Chicago
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
In short
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection issues 5 permits we publish for Chicago, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon or Barbershop License | Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection | $500 for a 2-year term | 2 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Animal Care Facility Licenseonly if it applies to you | Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection | $275 for a 2-year term | 2 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Children's Services License | Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection | $165 plus a $40 processing fee per controlling person or manager requiring a fingerprint background check | 2 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Motor Vehicle Repair License | Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection | $250 for a 2-year term | 2 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Business License | Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection | $500–$1,000 for a 2-year term — $500 for a Limited Business License, $1,000 for a Regulated Business License; specific trades are often priced on their own separate schedule instead | 2 years | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Salon or Barbershop License
A salon or barbershop within 1,000 feet of another personal-services establishment needs a Special Use Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals on top of this license, and BACP paperwork must already be on file before that permit can even be sought.
Animal Care Facility License
Covers grooming, boarding, breeding, training and day care for dogs or cats. Whether a pure veterinary medical practice — diagnosis, vaccination, treatment or surgery only, with no grooming or boarding — needs this license or only the state veterinary license is not resolved on the city's own page, so this record is scoped to a facility offering those additional services rather than asserted as a blanket veterinary requirement.
Children's Services License
Required in addition to, not instead of, the state DCFS license. A Children's Service Facility may not also hold a liquor or tobacco license or conduct amusements, with limited exceptions, and every day care other than a small home-based one is a Group E or I occupancy under the certificate-of-occupancy rules above.
Motor Vehicle Repair License
Reaches any location that repairs vehicles, replaces parts or diagnoses malfunctions, including a business that only stores, alters or repairs tires. A spray booth used for auto body work additionally needs a separate CDPH environment permit, and storing more than 100 tires at once triggers a Fire Department inspection.
Business License
Chicago has no single flat business license fee — most specific trades either fall into the Limited or Regulated category shown here, or carry their own dedicated license entirely, as the salon, restaurant, contractor, auto repair and animal care records below show.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Chicago
- Phone
- (312) 744-6249
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Chicago BACP — animal care facility licenseChicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Chicago BACP — children's services licenseChicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Chicago BACP — general business licence fee schedule, effective January 1, 2026Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Chicago BACP — motor vehicle repair licenseChicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Chicago BACP — salon and barbershop licenseChicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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