American / Burger restaurants in Chicago

461 trading today — 6% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,692 have held a licence here since 2002, and 77 opened in the last 24 months.

How long American / Burger restaurants last

57%

still open at 4 years (n=1527)

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against the citywide rate of 58%

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median years open, closed cohorts

Measured only on restaurants that opened long enough ago to have reached 4 years, so recent openings cannot flatter it. A rate is published only where at least 40 have.

Where American / Burger clusters

By community area, most open today first. Counts only — a four-year survival rate needs 40 matured restaurants and only ≈16% of these cells have that many, so the rate lives below, where it can be quoted honestly.

Neighbourhood	Open now	Ever licensed
LoopTier 1 · Prime	23	134
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime	19	61
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging	14	37
O'HareTier 3 · Emerging	14	34
AustinTier 4 · Value	11	66
Irving ParkTier 2 · Strong	11	33
Humboldt ParkTier 3 · Emerging	11	32
West TownTier 1 · Prime	10	28
ChathamTier 4 · Value	9	20
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime	9	32
RoselandTier 4 · Value	9	38
Lower West SideTier 2 · Strong	9	30

By zip code

The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.

Zip	Open now	Ever licensed
60657	19	51
60619	18	49
60608	17	49
60639	16	49
60628	16	58
60618	14	52
60611	14	43
60614	13	47
60654	13	29
60647	13	47
60620	12	54
60607	12	35

Where American / Burger has lasted longest

Community areas whose matured cohort clears 40, best first. Areas with thinner records are not ranked rather than ranked low.

Lake View65%n=51
Loop65%n=125
West Ridge55%n=42
Austin42%n=61
Englewood39%n=40

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