Illinois Liquor Licenses
Springfield

Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) issues approximately 28,000 state liquor licenses each year of varying classifications for the three tiers of the liquor industry, following the criteria defined in Illinois Liquor Control Act, including ownership information, local licensing, tax status and sales tax history.

The Licensing Division is responsible for reviewing state liquor applications and issuing more than 200 new and 2,000 renewal state liquor licenses every month. There are 39 different license categories - including airplanes, trains, liquor stores, non-beverage users, out-of-state distributors, special events, non-resident dealers, national and foreign licensing, and brand registration.

This dataset includes current and previous liquor licenses in Illinois. The registered information for each licensee includes license number, corporation name, corporation address, doing business as name, business location, license type, license issue, effective, and expiration date, business type, local license, etc.

The Illinois General Assembly unanimously passed PA 98-0627 in 2014, a bill introduced by the Governor's Office and intended to increase transparency, accountability and savings in government by establishing a new State Open Operating Standard. Illinois Open Data Portal provides a way to find data across state, find facts about the state, and users you freely download the data for analysis.