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Irving Park: Retail Food Establishment · 1006 — Business licenses

Retail Food Establishment · 1006 · all other available filters

City source retrieved November 5, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · Review context · not a qualifying candidate

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24-month frequency comparison

Annual-only flag · window-sensitive review context. The two-year comparison does not qualify for the frequency ranking. The annual evidence is retained below, not erased.

October 2022–September 2024
197
October 2024–September 2026
189
Change in monthly mean
-0.33

The two windows each contain 24 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.04-fold. These are published license records, not a population-adjusted rate. Fixed windows do not establish a breakpoint, remove all seasonal effects or prove a renewal explanation.

12-month comparison · context, not the business ranking

October 2024–September 2025
131
October 2025–September 2026
58
Change in monthly mean
-6.08

This annual comparison crosses the original screening gates. Two-year renewal schedules can put a pulse in one annual window and not the other. Opposing directions or threshold sensitivity can have other explanations; an annual-only label is not proof of a renewal cycle.

Saved observations and fitted phases

No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly business license records on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000License records per monthsuggested phase 1: 2016-10–2026-09Oct 2016: 6Nov 2016: 11Dec 2016: 49Jan 2017: 7Feb 2017: 1Mar 2017: 7Apr 2017: 9May 2017: 4Jun 2017: 5Jul 2017: 3Aug 2017: 31Sep 2017: 8Oct 2017: 5Nov 2017: 11Dec 2017: 7Jan 2018: 3Feb 2018: 3Mar 2018: 3Apr 2018: 6May 2018: 7Jun 2018: 7Jul 2018: 5Aug 2018: 2Sep 2018: 8Oct 2018: 10Nov 2018: 12Dec 2018: 46Jan 2019: 6Feb 2019: 1Mar 2019: 5Apr 2019: 10May 2019: 4Jun 2019: 3Jul 2019: 3Aug 2019: 27Sep 2019: 10Oct 2019: 5Nov 2019: 12Dec 2019: 6Jan 2020: 1Feb 2020: 4Mar 2020: 3May 2020: 4Jun 2020: 3Jul 2020: 5Aug 2020: 3Sep 2020: 5Oct 2020: 8Nov 2020: 13Dec 2020: 43Jan 2021: 6Feb 2021: 5Mar 2021: 5Apr 2021: 9May 2021: 2Jun 2021: 4Jul 2021: 3Aug 2021: 24Sep 2021: 9Oct 2021: 5Nov 2021: 9Dec 2021: 10Jan 2022: 3Feb 2022: 3Mar 2022: 8Apr 2022: 2May 2022: 4Jun 2022: 3Jul 2022: 5Aug 2022: 4Sep 2022: 4Oct 2022: 7Nov 2022: 8Dec 2022: 41Jan 2023: 7Feb 2023: 3Mar 2023: 8Apr 2023: 9May 2023: 4Jun 2023: 8Jul 2023: 3Aug 2023: 21Sep 2023: 9Oct 2023: 6Nov 2023: 8Dec 2023: 11Jan 2024: 4Feb 2024: 2Mar 2024: 5Apr 2024: 5May 2024: 6Jun 2024: 4Jul 2024: 6Aug 2024: 7Sep 2024: 5Oct 2024: 4Nov 2024: 8Dec 2024: 35Jan 2025: 7Feb 2025: 3Mar 2025: 10Apr 2025: 11May 2025: 5Jun 2025: 7Jul 2025: 7Aug 2025: 25Sep 2025: 9Oct 2025: 4Nov 2025: 7Dec 2025: 10Jan 2026: 5Feb 2026: 3Mar 2026: 4Apr 2026: 3May 2026: 5Jun 2026: 4Jul 2026: 5Aug 2026: 4Sep 2026: 4ZeroUnknownApr 2020: zero license records; not connectedOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested trend · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Oct 2016–Sep 2026÷1.00Direction uncertain · 1 zero fitted as 1

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Interpretation and limitations (13)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 1 confirmed zero fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • At least one factor interval includes 1; its direction is uncertain under this approximation.
  • License records include renewals and use license-term dates. Category/ward changes and administrative practice can affect counts; these are not business openings, closures or employment.
  • Business frequency screening compares adjacent 24-month windows, requiring 48 complete months. The 12-month comparison is context only. Fixed two-year windows reduce renewal-calendar mismatch; they are not seasonal adjustment, proof of a renewal mechanism, or a test of stability.
  • Window assessment: annual-only. Annual-only flags do not enter the frequency ranking. Opposite directions and short history must not be described as persistent changes.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1October 2016–September 2026120÷10.9747–1.02310.179
Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly license records
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 20264complete
August 20264complete
July 20265complete
June 20264complete
May 20265complete
April 20263complete
March 20264complete
February 20263complete
January 20265complete
December 202510complete
November 20257complete
October 20254complete
September 20259complete
August 202525complete
July 20257complete
June 20257complete
May 20255complete
April 202511complete
March 202510complete
February 20253complete
January 20257complete
December 202435complete
November 20248complete
October 20244complete
September 20245complete
August 20247complete
July 20246complete
June 20244complete
May 20246complete
April 20245complete
March 20245complete
February 20242complete
January 20244complete
December 202311complete
November 20238complete
October 20236complete
September 20239complete
August 202321complete
July 20233complete
June 20238complete
May 20234complete
April 20239complete
March 20238complete
February 20233complete
January 20237complete
December 202241complete
November 20228complete
October 20227complete
September 20224complete
August 20224complete
July 20225complete
June 20223complete
May 20224complete
April 20222complete
March 20228complete
February 20223complete
January 20223complete
December 202110complete
November 20219complete
October 20215complete
September 20219complete
August 202124complete
July 20213complete
June 20214complete
May 20212complete
April 20219complete
March 20215complete
February 20215complete
January 20216complete
December 202043complete
November 202013complete
October 20208complete
September 20205complete
August 20203complete
July 20205complete
June 20203complete
May 20204complete
April 20200complete
March 20203complete
February 20204complete
January 20201complete
December 20196complete
November 201912complete
October 20195complete
September 201910complete
August 201927complete
July 20193complete
June 20193complete
May 20194complete
April 201910complete
March 20195complete
February 20191complete
January 20196complete
December 201846complete
November 201812complete
October 201810complete
September 20188complete
August 20182complete
July 20185complete
June 20187complete
May 20187complete
April 20186complete
March 20183complete
February 20183complete
January 20183complete
December 20177complete
November 201711complete
October 20175complete
September 20178complete
August 201731complete
July 20173complete
June 20175complete
May 20174complete
April 20179complete
March 20177complete
February 20171complete
January 20177complete
December 201649complete
November 201611complete
October 20166complete
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
Business Licenses · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-05T21:09:58.696Z
Publisher update
2026-11-05T11:01:01.000Z
Covered months
October 2016–September 2026
Source note
Source xqx5-8hwx. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. License records by term start, including renewals; not new businesses. Ward is as published, not reconstructed historical boundaries. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:8a9771a7-dde2-4246-9cf6-d11519e895d6:neighborhood-v2:78d28669a6281fbcb274d9d86b92271f
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
d6edf1dd0c0e5e884fd51cefc452961059fad4d11ebd7da7f286cfd27a54ac52

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