paxton
Pearl City
Pecatonica
Pekin
Peoria
Peotone
Perry
Peru
Petersburg
Pinckneyville
Piper City
Pittsfield
Plainfield
Plano
Plato Center
Pleasant Plains
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Pontiac
Poplar Grove
Port Byron
Posen
Potomac
Prairie du Rocher
Princeton
Princeville
Prophetstown
Prospect Heights
Pulaski
Putnam
Quincy
Raleigh
Ransom
Rantoul
Raymond
Red Bud
Richmond
Richton Park
Ridge Farm
Ridgway
Ringwood
River Forest
River Grove
Riverdale
Riverside
Riverton
Riverwoods
Roanoke
Robinson
Rochelle
Rock Falls
Rock Island
Rockford
Rockton
Rockwood
Rolling Meadows
Rome
Romeoville
Roodhouse
Rosamond
Roscoe
Roselle
Rosemont
Roseville
Rosiclare
Rossville
Round Lake
Round Lake Beach
Rushville
Saint Anne
Saint Jacob
Saint Joseph
Saint Libory
Salem
Sandoval
Sandwich
Savanna
Savoy
Scales Mound
Schaumburg
Schiller Park
Sciota
Scott Air Force Base
Seneca
Sesser
Shabbona
Shawneetown
Sheffield
Shelbyville
Sheldon
Sheridan
Sherman
Sherrard
Shiloh
Shipman
Shorewood
Sidell
Sidney
Simpson
Skokie
Sleepy Hollow
Smithfield
Smithton
Somonauk
South Barrington
South Beloit
South Elgin
South Holland
South Pekin
South Wilmington
Sparland
Sparta
Spring Grove
Spring Valley
Springfield
St. Charles
Stanford
Staunton
Steeleville
Steger
Sterling
Steward
Stillman Valley
Stockton
Stone Park
Stonefort
Strasburg
Streamwood
Streator
Stronghurst
Sublette
Sugar Grove
Sullivan
Summit
Sumner
Swansea
Sycamore
Table Grove
Tamaroa
Tamms
Taylorville
Techny
Teutopolis
Thayer
Thomasboro
Thomson
Thornton
Tilden
Tinley Park
Toledo
Tolono
Toluca
Tonica
Toulon
Towanda
Tremont
Trenton
Trivoli
Troy
Tuscola
Ullin
Union
University Park
Urbana
Utica
Valmeyer
Vandalia
Venice
Vermilion
Vermont
Vernon Hills
Versailles
Victoria
Vienna
Villa Grove
Villa Park
Virden
Virgil
Virginia
Warren
Warrensburg
Warrenville
Warsaw
Washburn
Washington
Waterloo
Waterman
Watseka
Wauconda
Waukegan
Waverly
Wayne
Wayne City
Waynesville
Wedron
Wenona
West Chicago
West Dundee
West Frankfort
West Salem
Westchester
Western Springs
Westmont
Westville
Wheaton
Wheeling
Williamsfield
Williamsville
Willow Springs
Willowbrook
Wilmette
Wilmington
Winchester
Windsor
Winfield
Winnebago
Winnetka
Winthrop Harbor
Wonder Lake
Wood Dale
Wood River
Woodhull
Woodlawn
Woodridge
Woodstock
Worth
Yates City
Yorkville
Zion