The City of Chicago's Dept. of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. You can also keep up with us on Twitter @ChicagoBACP and @ChiSmallBiz.
Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) ensures a fair and vibrant market place for both businesses and consumers. BACP licenses businesses and public vehicles, provides business education and access to resources, enforces the Municipal Code, and protects consumers from fraud. BACP licenses more than 100,000 businesses, ranging from ma and pa shops to fortune 500 companies, issues about 15,000 citations annually and responds to roughly 12,300 community complaints. To visit our sister Small Business Center page, go to www.facebook.com/ChiSmallBiz.