Business Formation Pulse · IL

Cook County, Illinois Business Applications

Cook County recorded 99,217 business applications in 2025. It ranks 1 of 102 Illinois counties by application volume.

Latest year: 2025
Applications, 202599,217Official Census value
vs. 2024+8.1%DDT calculation
Historical percentile90thDDT calculation

Cook County annual trend

20052025
Published annual values
YearValue
202599,217
202491,812
202393,851
202293,898
2021118,667
2020106,494
201966,578
201865,807
201757,484
201655,367
201554,764
201454,400
201352,327
201252,080
201154,433
201053,064
200950,578
200857,839
200751,875
200651,036
200548,283