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How many restaurants are in Chicago, IL?
There are 19,335 restaurants in Chicago, IL. 15,595 of them (81%) have a website.
19,335
restaurants listed
81%
have a website
70.4
per 10,000 residents
Selling to restaurants in Chicago?
Small Fish reads each one’s website and keeps the ones that fit what you sell, like “no online booking”, with a phone, an email and a one-line reason to reach out.
Find the ones worth contacting →How Chicago compares
Chicago ranks 2 of 3 cities we counted for restaurants per resident.
| City | restaurants | per 10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 34,376 | 85.3 |
| Chicago, IL | 19,335 | 70.4 |
| New York, NY | 54,237 | 64.1 |
Other businesses in Chicago
- real estate agents: 5,127
- dentists: 3,632
- hair salons: 3,318
- auto repair shops: 3,113
- insurance agents: 2,296
- gyms: 1,910
- law firms: 1,738
- nail salons: 1,687
- car dealers: 1,590
- barbershops: 1,583
- coffee shops: 1,402
- chiropractors: 1,280
- physical therapists: 1,268
- bakeries: 1,134
- optometrists: 804
- accountants: 790
- HVAC companies: 752
- plumbers: 629
- roofers: 626
- med spas: 551
- house cleaning services: 517
- veterinarians: 500
- landscapers: 435
- electricians: 396
- painters: 234
- pest control companies: 179
How we count
From the open Overture Maps business listings (release 2026-08-19.0), within Chicago’s boundary, counted in October 2026. Listings data, not a census: a few may have closed or moved, and a business filed under another category is not included. Population is the city’s own figure from the same release’s boundaries.