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15,592 licensed contractors in Illinois

Businesses holding a current Illinois license on Nov 15, 2026, counted by business name from the state license file. Each name links to its license record.

By trade

• Trucking and hauling 15,592

Largest cities

• Chicago 1,140
• Plainfield 211
• Rockford 194
• Aurora 176
• Joliet 169
• Schaumburg 159
• Naperville 158
• Elgin 139
• Elk Grove Village 124
• Des Plaines 119
• Quincy 105
• Bolingbrook 104
• Romeoville 92
• Addison 90
• Belleville 80
• Arlington Heights 79
• Wheeling 77
• Springfield 77
• Bensenville 76
• Willowbrook 70
• Frankfort 67
• Palatine 66
• Peoria 65
• Oswego 62
• Carol Stream 62
• West Chicago 61
• Decatur 61
• Downers Grove 58
• Orland Park 57
• Buffalo Grove 55
• South Holland 54
• Skokie 54
• Lockport 54
• Crystal Lake 53
• Bloomington 53
• Lombard 52
• Freeport 52
• Cicero 52
• Algonquin 52
• Wood Dale 51

Every city in Illinois with licensed businesses

Currently licensed, by city

This list shows the first 10,000. Pick a trade or city above for a shorter list, or search by name.

Where these records come from

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA): construction haulers with insurance filings. Tradesfile holds 15,665 business records, read on Nov 15, 2026. The file gives a license status but no expiry date. Insurance is on file for 15,665 of them. This is a federal file of motor carriers. It is not a state contractor license.

The agency's own record is the authority. Individual license holders are not listed on these pages. How to verify a contractor license in Illinois · All sources and gaps

Other states

• California 268,871
• Texas 104,902
• Washington 92,204
• New York 78,162
• Oregon 55,945
• Florida 54,597
• Georgia 37,568
• Pennsylvania 37,194
• Minnesota 33,811
• Michigan 30,502
• Wisconsin 30,147
• Colorado 25,180
• Maryland 20,162
• North Carolina 19,833
• Massachusetts 19,829
• Indiana 18,451
• Ohio 17,539
• Kentucky 17,152
• New Jersey 15,528
• Alabama 15,059
• Nebraska 14,191
• Oklahoma 12,584
• Utah 12,403
• Arizona 11,982
• Connecticut 10,347
• Missouri 10,242
• Iowa 9,365
• Kansas 8,889
• South Carolina 8,610
• Maine 8,389
• Virginia 8,321
• Tennessee 8,125
• Idaho 7,132
• West Virginia 5,611
• Montana 5,050
• New Mexico 4,604
• Louisiana 4,210
• Mississippi 3,936
• Alaska 3,877
• Wyoming 3,546
• Arkansas 3,509
• Nevada 3,499
• New Hampshire 3,305
• South Dakota 2,881
• North Dakota 2,867
• Hawaii 2,477
• Rhode Island 1,860
• Delaware 1,844
• Vermont 1,328
• Puerto Rico 1,018
• District of Columbia 261

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