Chicago, Illinois real estate license data
RELD provides 127,960 Chicago real estate license records as part of our Illinois dataset, available through a REST API for verification, onboarding, compliance, and product integrations. RELD is a developer API, not a free public search portal.
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License counts in Chicago, IL
- Total licenses
- 127,960
- Active licenses
- 18,182
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Real estate licenses in Chicago
How many real estate licensees are there in Chicago, IL?
RELD currently tracks 127,960 real estate license records associated with Chicago, Illinois, of which 18,182 are flagged as active in the source data.
Where does Chicago rank among Illinois cities by real estate license count?
Chicago is currently #1 in Illinois by RELD license-record count, accounting for roughly 22.1% of all Illinois records we track.
How do I look up a real estate license in Chicago?
Real estate licenses in Chicago are issued at the state level, not the city level. Use the official Illinois license search operated by Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the link is at the top of this page.
Is there a city-specific real estate license for Chicago?
No. Illinois licenses real estate brokers and salespersons statewide through Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; there is no separate Chicago municipal real estate license. RELD filters statewide records by mailing-address city, so the counts on this page reflect licensees whose address of record falls inside Chicago.
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