Active licences in Cook County

450,792 active licences give an address in Cook County — the 1st largest of the 110 counties with a page here, across 249 licence categories.

5,937 of the 450,792 active licences held in Cook County carry at least one disciplinary action in IDFPR's file — 1.3%.

This site publishes that count and no more. It never names who, and never says why: in Illinois a licence can be suspended for unpaid state taxes, child support arrears or a defaulted student loan, none of which says anything about how someone does their job. The detail is on IDFPR's own record and on an individual entry here, which has no address a search engine can reach. Why that line is drawn there.

What is licensed in Cook County

Some of the 450,792 licences

Counties of a similar size

• Dupage — 71,010
• Will — 47,814
• Lake — 43,657
• Kane — 27,885
• Mchenry — 17,556
• Sangamon — 15,638
• Madison — 15,481
• Winnebago — 14,737
• Saint Clair — 14,135
• Peoria — 13,288
• Champaign — 12,921
• Mclean — 8,928
• Tazewell — 8,585
• Adams — 8,325
• Kendall — 8,277

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