Chicago private scavenger licenses, searchable

Chicago licenses private scavengers through a regulated business license (Municipal Code 4-6-130). Dumpster, roll-off, construction debris, grease, and other hauling the City does not collect sits in that regime. JustFiled hosts the official Business Licenses export for private scavenger vehicle licenses so you can search it in one place.

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What this corpus covers

A private scavenger is anyone engaged in the removal and disposal of recyclable material, construction and demolition debris, grease, fats and oils, garbage, or other wastes from premises where the City does not provide collection. The Code also folds Disposal and Recycling Management companies into that definition. City recycling rules use “private hauler” for the same 4-6-130 license.

Each licensed vehicle is supposed to carry a City Clerk plate or emblem marked “Chicago Private Scavenger,” issued only after Streets and Sanitation inspects the truck. JustFiled’s Chicago corpus is the Business Licenses export, filtered to private scavenger vehicle licenses — the filing you look up when you need to know who is licensed, whether the license is still in force, and when it expires.

We do not replace BACP, Streets and Sanitation, or CDOT. Commercial refuse-container permits (CDOT) are a separate filing and are not in this corpus.

What you can search

Query live against the hosted Chicago corpus:

  • Entity name and DBA
  • License number
  • License status
  • Expiration window
  • Published site address

Same filters as the rest of JustFiled. A query here means the same thing it means in Los Angeles or New York.

Saved-search monitoring

Save a filter set. As Chicago re-publishes the Business Licenses export, JustFiled re-evaluates the saved search. A license approaching expiry surfaces on its own. You do not re-run the query to find out.

Provenance

Every record carries the source-file identifier, the source URL, and the retrieval timestamp. Every field traces back to the official Business Licenses filing it came from.

Pricing

One plan. $99/month. Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York included. Search, filters, saved-search monitoring, provenance.

FAQ

Is “private scavenger” the same as “private hauler”?
In Chicago, yes for this purpose. 4-6-130 is the private scavenger license. Other city rules say “private hauler” and point at that same section.
Can I look up a truck, not just a company?
This corpus is private scavenger vehicle licenses from the Business Licenses export. Search by entity name or license number; vehicle emblems are issued per inspected truck against that license.
Is this the City’s own lookup?
No. It is hosted search over the official export, with a single record shape, filters you can save, and provenance on every field.
Does this include CDOT dumpster permits?
No. Those are commercial refuse-container permits. This page is the private scavenger vehicle license corpus.
What does the city export actually call this license?
The license description is “Regulated Business License.” The business activity is “Private Scavenger Vehicle.” That activity is the filter JustFiled uses.
How long does the license run?
About two years, as published on the filing. Search by expiration window to see what is approaching expiry.
Can a company outside city limits show up?
Yes. The Chicago license can be held by an operator whose legal address is suburban. If it is in the Business Licenses export under Private Scavenger Vehicle, it is in this corpus.

Search Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York in one hosted corpus. $99/month.

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JustFiled is a hosted search service. We ingest official municipal exports on a documented filter. Records are reproduced from those exports; JustFiled adds structure, search, and monitoring, and never appends anything the source file does not publish. We do not issue licenses, and we do not stand in for BACP, the Office of Finance, LA Sanitation, BIC, or DSNY.