Based On New City Data, Businesses In Chicago Hit Hard By COVID-19 Are On The Comeback Trail – CBS2 (Chicago)

According to the city’s business office, between March 15, 2020-June 15, 2021, 81% of business licenses were renewed in the city. Through the heights of the pandemic, Chicago only saw about a 1.5% drop from it’s pre-COVID average. Regarding new business licenses, there were a little more than 4,000 in this same timeframe in 2020 but more than 5,000 this year.
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Platinum Goose
4 years ago

What a bunch of statistical illiterates at CBS

“New business licenses are on the up and up. There were a little more than 4,000 in this same timeframe in 2020 but more than 5,000 this year.”

Ok, how many were there in prior years?
2018 (01/01-10/01): 6,659
2019 (01/01-10/01): 6,435
2020 (01/01-10/01): 4,084
2021 (01/01-10/01): 5,149
Based on this it looks like 2021 is down 20% from 2019, nice way to cherry pick data.

The Paraclete
4 years ago

Lol! record vacancies, homeless everywhere, murders left and right and CBS says all is looking very positive is ch 7 now writing for ch 2! Is that an FCC violation?

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