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data.cityofchicago.org pricing: business verification API

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18% complete: 2 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields

$0.00per 1,000 companiesHalf of the 683 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 58 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 683 plans.Scoris's €19 pack covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs less up front than Scoris's €99 monthly plan.GovFiles, CompanyData.com and Didit are the best business verification API providers in our benchmark for companies in any country.
Plan: Application token one of data.cityofchicago.org's 2 plans
Call: GET /resource/r5kz-chrr.json data.cityofchicago.org's only call
API: Business verification API one of data.cityofchicago.org's 2 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 1 day old. You get records from data.cityofchicago.org's copy of the register.
  • 2 of the 11 key fields we check. Registered name, Principal address.
  • Nothing to pay. You get as many calls as you like.
  • One call. You send $q to GET /resource/r5kz-chrr.json. You can also send $where, $limit, $offset and $order. The call returns the register's record of the company.
  • Who can get it: anyone who registers an application token in a Socrata profile. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

data.cityofchicago.org: business verification API alternatives

data.cityofchicago.org alternatives: every business verification API provider ranked

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a day old.

This plandata.cityofchicago.org, free, Application tokenINSEE, freeBrreg, freeAnnuaire des Entreprises, freedata.gov.lv, freeCVR API, free
$ per 1,000 companies$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness18%45%64%73%55%45%
Billingfreefreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0$0
Enough forno limit1,296,000 calls a monthno limit18,144,000 calls a monthno limit1,500 calls a month
Freshness1 day24 hourslive1 day1 day1 day
Who can get itanyone who registers an application token in a Socrata profileanyoneanyoneanyoneanyoneanyone

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-03.

  1. data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Licenses/r5kz-chrr
  2. data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/r5kz-chrr.json
  3. dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html
  4. dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  5. dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/limit.html
  6. dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/offset.html
  7. dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/order.html
  8. dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/q.html
  9. dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/where.html
  10. dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cityofchicago.org/r5kz-chrr
  11. chicago.gov/city/en/narr/foia/data_disclaimer.html

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Registered name
  • Entity number, not in the answer
  • Tax ID, not in the answer
  • Entity type, not in the answer
  • Status, not in the answer
  • Good standing, not in the answer
  • Formation date, not in the answer
  • Registered agent, not in the answer
  • Principal address
  • Officers, not in the answer
  • Filings, not in the answer
Score
Overall score65.9
Price score100
Accuracy score46
Cost to get started score77
Bundle score0
Performance score63
Price
$ per 1,000 companies$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Aggregators
Aggregatorsnone
Charges
Also pays fornothing else
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchBusiness licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection in the City of Chicago from 2002 to the present.
Data
Freshness1 day
CountriesUnited States
Keep datano limit
Use data"The City may require a user of this data to terminate any and all display, distribution or other use of any or all of the data provided at this website for any reason including, without limitation, violation of these Terms of Use or other terms as defined by City agencies or departments contributing data to this website. Any user of this website providing any software application, or other secondary or derivative application using data supplied at this website shall do the following: Include the following disclaimer at the site where the software application, or other secondary or derivative application can be accessed or downloaded: “This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one’s own risk.” Comply with any additional Terms of Use set forth by the City agency or department providing data used by the software application, or other secondary or derivative application, including, without limitation, requirements to include additional citations or disclaimers at the site where the application can be accessed or downloaded. [...] The City reserves the right to discontinue availability of content on this website at any time and for any reason. [...] These Terms of Use do not grant anyone any title or right to any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights that the City may have in any of the information, images, software, or processes displayed or used at this website. [...] To the fullest extent permitted by law, any user of the data provided at this website shall indemnify and hold harmless the City from any claim, loss, damage, injury, or liability of any kind (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, court costs, attorney’s fees and costs of investigation), that arises directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from that user’s use of this data, including any secondary or derivative use of the information provided herein."
Plan
Pay$0
Enough forno limit
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median0.16 s
The call
You send$q. Optional: $where, $limit, $offset, $order
MethodGET
Path/resource/r5kz-chrr.json
About the plan
PlanApplication token
Who can get itanyone who registers an application token in a Socrata profile
The 37 fields the plan's answer can hold

record ID, license ID, account number, site number, legal name, doing business as name, address, city, state, ZIP code, ward, precinct, ward precinct, police district, community area, community area name, neighborhood, license code, license description, business activity ID, business activity, license number, application type, application created date, application requirements complete date, payment date, conditional approval, license term start date, license term expiration date, license approved for issuance date, date issued, license status, license status change date, SSA, latitude, longitude, location

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